Poetry Poetry for Children Short Stories Radio Drama Drawinghttps://bsky.app/profile/chrissiegittins.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrissiegittins.bsky.social/post/3mrcik2eqxs23Powerful arguments for giving poetry an integral role in children's learning. Charlotte Hacking: Finding Every Child's Voice - How Poetry Reaches Readers and Writers Who Might Otherwise Be Left Behind https://childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/07/23/charlotte-hacking-finding-every-childs-voice-how-poetry-reaches-readers-and-writers-who-might-otherwise-be-left-behind/23 Jul 2026 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:7ebew2vlfcdv6lgaopif4i7g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcik2eqxs23https://bsky.app/profile/chrissiegittins.bsky.social/post/3m274gbtvuk2rFive poems read by Brian Patten for The Poetry Archive, for National Poetry Day. https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/poet/brian-patten/02 Oct 2025 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:7ebew2vlfcdv6lgaopif4i7g/app.bsky.feed.post/3m274gbtvuk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrissiegittins.bsky.social/post/3lzsikvd5fc2fThank you to editor John Lavin for publishing three poems as part of the Poet of the Month feature in The Lonely Crowd magazine. Here is the third, plus recording. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2025 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:7ebew2vlfcdv6lgaopif4i7g/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzsikvd5fc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrissiegittins.bsky.social/post/3lsdmcatd6c2hThank you so much to Wolfgang Görtschacher for publishing my poem in Poetry Salzburg Review #42. Pleased to be amongst many fine poets and poems.24 Jun 2025 07:49 +0000at://did:plc:7ebew2vlfcdv6lgaopif4i7g/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsdmcatd6c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrissiegittins.bsky.social/post/3lm2rplzmak2ySarah Ziman’s first collection for children has both moving poems and witty and playful ones. Always compelling and often surprising they're written in dexterous language which is a treat to pronounce. A must for every bookshelf - at home and at school. Congratulations to Sarah and to Troika.05 Apr 2025 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:7ebew2vlfcdv6lgaopif4i7g/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm2rplzmak2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrissiegittins.bsky.social/post/3ljcmb2jd3s2p01 Mar 2025 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:7ebew2vlfcdv6lgaopif4i7g/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljcmb2jd3s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/chrissiegittins.bsky.social/post/3lgi7gh67sk2vFull-length T.S.Eliot readings from the Royal Festival Hall, 12th Jan. 2025. Highlights available on BBCR4 - The Verb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NumboDkFRHk24 Jan 2025 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:7ebew2vlfcdv6lgaopif4i7g/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgi7gh67sk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrissiegittins.bsky.social/post/3lgd2ahgmvk27https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxOVZwrtrSQ22 Jan 2025 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:7ebew2vlfcdv6lgaopif4i7g/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgd2ahgmvk27