An artist needs not so much an audience, as to feel a need to answer, a promise to respond. Robert … More
Tag: Poetry Education
Lifesaving Poems: Yevtushenko’s ‘Damp white imprints dog the feet’
Damp white imprints dog the feet; snowbound trolley, snowbound street. Her tip of glove to lip and cheek, “Goodbye.” Go. … More
Spun in drafts
Damp white imprints dog the feet; snowbound trolley, snowbound street. Her tip of glove to lip and cheek, “Goodbye.” Go. … More
The fame question
When I visit schools to read and talk about poetry there is often some sort of Q and A following … More
Lifesaving Poems: Roger McGough’s ‘I always wanted to go on the stage’
I count myself lucky to have been taught by a team of English teachers who I have no doubt … More
In search of the ‘Tyger’: power relationships and poetry in the classroom
When I began teaching the Year 5 class of children whose work would form the basis of my doctoral … More
