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    Poems for Kidses
    Poems for Kidses
    Poems for Kidses
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    Poems for Kidses

    By Philip M. Dunkerley

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    More than fifty poems aimed at encouraging young people - perhaps age 8 to mid-teens - to engage with the magic of poetry. It starts simple ('delight and insight') but develops through the uplifting and intriguing before touching on the fact that life cannot go on for ever. Many of the poems rhyme, some don't. Many take traditional forms, some don't. There are poems on many topics - humour, birds/trees/landscapes, the mind - even some about poems themselves. If the book does its job, it will engage young people and show them that words have magical powers. Good poetry can pack an emotional punch out of all proportion to the flimsy words it uses. Read and enjoy.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateDec 27, 2014
    ISBN9781326132958
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      Poems for Kidses - Philip M. Dunkerley

      Poems for Kidses

      Poems for Kidses

      (To Get Their Teeth Into)

      Philip M. Dunkerley

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

      First Edition

      Published in 2014 by Serena Books

      e-mail: dunkerleyphilip@hotmail.com

      Copyright © Philip Martin Dunkerley

      ISBN 5 800107 149726

      The right of Philip Martin Dunkerley to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988.

      Design and Cover Design by Serena Books

      Produced in Great Britain via Lulu.com

      Introduction

      Many thoughtful adults think that kids don’t read enough poetry. Most thoughtful adults think that poetry is probably a good thing, but don’t bother to read it themselves. Yet there is often a feeling that in the time of our grandparents more poetry was read - and loved. Those of us who did learn a little poetry ‘by heart’ at school treasure the lines we can still call on in moments of sadness or elation, and lines that make us smile can still come into our heads at odd moments in life.

      Kids today tend to know the lyrics of pop songs - and there is nothing wrong with that even if some of them turn out to be subversive. But ‘poetry’ has in intensity of thought and language that most pop lyrics do not come close to achieving.

      So why is it that the riches of poetry appear to pass kids by?

      It seems to me that most poetry collections for children, after providing an enjoyable introduction to verse and rhyme, do not then lead onwards into the more wonderful world of adult poetry that lies waiting.

      The author of this collection always had a yen for poetry - I wrote the first poem in the book, Tarn Howes, when nine years old. After that, from time to time I would put down my thoughts in verse on paper, happy to see them there. They followed me through life and in later years I have had more time to listen to the Muse who sometimes whispers

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