Mark Bird
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 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
- Feb 1, 2022
- 2 min
I Didn't Dare Go
I went to see Lemn Sissay at The Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith on Sunday. He was incredible; a total inspiration. One minute I was...
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Mark Bird
- Jan 25, 2022
- 2 min
Phantom Regret by Jim
Just a quick post... in case you haven't heard it yet. The internet is going wild for the final track on The Weeknd's new album Dawn F.M....
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Mark Bird
- Dec 31, 2021
- 1 min
Be More You (A New Year's Resolution)
Why change, when everything you have is all you need? #BeMoreYou Be More You (New Year’s Resolution) This New Year Choose honesty Choose...
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Mark Bird
- Oct 7, 2021
- 2 min
When Children Become Poets: Not Future Poets, but Poets of Now.
Wow. Wow. Wow. After teaching for 26 years, lessons like this don't come around too often. Today, I am a proud teacher (and poet) but...
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Mark Bird
- Jul 6, 2021
- 2 min
Sparks That Lit Up Question Marks, Ideas In Human Heads - A Poem About Inventions
I was very proud to have this poem, Sparks, picked up and published by Gill Education, Ireland. It was the inception of believing that my...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 17, 2021
- 1 min
So What Have The Teachers Ever Done For Us ?
To celebrate, National Thank A Teacher Day I wrote a new poem about the power of a teacher... with a lot of inspiration from one of my...
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Mark Bird
- Apr 27, 2021
- 1 min
Letting Go - A poem about a balloon that doesn't fit in and a boy who stands out
I love writing using #personification so, so much. As a child, I would personify everything. I'd feel sorry for socks that didn't get...
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Mark Bird
- Apr 6, 2021
- 1 min
"Ripples" - an ode to teachers everywhere
Teachers are incredible. I suppose I'm biased because I am one! But, the power of an inspirational teacher and the belief they instil in...
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