This page is for A F Harrold's work with children, so if you feel you're too grown up to appreciate such things then look at one of the other pages instead - although to be honest the silliness quotient involved in these poems is more or less the same as that involved in the other 'performance-ish' pieces you'll find on the Poems page.

AFH has presented poetry and poetry workshops to kids in infant, primary and secondary schools, and can shape his visit to fit your needs:
timetable, pupils and chequebook.

Download the PDF of his special schools' flyer by clicking here.

'This yak-poet is Spike Milligan and Peter Cook rolled into one, but with the non-PC stuff taken out so the jokes are environmentally and culturally friendly.' - Daljit Nagra, teacher, JFS, North London

'A.F. Harrold left our school assembly hall dripping with poetry! His wit and wisdom cannot fail to inspire a love for poetry in children.' - Donna Pocock-Bell, librarian, St Helen & St Katharine School, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

'It was great to have a 'real, live' poet in the school. The children were enthralled and very attentive throughout the visit, very entertaining! This was a perfect opportunity for the children to experience poetry first hand and really start to appreciate a 'love for words' which will hopefully stay with them for a very long time.' - Paula Davis, teacher, Brambletye Junior School, Earlswood, Surrey

'What an inspirational man! Ashley had the girls hanging on his every word - some amazing language was created - the girls were absolutely animated and still buzzing today.' - Helen Holland, teacher, Rye St Antony School, Oxford

At the start of 2009 his first collection of children's poetry (I Eat Squirrels, see the picture on the right) was published in both book and CD format and is available for order from the shop (follow the link at the top right).

Below are some example poems, some of which are in the new book, and some of which aren't.