Section A: Poets and their poemsNorman SilverElectronic Brain I want trainers Life is a ball Linking the Norman Silver poems John AgardThe Soldiers Came What The Teacher Said When Asked: What Er We Avin For Geography Miss? Checking Out Me History Linking the John Agard poems Elizabeth JenningsThe Moth’s Plea Casting a spell The Fish’s Warning Linking the Elizabeth Jennings poems Poems on a theme: Playing with wordsAnon: Why English is so hard David Horner: Little Acorns Malorie Blackman: Facing the Truth – with Haikus Linking the Playing with words poems Poem pairingsLewis Carroll: Jabberwocky Trevor Millum: Jabbermockery Section B: Poets and their poemsBenjamin ZephaniahWot a pair According to my mood Important notice Linking the Benjamin Zephaniah poems Jackie KayEnglish cousin comes to Scotland Tomorrow they’ll be coming to get me Pollution Linking the Jackie Kay poems William BlakeThe Tyger Holy Thursday (Experience) London Linking the William Blake poems Poems on a theme: Through my eyesAlan Smith: Weekend visit Susan Hrynkow: Grandfather Berlie Doherty: Quieter than snow Linking the Through my eyes poems Poem pairingsWB Yeats: He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven Sheenagh Pugh: The boy with a Cloud in his Hand Shakespeare: Sonnet 18 Celia Warner: Shakespeare’s 18th Worm Section C: Poets and their poemsThomas HardyA Light Snow-Fall after Frost Heredity The Walk Linking the Thomas Hardy poems Grace NicholsOn Receiving a Jamaican Postcard Two Old Black Men on a Leicester Square Park Bench For Forest Linking the Grace Nichols poems Ted HughesThistles The Harvest Moon The Thought Fox Linking the Ted Hughes poems Poems on a theme: Words of warSiegfried Sassoon: Suicide in the Trenches Ho Thien: Green Beret Goran Simic: Sorrow of Sarajevo Linking the Words of war poems Poem pairingsRupert M Loydell
