Thread by @Educiting

🧵 for teachers who like poetry but don’t always have time to explore beyond exam anthologies to contemporary poets. Random order - with possible GCSE anthology pairings if you want to teach them. Otherwise just enjoy! Feel free to add👇@Team_English1 #edutwitter

1. Suzannah Evans, Space Baby collection. Poem: The Mountain Climber inspired by this photo. Possible anthology pair: Climbing my Grandather by Andrew Waterhouse. @SuzannahEvans

2. John McCullough, Panic Response collection. Poem: Electric Blue @JohnMcCullough_ Possible anthology pair: Prelude by Wordsworth or Storm on The Island by Heaney

3. Nikita Gill. Grief is a thing with fangs - paired up with Emily Dickinson Hope is a thing with feathers @nktgill

4. Salena Godden, Fishing in the aftermath collection. Poem: Blackbird. Possible anthology pair: Sonnet 29 - I think of thee EBB @salenagodden

5. Trista Mateer. Poem: live photo. @tristamateer Possible anthology pair: Before you were mine Duffy

6. Inua Ellams. @InuaEllams Poem: Directions. It’s written ‘after Billy Collins’ original poem poetseers.org/contemporary-p… - maybe read that first. Possible further pairing: Follower by Heaney

7. Dean Atta. Poem: I come from @DeanAtta. Possible pair: Half caste by Agard

8. Kim Moore. Poem: My people. Would work with above. Possible pair: The Class Game by Mary Casey @kimmoorepoet