Forwards Always

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  • ISBN 9781800660359
  • Weight: 240g
  • Dimensions: 130 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 06 Apr 2023
  • Publisher: Cicada Books
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
  • Language: English
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'A delightful and idiosyncratic collection.' – School Library Journal

Silly, heartfelt, nonsense poems to be read aloud with friends and loved ones.


I’m having jelly for tea
I’m having jelly for tea
It’s not even my birthday
But I’m having jelly for tea


Forwards Always is a collection of poems to be read aloud. The poems are activated through performance and play. There are daft poems, quiet poems, wonky poems and dancing poems.

The book is a puzzle. Make sense of it together, listen to it, take turns, hold it upside down and wear it as a hat. Have fun and find your own way forwards.
Matthew Hodson is a graphic artist and poet. He likes other people, the woods and boiled eggs. He is frustrated by cynicism and mould. His client list includes The Guardian, The New York Times and The Economist. He is the author of At This Very Moment (Cicada, 2021) and the Illustrator of Don’t Hug the Pug (Cicada, 2019).