Saturday 14 September 2013

Poetry for kids

Can you read this poem?
Carol Ann Duffy, Britain’s Poet Laureate, compared poetry to text messaging. According to Duffy, “The poem is a form of texting…it’s the original text…"
Do you agree? Are you good at texting, too?

im rlly gd @ txting

by Kenn Nesbitt


im rlly gd @ txting.

i do it all day lng.

im spedy on the keybrd

n my thms r supr strng.



i txt wth all my fmly.

i txt wth all my frnz.

n i rply 2 evry txt

tht nebdy senz.



id rthr keep on txting

thn go outsd n play.

i thnk i prbly snd abot

a thsnd txts a day.



im gld 2 no tht u cn

undrstnd me rlly wel.

4 if u cldnt rd my txts

id haf to lrn to spel.


Copyright © 2013 Kenn Nesbitt

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From www.poetry4kids.com

Some ideas to use this poem in class:
The teacher can divide the class in groups. Each group works with a verse and write the "original text" focusing on correctly spelt words.
They could create a new verse for the poem or add an extra verse. They might even create their own poems!