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The POEM FOR SUFFOLK blog charts the project since the first week of workshops in September 2014, sharing some of the best poems created during the sessions and the stories behind them.
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The One Way Road in Tattingstone
And on went went to Tattingstone Primary, where we met Arthur who had an amazing voice - a sort of Junior Tom Waits' growl and a quick...
Snakes and Crowbars in Carlton Colville
There are always stand-out poems or outstanding phrases that emerge in each session. Something the students just read something out or...
Summer in old and new Carlton Colville
I started the final week of Poem for Suffolk workshops with a visit to a Primary School in Carlton Colville, the rural village where I...
A Boat in Lowestoft
On a day when I wasn't really 'Poem for Suffolk-ing', I came across a man who told me a poem. It was during last week's session with the...
The Invention of the Dogbird at Kedington
And then there was Dan at Kedington Primary, who did a wonderful list of all the things you can find in his corner of the county, then...
Toys R Us Closed
It's easy to miss things in the hurly-burly of a workshop in the classroom. Sorting through the poems from a week of Poem for Suffolk...
Week by Week
Tried a passing days theme at Grundisburgh Primary School this week or last week (by the time you're reading this who knows?)? With year...
The Cow, The Skateboard & The Cat
The Spring series of Poem for Suffolk workshops began early this Monday morning with a trip to East Bergholt Primary with a session with...
The Dog with a Clock in his Brain
I was delighted to return to St Mary's CEVA Primary in Hadleigh for Poem for Suffolk, where the poet Andrew Frolish is Headteacher. I...
The Lowestoft Goth by Hayden
Delighted to get to my hometown of Lowestoft with Poem for Suffolk and at Woods Loke Primary we were trying to write short portraits of...
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