Mark Bird
"We Used To Play Together" - a poem about childhood
This has happened to most of us at some time or another. But try to remember when that childhood friendship was your entire world and...
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Mark Bird
- Oct 5, 2022
- 1 min
A Bag Called Me read by Charles
Today, something very special happened: a mum emailed me to tell me that her 8 year old son had discovered my website and loves my poems....
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Mark Bird
- Apr 22, 2022
- 1 min
My First Kiss
I love Alan Carr and he made me laugh out loud with his joke on Interior Design Masters about his first kiss; it reminded my of my own...
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Mark Bird
- Nov 20, 2021
- 1 min
Yesterday's Forever Dog
After the saddest day of my life, losing my beloved Golden Retriever, Blondie - I had to write something as a tribute to her, however...
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Mark Bird
- Nov 5, 2021
- 2 min
My Old Dog's Eyes
I was never a dog person but when I moved far away from friends and family in the U.K. to Buenos Aires in 2007 with my partner, I felt so...
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Mark Bird
- Sep 20, 2021
- 3 min
National Poetry Day UK. The Theme is Choice
This year's National Poetry Day in the UK is on 7th October 2021. I love the theme: "Choice" is such an evocative word and everyone will...
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Mark Bird
- Sep 9, 2021
- 2 min
The Scaredy-Cat
Don't you love Twitter sometimes? That moment when a simple tweet sparks your imagination and inspires you to take action - whether that...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 19, 2021
- 3 min
The Full Stop Day
It was 2007. I'd left teaching after the often thankless task of being a Deputy Head in London to go and live abroad, first Buenos Aires...
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Mark Bird
- Apr 14, 2021
- 1 min
My Poem Included: Leavers and Transition Booklet for Year 6 - Get Ready for The Full Stop Day! 😢
I found this wonderful resource (See below) and was surprised to see a slightly adapted version of my poem, The Full Stop Day, being used...
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Mark Bird
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Your Book Of Life: A Poem For World Book Day
Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage," is a constant earworm, or should that be #quoteworm? Anyway, that's what inspired my latest poem...
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Mark Bird
- Feb 22
- 1 min
When Someone Is Good poem
Yesterday I started thinking about how as a teachers, we are often encouraged (maybe even brainwashed) into endlessly looking for ways to...
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Mark Bird
- Feb 22
- 1 min
Trouble At The Dinosaur Café by Brian Moses and Hunt Emerson
I was very excited to receive an advance copy of this from Ventorros Press and I wasn't disappointed. I have long admired the poetry of...
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Mark Bird
- Feb 8
- 1 min
Cat Shaming Poem
With those poor pussy cats being cat shamed all over social media, I thought it was time for the cats to fight back 😜. Anyway, has...
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Mark Bird
- Dec 28, 2022
- 1 min
What Is A Smile? A Rondelet Poem
There's nothing more special than someone loving a poem you write and then choosing to share it by reading it in a way I never could....
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Mark Bird
- Dec 14, 2022
- 1 min
A Falling Leaf: A Tribute To My Old Dog
A year ago, we lost our beautiful golden retriever called Blondie. Hard as it was, I had to write a poem: a tribute to her glory. I...
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Mark Bird
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
They Should Have Made Me Inside Out
Some poems just fall into your head. This was one of those poems. It began as a random thought inspired by a mundane activity; I was...
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Mark Bird
- Nov 27, 2022
- 1 min
"In The Right Lane" by Stephanie Henson
First, I want to say thank you to Stephanie Henson for sending me a copy of her new poetry anthology for children called, "In The Right...
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Mark Bird
- Nov 23, 2022
- 1 min
Lifes's An Utcheter Flutter
Uttoxeter was instrumental in helping a small boy from yesterday, now an old man of today, realise that life is a mayfly flutter ... “You...
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Mark Bird
- Nov 1, 2022
- 1 min
Mark Bird (aka Dreambeastpoems) interviewed on the BBC
It was great to be interviewed on BBC Radio London last night about my debut picture book, "Halloween Date From Hell." I was nervous but...
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Mark Bird
- Oct 25, 2022
- 1 min
"Halloween Date From Hell" read by Mark Bird
As the witching hour approaches, I thought it was time to read my new Halloween book to you all. Find out what happens when a wickedly,...
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