Dom Conlon, poet & author

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  • Christmas poems for children – Day 2

    This is day 2 of our Christmas poems for children. Today we are sharing ‘Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening’, a magical poem by Robert Frost. Read this poem out loud. Does it rhyme? What do you think the rhymes do for the poem. Is it a fast poem or a slow poem?…

  • Christmas poems for children – Day 1

    Welcome to Christmas! Over the next week we are looking at five Christmas poems for children. I thought I would start the series with a brand new Christmas poem by ME! I hope you like it. Read the poem out loud. Does it rhyme at all? Are there any descriptions you like? There are parts…

  • A Poem for Magpie Charts

    Here’s a poem for keepers of magpie charts everywhere. As you collect words like ‘crept’, ‘adorable’, and ‘irascible’, think what happens to the poor words they replace. Some Words Have Left Our Heart Some words have left our heart. They were forced to depart. Before protests could start. Some words have left our heart. Where…

  • Lunar Mission One

    An exciting new adventure has been announced! It’s called Lunar Mission One and for adults and for children, this is very great news. Lunar Mission One aims to send a lander to the Moon to drill down into the rock at the South Pole. This will tell us LOTS of things about how the moon…

  • Planet Poems

    I think poetry (and teaching poetry) can be a powerful way for children to begin to understand themselves and the world around them. Just as we might read poetry to gain understanding, so we might read poetry to look at any part of the universe in a new and revealing way. In my book, Astro…

  • I Eat Winter For Breakfast

    My feet crunch cornflakes on the floor. My breath pours milk into the air. My face drips with honey from the sun. My fingers turn to toast inside my gloves. My voice clatters like a spoon into the street. My cheeks are jam-happy in the wind. My nose nibbles nuts before I sneeze. I lick…

  • Teaching Poetry

    I read this poem as part of my work for National Poetry Day where I had been invited to share the morning with Coppull Parish School. I began with a school assembly and then moved into teaching poetry to Years 4, 5 and 6 in forty-five minute sessions. It was a very rewarding (and revealing…

  • Top 5 poems for children #1

    Welcome to National Poetry Day! My countdown of poems for children has reached the end but what a collection it’s been. Next year I might quadruple it! If you’ve been following throughout the week then skip this bit because all I’m going to say is just how amazing the writers are who I’ve showcased. George…

  • Top 5 poems for children #2

    It’s day FOUR of my poems for children countdown! That can only mean tomorrow is National Poetry Day. I’ll be talking to lots of children about poetry and I’m excited to discover what sort of poetry they love. So far in my countdown we have read George Szirtes, Edward Lear and e e cummings. Each…

  • Top 5 poems for children #3

    It’s Day 3 of our countdown to National Poetry Day. We are celebrating with poems for children So far we have had George Szirtes and Edward Lear. Today it’s the turn of one of the most lyrical poets I know, E E Cummings. Whilst not strictly a poem ‘for’ children, it’s so evocative, so vividly…