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Pound a Poem


Pound a Poem 2009 is now available to buy! Get your copy in Waterstones and other independent retailers. You can also click on the link to the right and buy online at John Blake Publishing



There are several different approaches you could take to organising your school or class’ involvement...whichever route you choose remember that the overall goal is for your children to donate a pound for every poem they write.

Each school will then judge the entries and choose one winner from each year group to enter into our national competition.

On this website you can:



Quote from the 2006 winning school

“The children thoroughly enjoyed taking part in ‘Pound a Poem’. It was fun giving fruit and vegetables a voice which really stretched the children’s imagination. Winning was a huge surprise and a great delight to everyone in the school.

We are pleased to support the charity ‘Rays of Sunshine’ this year who work so hard to grant the wishes of children who are living with serious or life-threatening illnesses. Thank you “Pound a Poem” for all your hard work.’


Mrs Smart: Headmistress of the winning school in 2006 – Manor Lodge School

Pound a Poem makes the Mail on Sunday. Click to download the article.

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Buy Pound a Poem 2009 now!

What better way to find out about the competition than buying the book! Click here


Watch the movie

A picture is worth a thousand words. Let Edgar Allen Poetato take you through the basics!

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Make your school an RoS friend

There are more ways to help. Get your pupils involved and really make a difference. Click here.


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