Resources
‘Tell your story, pen your poem, sing your song. We
all have tales to tell. We just have to find the voice to
do it. Find the voice, tell it your way. It’s your story.’
Michael Morpurgo
www.nationalwritingday.org.uk
National Writing Day takes place 21st June 2017. This is
a collaborative day sponsored by the charity First Story
and its partner arts and literacy organisations across the
UK. To find out more, register for email updates.
100.best-poems.net
Best poems encyclopaedia
allpoetry.com/poems
The web’s largest poetry writing group
lithub.com/30-poets-you-should-be-reading
Literary Hubs’ 2016 list of contemporary poets
they recommend you read
www.mememaker.net/template/poetry
Create a meme of lines of your favourite poems
www.poetrybyheart.org.uk
A national poetry recitation competition for
14-18 year olds
www.poetryarchive.org records poets
reading their own works for posterity and
makes partial recordings available online
thepoetryhour.com hosts classical and
modern poetry and includes video readings
by celebrities. It’s also possible to upload your
own photograph and make a meme with it
using a line from one of their poems.
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