Sometimes friends ask me what drew me to poetry, what first compelled me to write poems? And my answer is two-fold: jump rope tunes and nursery rhymes. These oral forms of poetry fostered my love of ...

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 ...

Jonathan Goldstein: These poems come from wanting to create other fingers with which to reach out and touch You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account.

Pre-schoolers at Little Rascals Day Nursery in Darlaston, West Midlands took part in a competition run by My First Poem. The children’s poems were selected to be published in a book, My First Poem ...

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 ...

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, ...

CHILDREN from the Toybox Nursery are celebrating after having their work published at the ages of just three and four. CHILDREN from the Toybox Nursery are celebrating after having their work ...

I count and recount Gus’s fingers as though maybe, against all reason, I’ll find I’ve been miscounting up until now. It would be like one of those dreams where you come home to find your house has no ...