dreambeast poems
  inspirational poems, art & stories for kids by mark bird ...

It's wonderful to see your poems used, but when a charity is using them for a good cause, that is #proud with bells on. I love these hand...

As a teacher, you always wonder what became of the hundreds, if not thousands, of children you once taught. Classrooms can be strangely...

Did Brian Moses just include me in the sentence, "A fine selection of poems for early years from some of our finest children's poets." I...

Some things are good enough to just be recreated as is. And there's not many works of art I create with the children at school, take...

A simple idea, elevated by getting the children to draw on the pages of an old book. What language is this? All I know, it looks...

After writing, "What Have the Teachers Ever Done for Us?" I thought I could use it as a model to inspire my Year 6 class to write their...

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...

A great blog post by Hope Education about the essential Twitter accounts every teacher needs to follow ... Do you know more? Please add...

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...

Thank A Teacher: Ripples The future of the world is in your class today So teacher do be proud and trust in what you say For every word...

I feel blessed to have my poem "Schoolsick" long listed in the https://www.poetryforgood.org.uk/ competition aimed at celebrating the...

I had to share this. The best ideas really can be the simplest. I don't the know full details of the project or how it was set up but...

I'm made up to have Brian Moses use one of my poems, Bedtime At Batman's, in his mini Key Stage 1 anthology here alongside such great...

I was made aware by this incredibly evocative poem, created by a group of girls from Bradford, by their inspirational teacher Anna Cole. ...

If you haven't already, I command you to check out Neal Zetter - he's a children's poetry one-man masterclass. He shows his love and awe...

I used to the love Batman when I was a kid - the original TV series I mean. They'd play the repeats on a 70s Saturday morning - once the...

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...

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...

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...

As part of Children's Mental Health Week 2021, Barlby Primary School used the inspirational 'Beautiful Oops!' by Barney Saltzberg to...