For Kids
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Chocolate
This is a special poem to me because it talks about two of my favourite things …chocolate and Fairtrade. I imagined all the different family members and their most loved types of chocolate. And of course to write this poem I was helped by eating maybe more than one bar!
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The Sandcastle
Cheerful coloured buckets, spades and wonderful sandcastles – as a child I spent many hours happily building fantastic creations. But when you are little you don’t understand that the tide goes in and out, and it carries away all in its path – even my sandcastle…
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If I Could Own A Shoe Shop
When I was little, shoe shops didn’t sell anything very exciting to wear. This was my inspiration for this poem many years later… I imagined all the great types of shoes, boots, sandals and trainers that would take you on amazing adventures, full of colour, beautiful far-away places and dreams coming true.
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Ten Beautiful Seagulls
This poem was inspired by my seagull watching at the beach. A group of them gathered together and then slowly flew away one by one. Each on a different mission to find food. Unfortunately, as the poem reminds us, the little presents they leave behind to those who feed them, are not always welcome ones!