Off By Heart - 15 Compulsory Poems
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Teacher's notes to use poetry-learning and recital as part of the curriculum.
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1. Alligator
by Grace Nichols
2. The Way Through The Woods
by Rudyard Kipling
3. The Pig
by Roald Dahl
4. Daffoldils
by William Wordsworth
5. The Owl and the Pussycat
by Edward Lear
6. Leisure
by WH Davies
7. Talking Turkeys
by Benjamin Zephaniah
8. Matilda
by Hillaire Belloc
9. The Tyger
by William Blake
10. A Red, Red Rose
by Robert Burns
11. The Listeners
by Walter de la Mare
12. The Walrus and The Carpenter
by Lewis Carroll
13. The King's Breakfast
by AA Milne
14. Macavity: The Mystery Cat
by TS Eliot
15. The Lake Isle Of Innisfree
by WB Yeats