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    I Don't Like Poetry: By the winner of the Laugh Out Loud Award. ‘Wonderful and imaginative’ The Times
    I Don't Like Poetry: By the winner of the Laugh Out Loud Award. ‘Wonderful and imaginative’ The Times
    I Don't Like Poetry: By the winner of the Laugh Out Loud Award. ‘Wonderful and imaginative’ The Times
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    I Don't Like Poetry: By the winner of the Laugh Out Loud Award. ‘Wonderful and imaginative’ The Times

    By Joshua Seigal and Chris Piascik

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    Shortlisted for the Laugh Out Loud Awards - the UK's only prize for funny children's books

    A brilliant collection of poems by an exciting young poet, this book is perfect, whether you like poetry or not!

    'When you read this book, the windows will burp and the grass will turn blue. That's how magic these poems are.' Michael Rosen

    Packed full of silly, funny, or downright hilarious poems (with a few serious ones mixed in) this brilliant collection from exciting young poet, Joshua Seigal is perfect for fans of Michael Rosen and anyone else who needs a giggle. If you like poetry, you'll like this book. And if you don't like poetry you'll LOVE it!

    With poems on every topic from the power of books to the joys of fried chicken, this collection is a fabulous mix of Joshua Seigal's subversive humour and insight into the world of children. With hilarious doodle style illustrations by Chris Piascik, if you don't like poetry after reading this, there's probably something wrong with you!

    Book band: Grey - Ideal for Age 8 - 9
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateSep 22, 2016
    ISBN9781472930019
    I Don't Like Poetry: By the winner of the Laugh Out Loud Award. ‘Wonderful and imaginative’ The Times
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    Joshua Seigal

    Joshua Seigal is an internationally renowned poet, performer and educator. His first book with Bloomsbury, I Don't Like Poetry, was nominated for the Laugh Out Loud Award, an award Joshua has subsequently won twice. He is also a recipient of The People's Book Prize, and has performed at schools and festivals around the world, including the Edinburgh Book Festival, the Cheltenham Literature Festival, and the Emirates Literature Festival. He is an Official Ambassador for National Poetry Day, and has been commissioned to write and perform for the BBC. He can normally be found running poetry workshops and performances in schools, either online or in real life. His website is www.joshuaseigal.co.uk.

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      I Don't Like Poetry - Joshua Seigal

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      The title of this poem,

      it will really catch your eye.

      The title of this poem

      doesn’t even need to try.

      The title of this poem

      is the best one in the book.

      The title of this poem

      is amazing – come and look!

      The title of this poem

      will astound you, that’s for sure;

      you’ll convulse in sheer wonder

      and start rolling on the floor.

      The title of this poem

      is the finest. None is greater.

      The title of this poem is…

      I’ll think of something later.

      Resolutions

      DAY 1

      I won’t be late for school again.

      I won’t swing in my seat.

      I’ll do my best on every test

      and I will never cheat.

      I’ll help with chores around the house.

      I won’t get in a rage.

      I’ll get a broom and sweep my room

      and clean the hamster’s cage.

      I’ll put my money in the bank.

      I won’t spend it on sweets.

      I’ll make a pledge to eat more veg

      and give up eating meat.

      I’ll go out jogging round the park.

      I’ll try hard to get fit.

      I will not shirk, I’ll do the work

      and I will never quit.

      I’ll be the best that I can be,

      improve in every way.

      I will shine bright, and I will write

      a poem every day!

      DAY 2

      I Don’t Like Poetry

      I don’t like similes.

      Every time I try to think of one

      my brain feels like a vast, empty desert;

      my eyes feel like raisins floating in an ocean;

      my fingers feel like sweaty sausages.

      I don’t like metaphors.

      Whenever I attempt them

      a hammer starts beating in my chest;

      lava starts bubbling in my veins;

      zombies have a fight in my stomach.

      I don’t like alliteration.

      We learnt about it in school

      but it’s seriously, stupendously silly;

      definitely drastically difficult;

      terribly, troublingly tricky.

      I don’t like onomatopoeia.

      I wish I could blow it up

      with a ZAP! and a BANG! and a CRASH!;

      a BOOM! and a CLANG! and a POW!;

      a CLASH! and a BAM! and a THUD!

      And I don’t like repetition

      I don’t like repetition

      I don’t like repetition…

      Multiple Choice

      1. Always do your very best with the answers on the

      (A)

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