Geographical Poetry Links

Here are some poetry links for geographers. Any suggestions welcome. If you have got a link to contribute then please e-mail it to kate.russell@staffordshire.gov.uk

The name of  these pages were inspired by John Agard's poem about the unintended effects of a geography lesson where the teacher wants to be  'a million dreaming degrees beyond the equator'.

Caribbean poetry is a rich vain for geography.

Grace Nichols writes about childhood in Guyana and tropical environments. There are many books published, including 'Come into my tropical garden' Here on the BBC Windrush site is a poem about migration to the UK.

www.bbc.co.uk/education/windrush/long_memoried.shtml

Through 'Island Voices', an exchange programme between East Midlands Arts (UK) and the Caribbean, http://www.britcoun.org.uk/caribbean/arts/poetry.htm There are two poems exchanged between the East Midlands and Jamaica.

Searching for poetry - UK and worldwide

There is a poetry list from people from all over the world many translated from their original language.

Poem Hunter is a large database of 33,414 poems from 5,003 poets..

National Poetry Day celebrated Poetry Landmarks - and an interactive map was produced http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/landmark.htm

There is also a map of poetry links by UK region http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/places/maphover.htm

On Planet Tomorrow

there are some wishful poems about a better future.

http://pt.nw2000.co.uk/dikter/index.htm This was the best example from Roland.

http://pt.nw2000.co.uk/dikter/index.htm?dikter/1996/roland/list.shtml

Singapore Geography has poems published by students.

http://www.geography.com.sg/rivers/poem-river.html

http://www.geography.com.sg/tectonics/poem.html

http://www.geography.com.sg/weather/poem-hydro.html

http://www.geography.com.sg/coasts/poem-waves.html

Miscellany

This poem reveals what can happen in students minds. The unintended effects of a geography test on the writer!

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~nbmurray/DPRealm/darkness.htm

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