Tyger Tyger Issue 3 – The Colour Spectrum, October 2022
Welcome to the third issue of Tyger Tyger Magazine, on the theme of The Colour Spectrum!
Here are twelve vivid poems to add colour and sunshine into your day! Mix paints, make bold colour choices, find the rainbow all around you, tumble into a painting, and bite into the sun – or is that an orange? Discover a cautionary mythic tale about a boy who swallowed the sky, a tender story of art and empathy, and a praise poem to the colour with the best name. See fruits and vegetables in a different light, meet the confident, glorious Sky, and experience the magic of painting your toenails!
Each poem is available as a free poem-poster to download, print and display, and there are free teaching resources around three of the poems.
Rainbow, by Jane Lovell
Find all the colours of the rainbow – and more besides – in the beautiful world around us.
In Which the Witch Paints Her Toes, by Kathryn Dove
A poem in which a witch creates magic by painting her toenails…
Colour Mixing, by Louise Crosby
Mix together the primary colours to create new, wild hues…
flowers and space, by Laura Theis
A poem about plants, saying goodbye, kindness and creativity.
Harvest of Haiku, by Karla Wendelin
A series of beguiling haiku about the beauty of fruits and vegetables, full of vivid sensory details.
Contradiction, by Joan Riordan
Discover the wild beauty of rainbow colours where you’d least expect them…
Red Bridge, by Marie Papier
A dreamy, ekphrastic poem where the speaker finds herself exploring the world of an atmospheric painting.
Orange, by Theresa Gaughan
A mouthwatering poem exploring the similarities between oranges and the sun.
The boy who ate the sky, by Ian Humphreys
The tale of a boy whose eyes were much, much bigger than his stomach…
Vermilion, by Harry Glass
A poem singing the praises of a beautiful, useful and excellently named colour.
Sofia’s Paintbox, by Carole Bromley
Meet a creative young painter who experiments joyfully with colour.
Sky is wearing red tonight, by Coral Rumble
A personification poem about a sky full of glorious confidence and confident glory.
Posters and teaching resources – issue 3
All of the poems in issue 3 are also available as free poem-posters to download, print and display. There are also free, downloadable teaching resources around the poems ‘Colour Mixing’ by Louise Crosby, ‘Harvest of Haiku’ by Karla Wendelin, and ‘Red Bridge’ by Marie...