Mark BirdSep 22, 20221 minUttoxeterThe Uttoxeter Cemetery: a poem about my childhood and flowers, plants and treesI was born at the cemetery in Uttoxeter in 1970. My Nan and Granddad were the custodians back then. My aunty and sister were born there...
Mark BirdSep 12, 20223 minInspirational Poems for ChildrenA Trilogy of Poems about working in Nursery for the first timeSo, I was trained as a Key Stage 2 teacher (7 to11) at Edge Hill University over thirty years ago: in those days you had to choose...
Mark BirdSep 7, 20221 minUttoxeterLost 10p - a poem about powerful childhood momentsAfter the wonderful response I got from posting my poem Ode To Uttoxeter I was inspired to write a new poem about my childhood and...
Mark BirdSep 3, 20221 minInspirational Poems for ChildrenOde To Uttoxeter - a poem about childhoodA poem that revisits a childhood in Uttoxeter - no more, no less. Ode To Uttoxeter I remember that day back then when we first found...