by Rachel Piercey | Dec 15, 2023 | Issue 6 resources, Resources
All of the poems in Issue 6 are also available as free poem-posters to download, print and display. There are also free, downloadable teaching resources around the poems ‘Acoustic Recordings’ by Elizabeth Kuelbs, ‘Math Lesson (from the Garden)’ by Irene Latham, and...
by Rachel Piercey | Dec 15, 2023 | Issue 6 poems
Through the telescope in her bedroom window, ten-year-old Vera looks at the night sky. She sees the bright stars, but also, the darkness. What does it do? The darkness. Why is it there? The darkness. How does it work? Vera’s questions multiply. When she gets older,...
by Rachel Piercey | Dec 15, 2023 | Issue 6 poems
We peer back in time with hexagonal mirrors, thinly cloaked in gold. Gazing at stars that died long ago, we guess what our future might hold. We follow the light to the edge of existence, the gap between galaxies growing. I wonder, once our star goes dark – will...
by Rachel Piercey | Jul 21, 2023 | Issue 5 poems
I found you on a sad day. You lay on the pavement’s edge as if someone had kicked you aside, small, grey and imperfectly round. Eyes to the ground, I crept past, then a flicker of sun, and you winked and I knew that wink was for me. You were a perfect fit for my palm...
by Rachel Piercey | Jul 21, 2023 | Issue 5 resources, Resources
All of the poems in issue 5 are also available as free poem-posters to download, print and display. There are also free, downloadable teaching resources around the poems ‘A Dreamy Afternoon on the Common’ by Rhiannon Oliver, ‘The Pond’ by Hugh Dunkerley, and ‘What...
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