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Alistair MooneyAlistair Mooney|09:00 UK time, Thursday, 9 October 2008

Today is National Poetry Day, with the theme of WORK.

Paul Farley

Read more about National Poetry Day and this year's poet in residence Paul Farley, and find out what's happening round the country.

Get your hands on teaching resources from the Scottish Poetry Library, and get involved in Off By Heart, the BBC competition for primary schools.

BBC News publishes readers' credit crunch poems and asks "will you be celebrating National Poetry Day?"

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