

Section A: Poets and their poems
Norman Silver
Electronic Brain
I want trainers
Life is a ball
Linking the Norman Silver poems
John Agard
The Soldiers Came
What The Teacher Said When Asked: What Er We Avin For Geography Miss?
Checking Out Me History
Linking the John Agard poems
Elizabeth Jennings
The Moth’s Plea
Casting a spell
The Fish’s Warning
Linking the Elizabeth Jennings poems
Poems on a theme: Playing with words
Anon: Why English is so hard
David Horner: Little Acorns
Malorie Blackman: Facing the Truth – with Haikus
Linking the Playing with words poems
Poem pairings
Lewis Carroll: Jabberwocky
Trevor Millum: Jabbermockery
Section B: Poets and their poems
Benjamin Zephaniah
Wot a pair
According to my mood
Important notice
Linking the Benjamin Zephaniah poems
Jackie Kay
English cousin comes to Scotland
Tomorrow they’ll be coming to get me
Pollution
Linking the Jackie Kay poems
William Blake
The Tyger
Holy Thursday (Experience)
London
Linking the William Blake poems
Poems on a theme: Through my eyes
Alan Smith: Weekend visit
Susan Hrynkow: Grandfather
Berlie Doherty: Quieter than snow
Linking the Through my eyes poems
Poem pairings
WB Yeats: He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
Sheenagh Pugh: The boy with a Cloud in his Hand
Shakespeare: Sonnet 18
Celia Warner: Shakespeare’s 18th Worm
Section C: Poets and their poems
Thomas Hardy
A Light Snow-Fall after Frost
Heredity
The Walk
Linking the Thomas Hardy poems
Grace Nichols
On Receiving a Jamaican Postcard
Two Old Black Men on a Leicester Square Park Bench
For Forest
Linking the Grace Nichols poems
Ted Hughes
Thistles
The Harvest Moon
The Thought Fox
Linking the Ted Hughes poems
Poems on a theme: Words of war
Siegfried Sassoon: Suicide in the Trenches
Ho Thien: Green Beret
Goran Simic: Sorrow of Sarajevo
Linking the Words of war poems
Poem pairings
Rupert M Loydell