Be More You : A New Year Resolution Poem about Resolutions You Can Keep.

Be More You (New Year Resolution Poem)

This New Year

choose honesty

choose to love

who you can be

Don’t believe

you’re not all that

just because

your tum's not flat

This New Year

see what you’ve got

Build on that

Not what you’re not

Don’t believe

you’re wrong or strange

or to fit

you have to change

This New Year

Chin up, chest out

Show the world

what you’re about

Don’t believe

that you have failed

just because

some ships have sailed

If last year

was quite a quest

Take a bow

You passed the test

Do believe

your day is here

Don’t defer

another year

This New year

forget the vows

Concentrate

on Here and Now

This New Year

in all you do

do all it takes

to be more you

©2021 Mark Bird

💡 KS2 Poetry Lessons for Teachers:

This lesson uses the uplifting and empowering New Year Resolution Poem "Be More You" to inspire self-reflection, creative expression, and confidence-building in students. Through a series of engaging prompts—including poetry writing, performance, personal journaling, and visual art—students are encouraged to rethink traditional resolutions and instead celebrate who they already are. Key activities include writing their own “This New Year…” poems, crafting spoken word pieces that challenge societal expectations, performing poetry with emotion and movement, and composing letters to their future selves. The lesson closes with reflection and discussion, making it ideal for the start of a new term or a wellbeing-focused classroom session