What are some good themes for children to write poetry about?
Well it was a good starting point for children is something to do with themselves. It is not the only one. But they lead lives full of complexity, full of wonder, anxiety, fears, loves. So in and around that, based quite concretely on things that happen. If someone nicks a teddy bear, or they get around to some kind of mischief that they do not want to tell you about and things like that. So that is one area. But the other area is what you might call the wonder area where you speculate and say what if. What if is actually quite a good way to begin a poem. And then just see where it takes you. That if you start inventing things. Another area, you can exploit your own dreams and you can show children that they can kind of farm their dreams and turn them into poems.