Author hopes to get children to 'read for pleasure'
And after a visit by the Children’s Laureate to a North Belfast primary school such a line could soon be the launchpad for a glittering life in poetry.
And his mission to Belfast, he said, was to encourage the girls “to create their own stories” from the world around them whether they live in a “house, a flat or a boat”. A MORERAP poem, he told them used Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Rhyme, Emotion, Repetition, Alliteration and Personification - all devices to help the North Belfast girls see the opportunity for poetry and stories on streets and hillsides that surround their school. “Drip feed them into your poetry”, he told them as they promised to carry a notebook with them in future to ensure no moments of inspiration are ever lost.
He added: “There’s a lot of attention for their time because things are constantly changing and the debate over books or digital is well aired. But there’s a huge benefit from engaging with text, with the printed word, or indeed the digital word.
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