{"id":1214,"date":"2020-11-17T11:49:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T11:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/?page_id=1214"},"modified":"2021-10-04T20:30:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T19:30:39","slug":"i-come-from-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/","title":{"rendered":"I Come From"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>We wrote the poems below after reading and discussing Robert Seattar&#8217;s\u00a0 and Dean Atta&#8217;s &#8216;I Come From&#8217;. These poems are about memories, growing up, celebrating joy and talking about our cultural identity. Where are you from?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080\">We were inspired by the BBC clip below which features some school girls from Bradford. We are grateful to them for sharing their stories, it has helped us to share our own.\u00a0 Watch the clip, their words are strong and lyrical.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/av\/uk-england-bradford-west-yorkshire-47500026\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/av\/uk-england-bradford-west-yorkshire-47500026<\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/a-life-of-adventure-2\/\">A Life of Adventure<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Cameron Grant<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/grandads-red-cabbage\/\">Grease and Carousel<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Phoebe-Rose<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/the-land-of-football\/\">The Land of Football<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Benjamin David<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/the-honeypot-nursery\/\">The Honeypot Nursery<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Dougal Ross<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/the-imagination-of-art\/\">The Imagination of Art<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Maya<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/falling-into-the-world-of-books\/\">Falling into the World of Books<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;User deactivated<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/sunday-football-matches\/\">Sunday Football Matches<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Liam Thomas<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/chats-with-the-queen\/\">Chats with the Queen<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;User deactivated<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/ashes-and-light\/\">Ashes and Light<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Neda<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/wendy-lane\/\">Wendy Lane<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Jasmine<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/icy-slopes\/\">Icy Slopes<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Annie Jane May<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/boats-and-ferries\/\">Boats And Ferries<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Elizabeth Ruth<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/i-come-from-grandtully\/\">I Come from Grandtully<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Reece<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/the-hill\/\">The Hill<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Robert<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/where-i-come-from\/\">Highlands of Heather<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Jack<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/a-life-of-adventure\/\">A Life Of Adventure<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Cameron Grant<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/waiwhetu-road\/\">The Rusty Holden<\/a> <span class=\"author\">by&nbsp;Mrs Grant<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Our teacher has written one too and we&#8217;d love to share some written by parents. Go on have a go! Click on the link below and read the poem a few times. You can try your own version using references to the sounds, sights and smells of your childhood. Write about what you remember. Write quickly, without thinking about it too much. Send your poems to <a href=\"mailto:megrant@pkc.gov.uk\">megrant@pkc.gov.uk\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/poetryforall\/uploads\/sites\/7013\/2020\/11\/17114447\/I-Come-From-Robert-Seatter.pdf\">I Come From Robert Seatter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/public\/poetryforall\/uploads\/sites\/7013\/2020\/11\/17114512\/I-Come-From-by-Dean-Atta.pdf\">I Come From by Dean Atta<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KateClanchy1\">Kate Clanchy<\/a> for provided the lesson from her wonderful book: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.panmacmillan.com\/authors\/kate-clanchy\/how-to-grow-your-own-poem\/9781529024708\">How to Grow Your Own Poem<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We wrote the poems below after reading and discussing Robert Seattar&#8217;s\u00a0 and Dean Atta&#8217;s &#8216;I Come From&#8217;. These poems are about memories, growing up, celebrating joy and talking about our cultural identity. Where are you from?\u00a0 We were inspired by the BBC clip below which features some school girls from Bradford. We are grateful to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/i-come-from-4\/waiwhetu-road\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Rusty Holden<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9922,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1214","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9922"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1214"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1582,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1214\/revisions\/1582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/poetryforall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}