Author: Jean Atkin

I'm a poet and educator, work on community projects and collaborations.
Poetry & Dementia, Poetry & Wellbeing, Poetry in the Community

Older voices on BBC Shropshire Radio

So delightful this morning to have the chance to share poems made with residents of Highwell House Nursing Home on BBC Radio Shropshire with the wonderfully enthusiastic Jim Hawkins. The link is here: and the clip is at 1hr: 39  (or listen to the show from 1h for more on poetry in Shropshire, including Jonathan Day‘s new work ‘Lyric’). Here’s one of the poems I read.  It was … Continue reading Older voices on BBC Shropshire Radio

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Poet in School, Workshops

‘I felt a pair of pointy smooth ears/ mittens of fur’

On Tuesday I woke up in a Docklands Travelodge then made my way on the DLR to Star Primary School in Newham for a fantastic day in Year 5 and 6. The kids were focused and lovely, just brimming with ideas.  We made whole class poems called ‘Keeping the Creature’.  The only rule was we could not name the creature! Three different classes created three … Continue reading ‘I felt a pair of pointy smooth ears/ mittens of fur’

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