Mark BirdSep 30, 20212 minNational Poetry DayBREADALBANE ACADEMY: P7 POETRY BLOGAfter writing a new poem, "I Did Not Choose" for #NationalPoetryDay last week, I was overjoyed when a day later, a teacher from Scotland...
Mark BirdSep 28, 20212 minNational Poetry DayYour Choice! Your Voice!I can't get enough of National Poetry Day's theme of #Choice this year. I wrote the first half of "Your Choice! Your Voice!" and it left...
Mark BirdSep 24, 20212 minInspirational Poems for ChildrenCoco’s Jimmy Choo-Chew Shoe - a funny poem for kids about a rich dog's very expensive new toyI wrote this after the whole #JimmyChooChewShoe stanza in my recent poem: The World's Best Dog Groomer. It's about as political as I'm...
Mark BirdSep 20, 20213 minRobert FrostNational Poetry Day UK. The Theme is Choice. Here is my poem, "I Did Not Choose."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...