by Rachel Piercey | Dec 29, 2025 | Issue 10 resources, Resources
All of the poems in Issue 10 are also available as free poem-posters to download, print and display. There are also free, downloadable teaching resources around the poems ‘My Superpower’ by Carole Bromley and ‘An unusual superpower’ by Vaishnavi Pusapati, ‘There’s a...
by Rachel Piercey | Dec 29, 2025 | Issue 10 poems
I can see straight through people, their bones, what they had for lunch, whether their heart is kind. I don’t always use this power; it’s enough to know I have it, that there’s nowhere they can hide. So when I look at you hard like this, I’m seeing right through you...
by Rachel Piercey | Dec 29, 2025 | Issue 10 poems
You won’t see me by the tuffet, you won’t find me up the spout. I’d much rather stay inside today instead of going out. Though I’m not a storyteller, it’s a tangled web I weave. I won’t give you superpowers, I’d prefer it if you leave. Please don’t call me “Son of...
by Rachel Piercey | Dec 29, 2025 | Issue 10 poems
Mr Frisby had a grizzly but the bear was in a tizzy, felt his fur was way too frizzy, all the frizzy made him dizzy and his chin was fuzzy wuzzy. “Don’t you stress,” said Mr Frisby, “we can sort this in a jiffy”, gave the bear a quick shampooey (gosh, the soap was...
by Rachel Piercey | Dec 29, 2025 | Issue 10 poems
Sssss — the electrophonic sizzle-hiss of light as a meteor turning earthwards burns bright* Urp — the burp of a black hole following swallowing an entire solar system of gaseous giants in one gargantuan gravitational gulp Rise — the silent dawn chorus of a myriad of...
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