We present an extract from The Irish Writers Handbook 2025, the essential guide to writing and getting published, with ...

some are just well-constructed limericks that poke fun at nonsense and others are poems for kids that will make you think as ...

Shel Silverstein was a master of linguistic mischief, using repetition and creative wordplay to amuse and prepare kids for ...

To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited children from countries around the world to write short poems about COVID-19, life under lockdown, and how the pandemic has changed their lives.

The poet Grace Nichols introduces and reads some of her best-known poems for children: Sun is laughing ... rain A playful poem about the rain having fun with itself.