To celebrate National Poetry Day’s 25th anniversary, join author and storymaker Michael Morpurgo as he reads and discusses his favourite poems, and the lines of poetry that speak truth to him. Well-known to many for his novel War Horse, adapted into both a play and a film, Michael has written over 200 books and is a former Children’s Laureate.

 

Sharing and discussing poems including The Life That I Have by Leo Marks, My Own True Family by Ted Hughes, and Digging by Seamus Heaney, he speaks about the similarities between words and music, the importance of using poetry as a rallying call to look after nature and the environment, and the lines of verse he’d like to be remembered by. Exploring how certain poems bind people together with universal truths, he reflects on the process of writing and how our experiences can inspire us all to write and tell our own truths.

 

Tell Me The Truth About Life: A National Poetry Day Anthology, curated by Cerys Matthews, is published by Michael O’Mara Books. Share poems that speak a truth to you via Twitter using #TellMeTheTruthAboutLife.