Mark Bird

Don't Be Such A Silly Batch!

After posting my poem, LIfe's a Loaf on Twitter last night, I had a very punny exchange with the brilliant poet and illustrator Colin...

Mark Bird

Life's a Loaf

Who knew I 'kneaded' to create a bread metaphor poem about growing old. Life’s a Loaf When you’re old and stale And yellowy pale When...

Mark Bird

"Uttoxeter is ..." - a poem

Uttoxeter was and is a wild and wonderful place. It was my childhood playground. It deserves a poem to call its own. Uttoxeter...

Mark Bird

Getting Shirty: A poem of puns, idioms, personification and wordplay

I love teaching figurative language: #puns, #idioms #personification and general #wordplay. How many different types of...