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I met Jonathan a few years ago; he was a good poet-friend. We decided to do some co-writing online. Our first rule was that there was no pressure and we’d only do it when it was fun. No obligation. Our first endeavour was a series of 12 haiku, 3 per season. We wrote these word-by-word. He would serve me up fiendish words such as Golgotha!

Dawn proclaims; cherry...


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As writers we are all ideas detectives, on the hunt for different things to inspire us. Sometimes it’s the conversations that we overhear or something we read in newspapers or online. Sometimes it’s the places we visit or the emotional tug of memories.

For me it is often signs I see in the street or while travelling that spark some of the poetry I write for chil...


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© Paul Blakemore

In 2026 I’ll be publishing my second poetry collection, again with Troika books sometime in the summer. I never thought I’d have been in a position to write one children’s collection, so to be sitting here with a draft of poems for a second book is something I’m really happy about.

I’ve found this second book much more of a challenge. My first co...


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Here is week two of the Christmas and winter poems our brilliant children’s poets from the UK and abroad have kindly sent us. A very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Peaceful New Year to all our members and readers.

We are honoured to be able to start this blog with a wonderful poem by Coral Rumble, commissioned by


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At Christmas we like to give our wonderful bloggers a holiday – instead, we’d like to thank the brilliant children’s poets from the UK and abroad who have kindly sent us a two-week snowfall of Christmas and winter poems.

Illustration © Sue Hardy-Dawson

StarOh little star how bright you glowBut dazzling starhow did you know?for each new star died...


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