by Rachel Piercey | Jun 27, 2025 | Issue 9 poems
Socks left around. Dishes left out. Room all cluttered. Mouth all pout. Grades not perfect. Words not wise. Spilling some milk. Telling some lies. Though we sigh, Together we ride. Love stays strong. Hearts stay tied. * Shuba Mohan writes for children and...
by Rachel Piercey | Oct 2, 2024 | Issue 8 resources, Resources
All of the poems in Issue 8 are also available as free poem-posters to download, print and display. There are also free, downloadable teaching resources around the poems ‘Be a snail’ by Roy Moss, ‘New Beginnings’ by Emma Phillips, and ‘Small Things and Big Awe’ by...
by Rachel Piercey | Oct 2, 2024 | Issue 8 poems
A girl once told me that full stops are new beginnings. Some said she was dotty when she claimed full stops were spots from story-book leopards, entrances to fairy wells or the unhatched eggs of miniscule birds. She called full stops her thought tunnels, the shape an...
by Rachel Piercey | Oct 2, 2024 | Issue 8 poems
It looks like a puddle from here, but it’s bursting with life when you grow near. Algae! Tadpoles! Snails! It looks like an old log from here, but it’s teeming with critters when you grow near. Salamanders! Millipedes! Beetles! It looks like some garbage from here,...
by Rachel Piercey | Oct 2, 2024 | Issue 8 poems
You know those tiny animals – the ones that cause hysteria? They’re found in every country, from New Zealand to Nigeria. Most people are afraid of them or view them as inferior, and no one seems to like them much, but we should LOVE bacteria! Yes, some of them are...
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