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Don't Wear It On Your Head, Don't Stick It Down Your Pants John Siddique

Don't Wear It On Your Head, Don't Stick It Down Your Pants By John Siddique

Don't Wear It On Your Head, Don't Stick It Down Your Pants by John Siddique

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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.

Don't Wear It On Your Head, Don't Stick It Down Your Pants Summary

Don't Wear It On Your Head, Don't Stick It Down Your Pants: Poems for Young People by John Siddique

Shortlisted for the CLPE Poetry Awards 2007

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.

Don't Wear It On Your Head, Don't Stick It Down Your Pants Reviews

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

About John Siddique

John Siddique was born in 1964. His discovery of his local library when young began his life-long love affair with what words mean and how they sit together. He is the bestselling author of Recital - An Almanac, Poems From A Northern Soul, The Prize and now Full Blood. He is the co-author of the story/memoir Four Fathers. He has contributed poems, stories, essays and articles to many publications, including Granta, The Guardian, Poetry Review, and The Rialto.

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

Additional information

GOR002914530
9781844717637
1844717631
Don't Wear It On Your Head, Don't Stick It Down Your Pants: Poems for Young People by John Siddique
John Siddique
Children's Poetry Library
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Salt Publishing
2010-06-15
80
Short-listed for CLPE Poetry Award 2007 (UK)
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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