Mark Bird

Mondays In Nursery: a poem about the joys of teaching and learning

I have loved every year group that I have taught over my thirty years in the teaching profession but this year, my first ever year...

Mark Bird

"Time Travelling Smiles" a poem about the power of smile.

A poem about smiles. I still remember the power of a smile that someone gave me from long before. Smiles really do time travel - from...

Mark Bird

"We Used To Play Together" - a poem about childhood

This has happened to most of us at some time or another. But try to remember when that childhood friendship was your entire world and...

Mark Bird

The Old Rec. of Uttoxeter - a poem about childhood playgrounds and parks

We all have that place, that only we know. The Old Rec. in Uttoxeter was that place for so many of us from town where we learned how to...

Mark Bird

Ode To Uttoxeter - a poem about childhood

A poem that revisits a childhood in Uttoxeter - no more, no less. Ode To Uttoxeter I remember that day back then when we first found...

Mark Bird

Becky Bond - a poem for kids about the fleeting nature of friendship

This friendship poem for kids, about remembering the innocence of childhood from my 1970's playground days at Tynsel Parkes Primary...

Mark Bird

Ten Year Old Love - a poem about young love

I've been teaching for thirty years ... and one theme is eternal: LOVE! I often end up teaching Year 6. To see them toe-dipping into an...

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