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Liz Brownlee
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I'm a children's poet, I love writing animal and shape poems, and the children's poetry world! National Poetry Day Ambassador. Dog Owner. Book reader. Coffee drinker. Friend. Between Bristol and Bath.
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Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social · Dec 1
Here's my puffin poem as an animation - you'll find him and other poems by me and lots more kids' poets, poetry lessons, interviews with authors, book reviews etc on my website: www.poetryroundabout.com
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Puffin, by Liz Brownlee, an animated shape poem
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Happy National Poetry Day everyone So many wonder-ful poems appearing on @cpsummit.bsky.social today Thanks to
@lizpoet.bsky.social for including one of mine 🙂🌟 childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/10/01/a...
A World of Wonder-ful Nature Poems on National Poetry Day
Here’s the last selection of poems on the theme of wonder from fantastic poets around the UK – these are on the wonders of the natural world! Poems all copyright of the individual autho…
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October 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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#Wonder #NationalPoetryDay #Skellig #PoeryReading In the Dark - a reading of a poem of wonder by Liz Brownlee poetryroundabout.com/2026/10/01/i...
In the Dark – a reading of a poem of wonder by Liz Brownlee
Image of feather by Stacey,
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October 1, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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#NationalPoetryDay #Teachers #Wonderpoems #FunnyPoems National Poetry Day 2026, Wonder Poem, John Dougherty Performs 'Next Door's Cat' poetryroundabout.com/2026/10/01/n...
National Poetry Day 2026, Wonder Poem, John Dougherty Performs ‘Next Door’s Cat’
I love this performance, so it had to be here in the wonder line up!
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October 1, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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#Animation #AnimalPoetryAnimation #TarsierPoem #Teachers #NationalPoetryDay #Wonder National Poetry Day Wonder Poem Video - Alaskan Wood Frog Animation, by Liz Brownlee poetryroundabout.com/2026/10/01/n...
A National Poetry Day wonder themed poem animation reading.
A poem animation on the theme of wonder for National Poetry Day 2026 about a wondrous, real frog that can freeze and stay alive
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October 1, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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National Poetry Day Wonder Poetry Video - Tarsier Poem Animation, by Liz Brownlee #NationalPoetryDay #Teachers #Wonderpoems #AnimalPoems #AnimalPoetryAnimation #Animation poetryroundabout.com/2026/10/01/n...
National Poetry Day Wonder Poetry Video – Tarsier Poem Animation, by Liz Brownlee
Here’s another poem by me – tarsiers are wonderful little creatures – they are the primates with skeletons most like us, they are tiny, nocturnal, live in the trees, can jump 40 f…
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October 1, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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A World of Animal Wonder Poems on National Poetry Day childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/10/01/a...
A World of Animal Wonder Poems on National Poetry Day
Today is National Poetry Day of course, and instead of a blog, we have three blogs of wonder-themed poems for you from some of our wonderful children’s poets here in the UK. The first blog is…
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October 1, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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National Poetry Day Poem videos about Wonder - Celia Warren reads 'Pelican'. poetryroundabout.com/2026/10/01/n...
National Poetry Day Poem videos about Wonder – Celia Warren reads ‘Pelican’.
I’m sharing some wonderful videos from poet friends that fit the theme of NPD this year – Wonder. First of all is Celia Warren, who sadly died last year – one of my favourites of …
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October 1, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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National Poetry Day Wonder Poetry Video - Tarsier Poem Animation, by Liz Brownlee poetryroundabout.com/2026/10/01/n...
National Poetry Day Wonder Poetry Video – Tarsier Poem Animation, by Liz Brownlee
Here’s another poem by me – tarsiers are wonderful little creatures – they are the primates with skeletons most like us, they are tiny, nocturnal, live in the trees, can jump 40 f…
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October 1, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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Simon Lamb: Mat o'Shanter- Children's Poetry Review poetryroundabout.com/2026/09/20/s...
Simon Lamb: Mat o’Shanter- Children’s Poetry Review
Matt o’Shanter by Simon Lamb, Illustrated by Ross MacRae, pub: Scallywag Press Ltd. Tam o’Shanter may not be a familiar tale to today’s young people (although chances are stronger…
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September 23, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Joshua Seigal: An (Adult) Poem About Being a Children's Poet childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/08/13/j...
Joshua Seigal: An (Adult) Poem About Being a Children’s Poet
I write poetry for grown ups as well as children, but it occurred to me recently that I have never really written a poem (for grown ups) about being a children’s poet. I have written many words abo…
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August 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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Joshua Seigal: An (Adult) Poem About Being a Children's Poet childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/08/13/j...
Joshua Seigal: An (Adult) Poem About Being a Children’s Poet
I write poetry for grown ups as well as children, but it occurred to me recently that I have never really written a poem (for grown ups) about being a children’s poet. I have written many words abo…
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August 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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What if the whole country saw the full picture? This is a national emergency. The impacts are already here.
But the solutions exist.

Communities are watching the People’s Emergency Briefing and discussing what to do next with neighbours and MPs

#EarthDay
Screenings www.nebriefing.org/screening-map
April 22, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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A letter to the Prime Minister from the #𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴 experts in today's @financialtimes.com.

Please share. Link to a zoomable image:
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With thanks to Business Declares.
#TimeToStepUp #NationalRenewal
July 23, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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Gaby Morgan: Summertime - a Few Poetry Snapshots of Summer childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/07/02/g...
Gaby Morgan: Summertime – a Few Poetry Snapshots of Summer
Anna Wilson’s poem about her tortoise, Hercules, coming out of hibernation is all of us shaking off the colder months and turning towards the sun. The Labours of HerculesI lift the box lid,push asi…
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July 4, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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Brian Bilston: Why Writing Poetry for Children is Much Better than Having to Write it for Adults childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/06/25/b...
Brian Bilston: Why Writing Poetry for Children is Much Better than Having to Write it for Adults
Brian Bilston – Revealed! I had a new book come out recently. It purports to be “an alternative guide to writing and enjoying poetry”: a fondly facetious exploration of the “craft” of poetry,…
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June 25, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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Robert Schechter: The Caterpillar Prize Judging childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/06/04/r... and winners!
Robert Schechter: The Caterpillar Prize Judging
We are thrilled to have a blog by this year’s Caterpillar Prize judge, Robert Schechter, and the announcement of the winners! I want to thank Rebecca O’Connor for continuing to sponsor …
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June 12, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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Mark Bird: Finding Solace Through Poetry childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/06/11/m...
Mark Bird: Finding Solace Through Poetry
A year ago, Air India flight AI171 crashed, killing all but one of the passengers and crew. The morning after, our headteacher at Barlby Primary School asked the Early Years team to meet him as soo…
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June 11, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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Attie Lime: Lighting the Spark childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/05/28/a...
Attie Lime: Lighting the Spark
At the end of a recent school visit, a teacher showed me videos of children outside in the drizzle, performing poems they had created themselves that morning. She told me that during their forest s…
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May 28, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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Andrea Reece: Books for Keeps - Taking Poetry for Children Seriously childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/05/21/a...
Andrea Reece: Books for Keeps – Taking Poetry for Children Seriously
Brandford Boase Award 2024 Books for Keeps has been taking children’s literature seriously since its launch in March 1980 and that includes poetry written for children. It might seem unnecessary to…
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May 23, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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Pie Corbett: Observing and Capturing Experience childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/05/14/p...
Pie Corbett: Observing and Capturing Experience
Skeleton leafLifeless like tissueLaces neatly threadedGentle, fragileThe silk delicate embroideryThe veins spreadingNetwork carefully stitchedBony like witch’sFingersBackbone gentle andTenderSally,…
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May 23, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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Penny Thomas - A Profile childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/04/30/h...
Penny Thomas – A Profile
Who are you and which publishing house do you work for? Penny Thomas, I’m the editor at Firefly Press children’s and YA publisher. How long have you been editing poetry for children and how many ch…
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May 3, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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Marilyn Singer: Not Just the Facts - Nonfiction Poetry childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/04/23/m...
Marilyn Singer: Not Just the Facts – Nonfiction Poetry
The Dewey Decimal system puts poetry in the library’s nonfiction section. Yet a lot of people think these genres have nothing in common.  Heck, I used to think they had nothing in common.&nbsp…
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April 25, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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Sean Taylor: The CLiPPA Prize List and the Importance of Poetry for Children childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/04/16/s...
Sean Taylor: The CLiPPA Prize List and the Importance of Poetry for Children
I’m fresh from the online announcement of the shortlisted books for the 2026 CLPE Poetry Award 2026 (aka the CLiPPA.) This featured five poems read aloud, and it was a spellbinding selection of wha…
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April 19, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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Rhiannon Oliver: Lights, Camera - Poetry! childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/04/09/r...
Rhiannon Oliver: Lights, Camera – Poetry!
It was March 2020, and I was in technical rehearsals at The Riverfront Theatre, Newport, readying for opening night, when the theatres, and everything else, were suddenly closed. I had spent much o…
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April 10, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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River Song, by Gerard Benson

Today is the anniversary of Gerard Benson's birthday. A poet and man very much missed.
River Song, by Gerard Benson
Today is the anniversary of Gerard Benson's birthday. A poet and man very much missed.
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April 9, 2026 at 9:47 AM