Write a Brand New Poem - Using Kennings and Alliteration

Listen to 'The Windhover' by Gerald Manley Hopkins and a poem called 'Shoe' and write your own brand new poem inspired by some of the oldest ways of writing in English.

Gerald Manley Hopkins’ poem is widely available. I read it from Poems by Heart, selected by Laura Barber. Penguin, 2009, ISBN 9780141191775.

Shoe is from The Moon is Getting On which I edited with Julie Merriman. Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Arts Office & Kids Own Publishing Partnership. ISBN 0952780593.