Poetry by Heart
Poetry by Heart is a recitation competition which launches in British schools this month. The competition, funded in part by …
Tag Archives: Andrew Motion
Take up your cross and follow me – Andrew Motion’s The Customs House
If you’re ever on the A34 near Basingstoke, then consider stopping at Burghclere. The main road is unchanged since painted …
The trouble with poetry – how we get teaching it wrong
‘Would anyone care to join me / in flicking a few pebbles in the direction / of teachers who are …
This scepter’d isle: Andrew Motion’s The Cinder Path
Buy The Cinder Path from Faber and Faber On Andrew Motion‘s last night as Poet Laureate he decided to return …
Poor Rude Lines 