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Hedge Sparrows by Richard Price

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Classroom resource for the poem Hedge Sparrows by Richard Price. Activities in this resource are aimed at pupils in upper primary school (P5–P7).

Pakistan and Hungary: Fabric poems.

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Learning resource for two poems about fabric (“The Sari” and “Mother”) from Pakistan and Hungary. Activities in this resource are aimed at pupils in upper secondary
school (S4–S6).

Czech Republic: The Written World

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Classroom resource about the poem Alphabet by Miroslav Holub. Activities in this resource are aimed at pupils in upper primary school (P5–P7).

China: The Written World

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Classroom resource about the poem Living in the Hills by Chinese poet Wang Wei. Activities in this resource are aimed at pupils in upper secondary school (S4–S6).

Bosnia: The Written World

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Classroom resource about the poem Essay by Bosnia–Herzegovinia based poet Semezdin Mehmedinović. Activities in this resource are aimed at pupils in upper primary school (P5–P7).

Poetry links

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A curated list of hyperlinks to literature and poetry related places.

New Zealand: The Written World

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Activities in this resource are aimed at pupils in lower secondary school (S1–S3).
Curriculum for Excellence Correspondences (Levels 3–4)
Literacy and English experiences and outcomes.

Reconciliation - by Margaret Sackville

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When all the stress and all the toil is over,And my lover lies sleeping by your lover,With alien earth on hands and brows and feet,          Then we may meet. Moving sorrowfully with uneven paces,The bright sun shining on our ravaged faces,There, very quietly, without sound or speech,          […]

In Memoriam - by James Pittendrigh Macgillivray

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Blue-eyed, white-souled; blameless in word and deed! —
How fortunate a thing it is to leave
This life in such a way that none may grieve,

Echo: Dropt Sapphics - by Heather H. Yeung

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What cld you potentially – no! – possibly do to mean – O – wait! this feels too facile. So try once again. Make sure it is all sure – steadfast – scalar movements towards god knows what. You request the sun is shut out so you can muse on song. O – but of […]

Winter by Edwin Morgan Teaching Notes

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Our notes for this set text should help teachers and students alike.

Visiting Hour by Norman MacCaig

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Our notes for this set text should help teachers and students alike.

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