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Biographical note: John Siddique is a Poet who was born in the North of England, He likes good stories, and he likes meeting people who are individuals, he loves salty and sour foods, he can’t live without music. He works both in the UK and abroad, reading, talking about and teaching poetry. He works a great deal with schools and young people of all types, and he has had many residencies and commissions all over the world. His poems have appeared in loads of anthologies and magazines. He currently lives in West Yorkshire.
BIC Basic
EAN13: 9781844717637
ISBN: 9781844717637
Author: John Siddique
Title: Don’t Wear It On Your Head, Don’t Stick It Down Your Pants
Series: Children’s Poetry Library
Product class: BC
Language: eng
Audience: General/trade
BIC subject category: YCET2
Publisher: Salt Publishing
Pub date: 01-Jun-10
Extent: 80pp
Height: 178 mm
Width: 110 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 120 gms
Supplier: Gardners Books
Supplier: Ingram Book Group
Supplier: Inbooks (James Bennett)
Availability: NP
Price: GBP 6.99
Price: USD 9.95
Rights: World
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description/annotation: This book is a celebration of who we are; the good stuff, our amazing senses, language, love, gossip and cheese. John Siddique's poems blast off the page into real life or they can melt as gently as a snowflake on your tongue.
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This book is a celebration of who we are; the good stuff, our amazing senses, language, love, gossip and cheese. John Siddique's poems blast off the page into real life or they can melt as gently as a snowflake on your tongue.
Many of the poems in this book were conceived in primary schools, so John has added special bonus material to help you enjoy reading and writing more, and also included is an exclusive interview about what it is to be a poet.
Table of contents:
A Word from the Poet
Which Way Round is the Truth
Lovely Day
Moon Insomnia
Head
Snowfall
Inside In
Apples
Nostril
Family
Wrong Day
Cat & Mat
Our Town
Love
Dinner Ladies
Habitual Family List
Heybrook Stream Where I Used to Play
Gossip
Bedtime
Poet
Shopping Day
Head for Tomorrow
My Own Teacher
Growing Pains
Making it Up
Don’t Wear It On YR Head, Don’t Stick It Down YR Pants
A Small Poem Called Vengeance
Teacher
In Our Family
A Poem for the People Who Taught Me
Haikus of the Seasons
Helping Out
My Body, My Mind and Me
Rage Thinks About Itself
Inside the Shell
Skanda Kartikeya
Snow, Rain, and Sun
Memory Photo #1
Memory Photo #2
Memory Photo #3
Monsoon Season
Born Here
Unexpected Guests
Poetry Extra
John’s Top Tips to be a Good Poetry Reader
How to be a Poet View excerpt as PDF:  Click here to view a sample ( KB)
Excerpt from book:
Making it Up
Fold yourself the mind you want. Make a paper
hat and wear it on your head. Hold it tight
when the wind blows.
Paint yourself the heart you desire. Pin it
on your jumper, be proud of your colours.
Pin it fast and don’t mind the rain.
Write yourself the love you love. Hold that
paper tight in your hand. Unfold it often,
read your plan aloud in sun and in snow.
Walk yourself the world you want. Each step
is breath. It’s your life. Stamp big-footed.
Walk soft. Dance your way in all the weathers.
Review quote: The subtitle of this book is ‘poems for young people’. Make that young people of all ages, any person whose mind is open to a different view. This is a book which biffs you round the ear one moment and takes your breath away the next. There are poems here to challenge and poems to make the reader laugh out loud. Fiona Waters |
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