Resources to help you celebrate National Poetry Day

Our theme of GAMES covers all kinds of activity and all ages. It doesn't just include physical sports, but games at all levels. On the one hand it can mean the games of childhood - rounders in the park, snakes and ladders in the lounge, I Spy on the bus. On the other hand, it can mean adult games of all sorts: darts in the pub, cricket on the village green, backgammon or halma; as well as much darker kinds of mind games and dressing up. If you organise events then do start thinking about how to use our theme on October 6th.

Our schools resources, available on our Education page, show links and organisations that can help you to make the best of the theme.

However you celebrate National Poetry Day, please tell us about it – send us a picture or a summary of what you did, and let us know your thoughts about how we can make National Poetry Day better each year. Mail us at info@nationalpoetryday.co.uk.