The Power of Poetry Exploring Form with Roger McGough

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The Power of Poetry Exploring Form with Roger McGough Roger McGough writes poetry for children and adults.

With their witty play on words, Roger McGough's poems amuse the reader whilst offering food for serious thought. Roger was made a CBE for his services to poetry.

uk/rogermcgough/ This booklist, which is a work in progress, linked to the CLPE Power of Poetry course includes a selection of books which feature a range of forms, including concrete poems, riddles,

1 The Power of Poetry Exploring Form with Roger McGough Roger McGough writes poetry for children and adults. His most recent collection for children is Poetry Pie, which was shortlisted for the CLiPPA in 2016 and for adults It Never Rains (both published by Penguin Random House). With their witty play on words, Roger McGough's poems amuse the reader whilst offering food for serious thought. Roger was made a CBE for his services to poetry. He was the chair of judges for CLiPPA 2014 and 2015 and is a patron of CLPE. Find out more about Roger at This booklist, which is a work in progress, linked to the CLPE Power of Poetry course includes a selection of books which feature a range of forms, including concrete poems, riddles, haiku, and different ways of using poems on the page to enhance meaning. The final section of the list shares books and poems across poetry for adults and children referenced on Roger s day of the Power of Poetry course, focussed on exploring form. Roger McGough: Poetry Pie Children s collections from Roger McGough Roger McGough and Michael Rosen: You Tell Me Frances Lincoln Roger McGough: If Only We Had a Helicopter Barrington Stoke Roger McGough: I Never Liked Wednesdays! Barrington Stoke Roger McGough: Lucky Frances Lincoln

2 Roger McGough: An Imaginary Menagerie Frances Lincoln Roger McGough: Slapstick Roger McGough & Brian Patten: The Monster s Guide to Choosing a Pet Puffin Roger McGough: Dotty Inventions Frances Lincoln Roger McGough: All The Best illustrated by Lydia Monks Roger McGough: The Bees Knees Puffin Roger McGough: Slapstick Roger McGough: What on Earth Can It Be? illustrated by Lydia Monks Little Simon Roger McGough: Good Enough to Eat illustrated by Lydia Monks Puffin Roger McGough: Bad Bad Cats Puffin Roger McGough: Pillow Talk illustrated by Steve Guarnaccia Puffin Roger McGough: Sky in the Pie illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura Puffin

3 Roger McGough s adult collections: Roger McGough: It Never Rains Penguin Roger McGough: As Far as I Know Penguin Roger McGough: That Awkward Age Penguin Roger McGough: Collected Poems Roger McGough: Defying Gravity Penguin Texts to share a range of poetic forms throughout the school Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters (eds): Here s a Little Poem illustrated by Polly Dunbar Walker James Carter: Hey Little Bug! Poems for Little Creatures illustrated by Mique Moriuchi Frances Lincoln June Crebbin (ed): The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems Puffin Kathy Henderson: The Dragon with a Big Nose Frances Lincoln James Carter: Cars, Stars, Electric Guitars illustrated by Mique Moriuchi Walker Sue Hardy-Dawson: Where Zebras Go Otter-Barry Books

4 Rachel Rooney: My Life as a Goldfish illustrated by Ellie Jenkins Frances Lincoln Carol Ann Duffy: The Hat illustrated by David Whittle Faber & Faber Roger McGough: Poetry Pie Edward Lear: Nonsense Limericks (Faber Children s Classics) illustrated by Arthur Robins Faber & Faber Joseph Coelho: Werewolf Club Rules illustrated by John O Leary Frances Lincoln Paul B. Janeczko: A Poke in the I. A collection of concrete poems illustrated by Chris Raschka. Walker James Carter: Journey to the Centre of my Brain illustrated by Chris Garbutt Macmillan Rachel Rooney: The Language of Cat illustrated by Ellie Jenkins Frances Lincoln Fred Sedgwick: Here Comes the Poetry Man Salt Publishing Andrew Fusek Peters (ed): Sheep Don t Go to School: Mad and Magical Children s Poetry of Eastern Europe illustrated by Markéta Prachatická Bloodaxe Poems and Collections Referenced on the Course Day Roger McGough: The Writer of This Poem and The Reader of This Poem from All The Best by Roger McGough, illustrated by Lydia Monks Roger McGough: Excuses, Excuses, Excuses and Lame Excuses from Poetry Pie by Roger McGough

5 Roger McGough: In Case of Fire (Adult version) from Collected Poems by Roger McGough Roger McGough: First Haiku of Spring and Old Wives Tales from Nailing the Shadow Viking Kestrel Roger McGough: Starfish Enterprise new and unpublished Roger McGough: Give and Take from Good Enough to Eat by Roger McGough, illustrated by Lydia Monks Puffin Roger McGough: Recycling from Poetry Pie by Roger McGough Roger McGough: Five Car Family from Collected Poems by Roger McGough Roger McGough: Nightmares from Poetry Pie by Roger McGough Roger McGough: In Case of Fire (Children s version) from Good Enough to Eat by Roger McGough, illustrated by Lydia Monks Puffin Roger McGough: Easy Pickings and A Good Listener from Poetry Pie by Roger McGough Roger McGough: Don t Go Where the Scarecrows Are and The Scarecrow Replies from Poetry Pie by Roger McGough Roger McGough: The Juggler from Poetry Pie by Roger McGough Roger McGough: Simple Questions and The Tongue Twister from All The Best by Roger McGough, illustrated by Lydia Monks

6 Roger McGough: You Tell Me from You Tell Me by Roger McGough and Michael Rosen Frances Lincoln Roger McGough: Everyday Eclipses (Commissioned by the BBC) can be found at: Roger McGough: Words from Slapstick by Roger McGough Roger McGough: Gruesome from All The Best by Roger McGough, illustrated by Lydia Monks Roger McGough: Wouldn t it be Funny if you Didn t Have a Nose? from Pillow Talk by Roger McGough, illustrated by Steve Guarnaccia Puffin Roger McGough: Potato Clock from All The Best by Roger McGough, illustrated by Lydia Monks Roger McGough: Vegetarians from All The Best by Roger McGough, illustrated by Lydia Monks Roger McGough: Quicksilver and Tomorrow Has Your Name on It from Poetry Pie by Roger McGough Roger McGough: 40-Love from Collected Poems by Roger McGough Roger McGough: Reward and Punishment from All The Best by Roger McGough, illustrated by Lydia Monks Roger McGough: Window Gazing from As Far as I Know by Roger McGough Penguin

7 Roger McGough: Moan from Bad Bad Cats by Roger McGough Puffin Roger McGough: The Colour Collector from The Bees Knees by Roger McGough Puffin Roger McGough: Grandma and the Angels from As Far as I Know by Roger McGough Penguin Roger McGough: Rude Kangaroo and Dumb Giraffe from Slapstick by Roger McGough Roger McGough: Allivator, Canary, Llama, Conger Eel, Grey Starling, Emus and Ostrich from An Imaginary Menagerie Frances Lincoln Roger McGough: Apologise new and unpublished

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