Poet in the City

This Poet in the City initiative, funded by the Poetry Society in London, was a first for Scotland. Literature in Learning helped to evaluate the project.

Poet in the City at Buckie Community High School

The highly successful inaugural residency of the Poet in the City in Scotland took place at Buckie Community High School in June 2006, with poet Liz Niven. Liz has kindly shared her notes on three different approaches to creating poems which she used during the residency.

DOWNLOAD: Liz Niven's "Poet in the City" Poetry notes

The project was led by Sara Marsh, librarian at the school. Read Sara's report to find out how the project developed.

DOWNLOAD: Poet in the City at Buckie

The Poetry Society has developed an online poetry classroom called Poetry Class designed to help teachers bring poetry to life in their classrooms. Visit their site to find lesson plans, resources and information about CPD