National Poetry Day 2022

National Poetry Day is a UK-wide celebration of poetry, taking place on the 6th of October 2022. This year’s theme is The Environment.

On this page you’ll find links to poems, lost and found words, films and teaching resources-as well as our archives of National Poetry Days gone by. We’ll be adding more to this page as the big day gets nearer, so keep checking back in!

moth on grey bark — Buff Footman by Derek Robertson

National Poetry Day 2022 Films

Watch new films of poets recorded exclusively for NPD 2022.

Watch here

Private: Exhibition in 2022: From the Bird’s Mouth, Bho Bheul An Eòin

Visit our new exhibition of paintings which bring together nature, poetry and translation.

Lost and Found

Nature poems from the SPL

Over 50 poems on the theme of Nature and the Environment from our website.

Find a new favourite

National Poetry Day 2022 Teaching Resource: Circle Poems

An easy to use and fun circle poem teaching resource created specially for National Poetry Day 2022. For primary or secondary classes.

Download for free

Posters and classroom resources

Visit our friends at the Forward Foundation for more downloadable resources for primary and secondary classes.

More for teachers

Dublin to Edinburgh poetry exchange

We recently hosted the first part of a poetry workshop exchange with young people from Trinity Academy, Dublin working alongside their counterparts from Leith Academy, Edinburgh.

Watch here

Browse our bookshop

A special selection of nature themed poetry books : great as gifts (or guilty pleasures).

To the shop!

National Poetry Day 2021 with Hollie McNish

For National Poetry Day we present three exclusive recordings from Hollie McNish's SLUG Book Tour

Hear Hollie here

National Poetry Day archive

Find current and past resources for National Poetry Day, including poems, teaching notes, and audio and video recordings.

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