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Anna Wilson’s poem about her tortoise, Hercules, coming out of hibernation is all of us shaking off the colder months and turning towards the sun.
The Labours of HerculesI had a new book come out recently. It purports to be “an alternative guide to writing and enjoying poetry”: a fondly facetious exploration of the “craft” of poetry, enabling me to showcase a bunch of new poems.
The inevitable consequence of having a new book out there in the real world is that you instantly notice all the things wrong ...
I love writing poetry because the magic of poetry shows me that there is no such thing as a fixed reality. I take inspiration from the wild whispering world around me.
These are the words of Maya, one of the newly appointed Young Laureates, and they capture something essential abou...
A year ago, Air India flight AI171 crashed, killing all but one of the passengers and crew.
The morning after, our headteacher at Barlby Primary School asked the Early Years team to meet him as soon as we arrived at school. He shared the tragic news that one of our cherished families had died in the crash: Amani, Zayn and their parents, Mariam and Javed. Amani w...
We are thrilled to have a blog by this year’s Caterpillar Prize judge, Robert Schechter. The results of the prize have not been announced yet, so the blog has been edited to remove any reveal of the prizes!
I want to thank Rebecca O’Connor for continuing to sponsor The Caterpillar Children’s Poetry Prize and for giving me the honor of ...