In a recent interview with The Guardian, Carol Ann Duffy, Britain’s Poet Laureate, compared poetry to text messaging. According to Duffy, “The poem is a form of texting…it’s the original text…It’s a ...

U A Fanthorpe Judging a poetry competition can be a tedious business: judging a text poem competition is a livelier business altogether. The poems are short, but there's a kind of energy about them ...

These were the text poems shortlisted for the special £250 Orange prize for the most creative use of SMS shorthand text poetry competition. Samples of the shortlist ...

A ready-to-teach narrative poetry text focused on symbolism and imagery, exploring fear of failure and the hidden potential students cannot always see in themselves. Across eight connected chapters, ...