Welcome to my poetry blog for kids and teachers

Welcome to my poetry blog for kids and teachers! I believe that poetry is a wonderful way to inspire creativity and imagination in young minds. My poetry blog for kids features a variety of poems, from silly and fun to thought-provoking and meaningful. I hope you enjoy reading and sharing these poems with your students and children.

UPDATE: Many of my poetry blog posts now include Creative Writing, Drama and Poetry Lessons for teachers featuring creative writing and poetry worksheets.

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Figurative Language Poems for Kids

Figurative Language Poems for Kids and Students. KS2 Poetry Ideas. KS1 Poetry Ideas.

The Joy of Poetry for Kids: A Knockout Poetry Competition I Won 🤩

The Joy of Poetry for Kids: A Knockout Poetry Competition I Won

Poems for Kids

Mark Bird

Jun 153 min read

A boy tripping of a neon sign reading: IDIOMS

Two Left Feet: A Playful Journey Through Idioms

Two Left Feet: Idiom Poem for Kids About A Student Learning English

Idiom Poems for Kids

Mark Bird

Mar 63 min read

A grandmother hosting a family christmas buffet

Grandmother Poem. Metaphor and Figurative Language Poem for Kids.

Metaphor and Figurative Language Poem for Kids. Grandmother Poem

Christmas Poems For Kids

Mark Bird

Dec 11, 20252 min read

Taught Not To Tell: A Friendship Poem for Kids About Childhood and Prejudice

Friendship Poems For Kids

Mark Bird

Apr 19, 20252 min read

Fire Flowers: A bonfire night poem for kids about Firework effects

Fire Flowers: A bonfire night poem for kids inspired by the Chinese naming firework effects after flowers

Firework Poems

Mark Bird

Nov 2, 20241 min read

Tarantulas In My Trunks: an alliteration poem for kids on the theme of clothes

Alliteration is a fun and easy way to get kids into writing poetry. How many animals can you get your class of children to alliterate? Get them to imagine and list all the creatures they wouldn't want crawling around their clothes. Can they add a twist at the end, where something that seems horrible turns into a positive ... an alliteration poem for kids, written by kids? Sounds super! Tarantulas In My Trunks Tarantulas in my trunks Swordfish in my socks Scorpions in my slipp

Alliteration Poems for Kids

Mark Bird

Jul 12, 20231 min read

An Owed Ode to Saturday poem

Saturday has always had the privilege of blessing us with good times, funshine and a whole heap of hope. I bet many of your best...

Internal Rhyme Poetry

Mark Bird

Oct 1, 20222 min read

Don't Be Such A Silly Batch! A Poem About Bread.

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...

Pun Poems for Kids

Mark Bird

Sep 25, 20221 min read

Life's a Loaf: a metaphor poem about bread and growing old

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...

Personification Poems for Students

Mark Bird

Sep 25, 20221 min read

"Uttoxeter is ..." - a poem about my home town

Uttoxeter was and is a wild and wonderful place. It was my childhood playground. Uttoxeter, my old home town, deserves a poem to call its...

Uttoxeter

Mark Bird

Sep 24, 20221 min read

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

I love teaching figurative language: puns, idioms, personification and general #wordplay which are so much fun to explore through poems. How many different types of #figurativeLanguage can you find in my silly poem called #GettingShirty? And how many words can you find to do with shirts? Getting Shirty Tonight I’m getting shirty Sleeve me alone! I’m not yoking! Button it! Placket in! Or I’ll dart off and you’ll never collar me cuf’ I’m quicker than you and arm-hole lot strong

Pun Poems for Kids

Mark Bird

Sep 13, 20221 min read