From The Colour of My Dreams

I play my world of make-believe

I play it every day

and teachers stand and watch me

but don't know what to say.

They give me diagnostic tests

they try out reading schemes

but none of them will ever know

the colour of my dreams.

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Pan Macmillan .

Until recently, Peter Dixon was a lecturer in Education. He now spends much of his time visiting schools and painting. This is his fourth collection for Macmillan. His three previous collections are PETER DIXON'S GRAND PRIX OF POETRY, THE PENGUIN IN THE FRIDGE and THE COLOUR OF MY DREAMS.