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VARIATION ON AN OLD RHYME by John Mole

Posted on May 31, 2018 by The Henry Brothers

VARIATION ON AN OLD RHYME by John Mole This is the blackbird that wakes with a song. This is the sun That shines for the blackbird that wakes with a song. This is the earth That welcomes the sun That … Continue reading →

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Up-Hill – a poem by Christina Rossetti

Posted on July 14, 2017 by The Henry Brothers

Up-Hill Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day’s journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend. But is there for the night a resting-place? A roof for … Continue reading →

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Poetry nonsense no. 1 – the double dactyl

Posted on July 31, 2013 by The Henry Brothers

As the summer season silliness sets in we would like to share some examples of various forms of nonsense poetry, beginning with the “double dactyl”. A dactyl on its own is a metrical pattern made up of one stressed syllable … Continue reading →

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Nazim Hikmet – The Optimistic Man

Posted on July 3, 2013 by The Henry Brothers

As schools close and our friends and colleagues take their summer break we would like to thank you for the work you have done this year. Good teaching is central to the health of countries, societies, communities all around the … Continue reading →

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Say, Did You Say?

Posted on September 18, 2012 by The Henry Brothers

Say, did you say, or did you not say, What I said you said? For it is said that you said That you did not say What I said you said. Now if you say that you did not say … Continue reading →

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Rhythmic Raps

Posted on April 30, 2012 by The Henry Brothers

Here’s a great idea for getting students to write rhythmic raps. We’ve used this technique time and again in our Poetry Jams and we first ‘lifted’ the idea from Alan Maley and Alan Duff after seeing it in their excellent … Continue reading →

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Good with Children and Dogs – Jan Dean an itinerant poet.

Posted on February 8, 2012 by The Henry Brothers

  Jan Dean is by her own admission an ‘itinerant poet, good with children and dogs’. She says that, ‘Being a poet isn’t a job. It’s who you are. It’s to do with a way of seeing the world – … Continue reading →

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Today and Tomorrow

Posted on January 12, 2012 by The Henry Brothers

Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call today his own; He who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today. John Dryden

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Alabama

Posted on January 5, 2012 by The Henry Brothers

My brethren, among the legends of my people it is told how a chief, leading the remnant of his people, crossed a great river, and striking his tipi-stake upon the ground, exclaimed, ‘A-la-ba-ma!’ This in our language means ‘Here we … Continue reading →

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The Listeners – Walter De La Mare

Posted on October 31, 2011 by The Henry Brothers

The dark wood, wind whistling through the trees, the lone traveller and the seemingly deserted house. These are the typical ingredients for a classic, ghostly tale, and so it is with Walter De La Mare’s ‘The Listeners’. It’s a poem … Continue reading →

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