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Poetry Playtime Episodes

    Question And Answer

    Michael Rosen makes up silly poems from questions and answers.

    Rhyme

    Michael Rosen looks at rhyming words in poems.

    Short And Long

    Michael Rosen looks at poems that have both long words and short words side by side.

    Wordplay

    Michael Rosen creates funny poems with wordplay.

    Riddles

    Michael Rosen describes everyday things in unusual and different ways to make riddles.

    Repetition

    Michael Rosen uses repeating words to make patterns and rhymes.

    Here I Am

    Michael Rosen tells us how to make poems by saying what we can do and who we are.

    Sound Bed

    Michael Rosen tells us about using words and noises to make a sound bed for a poem.

    Chorus And In-Between

    Michael Rosen tells us how to use a word at the start and the end of a poem.

    Beats

    Michael Rosen has fun with words and sounds to create a beat within a poem.