Just One Poem

In light of the announcement that books for children will be eligible for a new category of the Booker Prize, I turn to a poem by Nicola Davies to discuss why we need to blur the edges between poetry for children and poetry for adults. This isn't so much Just One Poem as it is Just One Poetry Ramble.

This is Just One Poem and today's poem is called How Stars Die. It was written by Dom Conlon and published in Caterpillar Magazine and then in The Big Amazing Poetry Book which was edited by Gaby Morgan, illustrated by Chris Riddell, and published by Macmillan.

In this episode of Just One Poem, Dom Conlon reads 'Moons' from his collection 'Astro Poetica'.

Dom Conlon reads Wild Garlic, a poem in the Welcome to Wild Town collection which he co-authored with A F Harrold and which was illustrated by Korky Paul.

In this episode, Dom Conlon reads 'Between you, me, and the Moon' from his book, This Rock That Rock.

I'm reading a poem from Blossomise by Simon Armitage which was illustrated by Angela Harding. The poem is called Blossom: a CV.