10 Sep Shortlist!!!
Am happy to report that Werewolf Club Rules has made The North Somerset Teachers Book Award Shortlist and is in there with some great company. Such a pleasure to be told via adorable doggy. Find out more here...
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05 Sep Poetry Playtime
Poetry Playtime is live on the BBC IRadio Player listen to what happened when I got to play with words with some wonderful little poets. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p041w1cx Check out all the episodes and get your little poets poeticising!...
08 Jul We are the surge of spellbound Children
This week I've had the honour and complete pleasure of working with Capoeira players Senzala and Paralympians Danny Crates, Zoe Newson and Ade Adepitan for the Flipside Festival in Lowestoft. The idea was to fuse poetry, paralympian values and Brazillian culture in daily one hour...
14 Jun A Father’s Fairytale for his daughter
The Poetry Joe Show featured a book of Light poetry and was one of Childrens Theatre Reviews Top Ten Shows for 2015. https://childrenstheatrereviews.com/2015/12/26/top-10-shows-of-2015/ "Tree Child" featured a young girl who finds comfort after the loss of her father in a world hidden inside a library. And is...
25 May Taking poetry on the road
It has been a fab few weeks with My poetry collection Werewolf Club Rules performing at the Federation of Childrens Book Groups...
16 Mar A Week of Inspiration
Between the Leicester #MyCity Project sessions this week I managed a much needed escape to the galleries and museums of Barcelona where I was wowed by Picasso and gob-smacked by Gaudi...
06 Mar A week of performances
It's been a grand old week it started with a performance of my latest theatre show Zombierella at the brilliant Redbridge Central Library two schools were invited for performances and "Ewwed" at all the right parts especially the removal of Zombierella's guts! I was next continuing...
20 Nov Twitter
Follow my tweets at www.twitter.com/poetryjoe...
18 Nov Whitecross market
I have new posts on the Whitecross market project run by All Change....
15 Nov Death throes of a fox
A grey day, fresh Running again past the terraced housing Small unkempt gardens leading to modest brick homes The smell made me turn Without a doubt, death A cloying smell Dusty without dust Penetrating without form Dark and heavy as a cloud The smell made me turn It looked dead Scraggy Tongue out Eyes black if eyes...
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