What exactly makes a poem - a poem? Poets themselves have struggled with this question, often using metaphors to approximate a definition. Is a poem a little machine? A firework? An echo? A dream? Melissa Kovacs shares three recognizable...

Roses are red, violets are blue… What on Earth CAN’T a poem do? In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we dive into the poems that make up Thanhhà Lại’s verse novel, “Inside Out and Back Again” and the figurative language that...

In which John Green teaches you about the poetry of Sylvia Plath. When a lot of people think about Sylvia Plath, they think about her struggles with mental illness and her eventual suicide. Her actual work can get lost in the shuffle a...

If you read a poem and feel moved by it, but then find out it was actually written by a computer, would you feel differently about the experience? Would you think that the computer had expressed itself and been creative, or would you...

Natalie Merchant sings from her poetry-inspired album "Leave Your Sleep," which pairs lyrics from poets -- from Gerard Manley Hopkins to a near-forgotten 10-year-old girl in Brooklyn -- with simple melodies and her unmistakable voice....

"We're all going to die -- and poems can help us live with that." In a charming and funny talk, literary critic Stephen Burt takes us on a lyrical journey with some of his favorite poets, all the way down to a line break and back up to...

Should All Poems Rhyme?

Michael Rosen Poetry Challenge

The Jumblies | CLASSIC | Edward Lear - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

A story-poem by Edward...

Why Do You Love Poetry?

Jabberwocky | CLASSIC | Lewis Caroll - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Michael Rosen reads a great nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll with lots of invented words i

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Down Behind the Dustbin – Poetry Workshop

The Michael Rosen Rap – Poetry Workshop

Feeling Ill – Poetry Workshop

Plastic | POEM |Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen<br/>
Poem written and performed by Michael Rosen.

More of Michael Rosen's collection of nonsense verse with rhymes, poems, wordplay and limericks.

In the best tradition of nonsense verse, here are poems to make everyone smile and laugh out loud. Children will delight in...

Michael Rosen performs the poem When We Had Ice Cream. This poem comes from ‘Selected Poems’ (Penguin Books).<br/>

Big Book of Bad Things - Part 4



Michael Rosen performs a series of poems titled 'Poems And Stories About My Family'. The poems are all taken from Michael Rosen's books and this series of performances was produced by

Joe...

The Youngest | POEM | Kids Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen - From Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly and Custard<br/>

Michael Rosen's collection of nonsense verse with rhymes, poems, wordplay and limericks.

In the best tradition of nonsense verse, here are poems to make everyone smile and laugh out loud. Children will delight in unraveling the...

Who Am I | POEM<br/>
Poem written and Performed by Michael Rosen

Car School | POEM<br/>
Poem written and performed by Mic<br/>hael Rosen.

Big Book of Bad Things - Part 2<b<br/>r/>

Michael Rosen performs a series of poems titled 'Poems And Stor<br/>ies About My Family'.

If a Computer | POEM<br/>
Poem written and read by Michael Rosen.