Poetry Object Learning Resources
Poetry Object Learning Resource
This dynamic curriculum-aligned learning resource includes:
- A guide to special objects, including examples from our partner institutions
- Object poems by our commissioned poets
- Writing exercises to help poem drafting
- A guide to poetry editing
- Submission instructions and extension activities
Download the Learning Resource
Download the slideshow presentation version
Web Resources
- Explore past winning poems
- Read Poetry Object poems by professional poets
- Browse the library of over 15,000 submissions
- Read the competition conditions of entry & FAQ
- Download posters to share in your school
Digital Exhibition: Animation
First place Poetry Object poems have been featured in animations, which were screened online and in cinemas!
Watch our short animations of 2018 and 2017 winning poems.
Dive Deeper
Extension activities and resources to inspire creative learning.
- Peer reviewing guide
- Group poem activity
- Lineation activity
- NAPLAN-focused activities
- Overcoming cliché (extension from activities in main resource)
- Poem structures: diamond poems and Q&A poems
- Learn more about our Multimedia Installation category
Poems to Share II
Poems to Share ll is created by Red Room Poetry in partnership with the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE). It follows Poems to Share I (2010) and features new poems and activities. Poems to Share II was launched at the AATE/ALEA National Conference (July 2018).