Bring poetry to life in your school! These pages are specially designed to help you and your students to get the most out of the Poetry Archive.
Students
The Poetry Archive is a great place for students to research and learn about poetry.
Librarians
Support and practical ideas to help you and your readers enjoy the Archive.
New to Poetry?
Tips on using the Archive for less confident readers, and for those who are unfamiliar with reading poetry.
Many of the books and recordings featured in the Archive can be bought at the Poetry Bookshop Online
Clive James
The writer and broadcaster Clive James introduces a few of his favourite poems in the Poetry Archive.
This part of the Archive is full of poems chosen specially for children. Meet old favourites and make new discoveries.
Stephen
Spender
Use the player below to hear poems by this poet.
Alternatively, you can click Lucky Dip for a different poet.
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