You can use most of our website without any need to register. All the poem selections and ways of interacting with those are freely available, the resources in the Learning Zone, and lots of information about the Poetry By Heart competition including the competition guides. But if you want to take part in the Poetry By Heart competition or use the Teaching Zone resources, you'll need to register. This is because we need to know who you are and how we can talk to you, and where to send your competition resource pack if you are eligible to take part in the competition.
Registration takes a minute or two. We only collect the information we need to run the competition and we will not give it to anyone else without your express permission.
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Choose a poem • Learn it by heart • Perform it out loud
Go time travelling in poetry with our green timeline anthology for everyone age 11+. Meet poets ‘face to face’ through their portraits. Enjoy some of the great poems of the past and present. For a different way into the poems try the Mix It Up collection.
There are more poems to explore in the yellow timeline anthology for everyone age 7+. Or explore the themed showcases – of First World War poetry or Shakespeare’s Sonnets.
Watch the videos to find out about tools to help you choose poems to learn.