You can use most of our website without any need to register. All the poem selections and ways of interacting with those are freely available, the resources in the Learning Zone, and lots of information about the Poetry By Heart competition including the competition guides. But if you want to take part in the Poetry By Heart competition or use the Teaching Zone resources, you'll need to register. This is because we need to know who you are and how we can talk to you, and where to send your competition resource pack if you are eligible to take part in the competition.
Registration takes a minute or two. We only collect the information we need to run the competition and we will not give it to anyone else without your express permission.
Poetry By Heart is a national competition in which young people in key stages 2, 3, 4 and 5 choose poems they love, learn them by heart and perform them in a school or college competition.
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Listen to former Poetry By Heart finalists giving their advice for getting to know a poem.
Listen to former Poetry By Heart finalists giving their advice for getting to know a poem.
Poems to enjoy together and fun ways of sharing them out loud and by heart. Sign up and we'll send you an email once a week in term time with a link to a poem to share and an activity to try with it.
Links to some of the wide range of poetry programmes and podcasts to be listened to for free.
The CLPE Poetryline has lots of poems for children and young people, poet performance videos and interviews. It's all free to explore and enjoy.
The Poetry Society has lots to offer young poets, parents and teachers. With free writing competitions, advice and teaching resources, there’s something for every poetry fan.
A video walk-through guide to all the features of the Sonnets Showcase, student recitations and links to other great resources to explore.
Listen to former Poetry By Heart finalists giving their advice for memorising a poem.
Exploring curious, quirky and intriguing vocabulary with the Oxford English Dictionary, a treasure trove of words.
How many poems, or lines from poems, can you find being recited in movies or TV shows?
Choose a poem you love and explore it in your own drawing or visual design. Here are some examples to get started.