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on them all the days of their lives. Today’s poem is from Jean Tuomey’s debut collection, Swept Back, (Lapwing). She won the Jonathan Swift Creative award in 2021 and the St. Francis Hospice poetry ...

Children need poetry early on if they are to appreciate it throughout life. Viv Hampshire suggests some activities and books for making a start. Children's Laureate Michael Rosen recently bemoaned the ...

Imagine you’re walking down a bright street in Rome when the sun flicks behind a classical statue with anti-polizia slogans graffitied blackly on its base: the chafe of ancient and contemporary may be ...

You've had storysacks - now try poetry pockets that will help the children under age three to develop the seeds of literacy. Alice Sharp explains how You've had storysacks - now try poetry pockets ...

A CD of Maltese poems and nursery rhymes, set to music by prolific composer Mro Dominic Galea, and a supporting website have been launched during an event at the Attard Primary School. The CD, with ...

Some of childhood’s earliest lessons are poetry. Nursery rhymes and simple poems are embedded deep with early learning, and one project aims to reconnect Alzheimer’s patients with locked-away memories ...

John Ernest, chair of the Department of English at the University of Delaware, wants to bring poetry to life, so sometimes he’ll start his classes with a dramatic reading of a poem. On more than one ...

PRINCE Louis turns three today and Kate Middleton has released an adorable photo of her youngest son heading off to nursery. The Cambridge tot is now a member of the £14k-a-year Willcocks nursery, ...