Carl Burkitt
Carl likes telling tales. He tells long tales, short tales, silly tales, sad tales. He tells them online, behind a mic, in books, in schools, and on the sofa with his young family. His debut kids’ collection, Elephants Sleep in Bunk Beds, was published by Beir Bua in 2021.
Poems by Carl include:
Spaghetti Legs
A Little Bit About Me
The Bright Side Of A Rainy Walk To School
What is Relief?
Writing a Poem is Easy
Jobs I Would Be Good At
The Daffodils Arrive
Good News
A Wild Walk to School
The Three Different Sizes of a Poem
Grandma Was a Cherry Blossom Tree
Is It An Alligat…or?
The Poem That Wouldn’t Stop Finishing My Sentences
Waiting For The Green Man
Winter Boy
My Thick Coat
A Reindeer Called Jeff
One Night
A Poem For My Hallway
The Scaffolding Next Door
A Poem Written While Dreaming
I am an Umbrella
Snowmate
Dreams
One Morning You Wake Up
The Lion and the Balloon
Ribbit Ribbit Ribbit
What if?
A Hug for your Head
