Duration: 8'49''
Michael Rosen tells us how to make poems by saying what we can do and who we are.
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Beats | Poetry Playtime
Michael Rosen has fun with words and sounds to create a beat within a poem.
Chorus And In-Between | Poetry Playtime
Michael Rosen tells us how to use a word at the start and the end of a poem.
Question And Answer | Poetry Playtime
Michael Rosen makes up silly poems from questions and answers.
Repetition | Poetry Playtime
Michael Rosen uses repeating words to make patterns and rhymes.
Rhyme | Poetry Playtime
Michael Rosen looks at rhyming words in poems.
Riddles | Poetry Playtime
Michael Rosen describes everyday things in unusual and different ways to make riddles.
Short And Long | Poetry Playtime
Michael Rosen looks at poems that have both long words and short words side by side.
Sound Bed | Poetry Playtime
Michael Rosen tells us about using words and noises to make a sound bed for a poem.
Wordplay | Poetry Playtime
Michael Rosen creates funny poems with wordplay.
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