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There are so many good poems in the Children's Archive, it's hard to know where to start! I'd like to share with you just a few of my favourites. I've chosen six very different poems: some are funny, others thoughtful, and they're full of places and people and animals and weather and magic. I hope you'll enjoy them, and I hope my suggestions will get you started on your own listening adventures.
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Ask the Poet
- What kind of poems and stories do you write?
- When did you start writing poems?
- Where do you get your ideas from?
- How important is the look of a poem on the page?
- When you finish writing a book of poems, what happens next?
- How long does it take you to write a poem?
- Where do you write?
- Does music play a part in your writing?
- Do you write with a particular reader in mind?
- I'd like to be a writer, what should I do?
- What's your favourite of the poems you've written?
- What do you like doing when you're not writing?
