Set Poem 2008

All enquiries to: Ann Reed, 0845 838 2319 or

All poems are to be found in the following:

“LAMDA Anthology Volume XIV” (L)
“A Picnic of Poetry” Selected by Anne Harvey (PP)
“Are we nearly there?” Chosen by Gervase Phinn (AWNT)
“The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems” Edited by June Crebbin (FFP)

(NB: 'PP’ – ‘AWNT’ – ‘FFP’: all available from Devon County Libraries)

Please select ONE poem from the three alternatives set.

In case of difficulties in finding copies of set pieces please contact the Section Coordinator Ann Reed (0845 838 2319), or

No	Class	Level	Mins	Trophy	Fee Code	Text
6144	Set Poem	4 years	x	DPAF Trophy	A	“The Kangaroo” Australian Song-Game (L) “Whispers” Maya Cohn Livingston (L) “Gone” Eric Finney (FFP)
6145	Set Poem	5 years	x	DPAF Trophy	A	“Two Witches” Alexander Resnikoff (L “It’s Dark in Here” Shel Silverstein (L) “Soup” Carl Sandburg (PP)
6146	Set Poem	6 years	x	DPAF Trophy	A	"The Fridge" John Mole (L) "The Slide" Stanley Cook (L) "My Grannies" June Crebbin (FFP)
6147	Set Poem	7 years	x	Rosemary Milton Shield	A	"January" Michael Lewis (L) "Dad" Berlie Doherty (FFP) "Leaving Home" Gervase Phinn (AWNT)
6148	Set Poem	8 years	x	Frederica Tomlinson Cup	A	"A Day" Emily Dickinson (L) "Nowhere Bear" John Mole (L) "Cobweb Morning" June Crebbin (FFP)
6149	Set Poem	9 years	x	Jane Graham Cup	A	"The Bogeyman" Jack Prelutsky (L) "Pater's Bathe" Edward Abbott Parry (L) "Flying" Kaye Starbird (AWNT)
6150	Set Poem	10 years	x	Junior Verse Speaking Cup	A	"The Performing Bag" Stanley Cook (L) "Where's Your Homework?" David Jackson (L) "Oh, Baby!" June Crebbin (FFP)
6151	Set Poem	11 years	x	Brooks- King Cup	A	"Green Man, Blue Man" Charles Causley (L) "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" Jeff Moss (AWNT) "If We Didn't Have to Eat" Nixon Waterman (PP)
6152	Set Poem	12 years	x	Lady Mary Trefusis Picture	B	"Volcano" Christopher Mann (L) "The Tom Cat" Don Marquis (L) "Mother Shelling Peas" Katherine Board (PP)
6153	Set Poem	13 years	x	Cornwall Cup	B	"If You Want to Know Me" Noemia de Souza (L) "A Slice of Wedding Cake" Robert Graves (L) "Moonlit Apples" John Drinkwater (PP)
6154	Set Poem	14 & 15 yrs	x	St. Wilfrid's Cup	B	" She Is " Leone Ross (L) "Nor We of Her to Him" Stevie Smith (L) "The Gooseberry Tree" Herbert Palmer (PP)
6156	Set Poem	16 & 17 yrs	x	Mackenzie Shield	C	"Walking Away" C. Day Lewis (L) "Tiananmen" James Fenton (L) "Coffee with the Meal" Ogden Nash (PP)
6158	Set Poem	18 yrs & over	x	Festival Poetry Trophy	D	"The Definition of Love" Andrew Marvell (L) "An African Elegy" Ben Okhri (L) "Chocolates" Louis Simpson (L)