Children’s book author Lee Wardlaw prefers to do things her way — after 40 years of writing children’s books, she’s learned ...

You might have memorised and performed a poem in class before. This is called learning a poem ‘off by heart’. It’s a great way to really show you understand the poem and have some fun ...

The first step to writing a poem is figuring out what you like about poetry. Is it imagery? Format? Rhyme? Start by sampling a few poets. Maya Angelou, William Wordsworth, Frank O’Hara ...

All poem submissions will first be judged at the local level in order to be considered ... Only official NCW Coordinators (or Local Section Chairs) may submit local winners to the national contest in ...