We’ve created Pine Tree Poetry to interlace students, their peers, parents, teachers and school librarians in a quest for poetry writing excellence. Rarely do students earn kudos or trophies for their writing, but at Pine Tree Poetry, we are dedicated to rewarding the fine writing achievements of students who are 5 – 18.
Pine Tree Poetry contributes four important elements to the realm of student poetry. We:
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Receive, read, evaluate, pick (a few) and publish
the best poems written by poets ages 5 – 18.
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Support schools by awarding thousands of dollars each year for much-needed library materials. Some awards are based upon the number of poems submitted while others are selected at random from among all particiipants.
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Give a free copy of The Pine Tree Poetry Collection to the library of every school that has one or more students published.
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Highlight the life lesson that many will write and the best will be chosen. We are not a vanity publishing company!
We’re out to change the world one poem at a time and we invite students, parents, librarians, teachers and those who love the written word to join us.
Louise Phinney on 15 Mar 12Phat Poetry - an energetic program of performance poetry designed to introduce Years 5 - 8 students to the world of language and ideas. Storytelling, the investigation of rhyme, rhythm and the devices of poetry underpins the central theme of the performance. In 2012 we explore themes of identity, love, friendship, war, community laced with a healthy dose of nonsense using everything from ballads, sonnets and haikus to free verse, odes and raps.In this show we introduce a new component that takes a look at how Australian poetry has developed an increasing engagement with the cultures and poetic traditions of Asia.
