Poems About: The Hard Life of a Conker and other Poems about Seasons

by Andrew Fusek Peters

An irreverent and humorous look at non-fiction topics through poetry that includes a range of poems that are old and new, familiar and fantastical, poems containing patterned and predictable language and ones with more challenging vocabulary.

Andrew Fusek Peters is 'an experienced and accomplished anthologist' according to the TES. He is a poet and novelist with more than 70 published books. His poems appear in the Poetry Archive, set up by the Poet Laureate to record the best poets. He is also the UK's tallest poet (six foot eight inches!) and a pretty good didgeridoo player. Check him out on www.tallpoet.com.

Spring is Best ... Or Is It? Judith Nicholls The Morning Was Being Freshly Cleaned! Ian Souter It's Spring! John Kitching Rabbit's Spring Brian Patten Aaaahhh!!!! At Last It's Spring!!!! James Carter Frogspawn To Frog Penny Kent Wet Day Jenny Morris Peachy Sun Philip Waddell July Bobbi Katz Cinquain Matt Simpson Jamaican Summers Benjamin Zephaniah Keep Cool Eric Finney What I Did In My Summer Holiday Eric Finney Grand Slam Jill Townsend The Leaf's Lament Andrew Fusek Peters Cousin Autumn Polly Peters It's Only The Storm David Greygoose The Hard Life Of A Conker Ivan Jones Limerick Polly Peters and Andrew Fusek Peters Winter Winds Roger Stevens Cold Coming Jill Townsend Snow On The Trees Jane Yolen Snow Tray Jill Townsend Toboggan Colin West