When they dig up this rubbish, they’ll all wonder ... Now you've learnt about the Plastic poem, it's time to write your own. Your poem can be as short or as long as you like.

Ever heard the saying “the best writers are readers”? The first step to writing a poem is figuring out what you like about poetry. Is it imagery? Format? Rhyme? Start by sampling a few poets.

Someone else reading my display case poem might think that I find museums boring because I’ve repeated words like bored and fed up. All of these different interpretations are part of the power ...