Poetry To Inspire
Celebrating the wonderful world of lively poetry & thought provoking verse novels. I will add to this as I discover more but if you’re interested in Verse novels as a form of expression take a look at the Carnegie Medal award winners & short listers.
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@gntread24.bsky.social
@ianbrownlie.bsky.social
Writer of children's fiction (Times/CH LL 2023) | Poems: http://dirigibleballoon.org/writer/ianbrownlie & The Toy | http://tiktok.com/@ianbrownliewrites | he/him
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc Nature, climate, people. Prof at Cambridge. https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane
@juliansedgwick.bsky.social
Writer and therapist: Tsunami Girl, Tokyo Ghost Cafe and more. Bewitched, bothered and bewildered since 1966 :-)
@poetrysociety.bsky.social
A charitable organisation promoting and advocating poets & poetry since 1909. Publishes #ThePoetryReview, supports young poets @youngpoetsnet.bsky.social. poetrysociety.org.uk linktr.ee/poetrysociety22
@poetrybyheart.bsky.social
National schools poetry recitation competition, open to all schools and colleges in England, re-igniting a love of poetry. poetrybyheart.org.uk
@theclpe.bsky.social
The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) is an independent, UK based charity that creates and delivers award-winning literacy training and resources for the teachers of early years and primary school children.
@tiafisher.bsky.social
Writer for children, eater of chocolate, library worker. CROSSING THE LINE (Hot Key Books, 2023) Shadower's Choice Carnegie Medal 2024. Upcoming NOT GOING TO PLAN (2025) and OPERATION DOODLEBUG (2026) #MAWFYP She/her tiafisher.com, repped by Eve White.
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen' Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth' Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
@brianmosespoet.bsky.social
Writer, children's poet, anthologist, percussionist. website www. brianmoses.co.uk Blog for teachers/children brian-moses.blogspot.com
@gntread24.bsky.social
Past Carnegie Medals Judge for NI,Kids’ Lit Quiz NI heat Co-ord & BK Buzz P.Creative Book Blogger at https://goodnighttoread.wordpress.com/ Book Reviewer,Interviewer & School Librarian.YLG Nat Comm.Love painting watercolours & writing book haiku.Book Elf.