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Mark Bird

Children's Poet

DreamBeastPoems@yahoo.com

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.

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Friendship Poems for Children

Poems about friendship for kids and students. Poetry ideas for EYFS, KS1, KS2 and KS3.

Opposites Attract: An Idiom and Friendship Poem for Kids. Leap Before You Look

Opposites Attract: An Idiom and Friendship Poem for Kids. Leap Before You Look

Opposites Attract: An Idiom and Friendship Poem for Kids. Leap Before You Look

Opposites Attract: An Idiom and Friendship Poem for Kids

Friendship Poems for Children

Apr 12 min read

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Swapping Shoes: Empathy day poem about walking in someone else's shoes

Swapping Shoes: Empathy day poem about walking in someone else's shoes

Swapping Shoes: Empathy day poem about walking in someone else's shoes

Sharing Shoes: An empathy day poem for kids about walking a mile in someone else's shoes.

Positive Poems for Kids

Jun 3, 20241 min read

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The Klangaroo! A banging, clanging robot kangaroo story for kids.

The Klangaroo! A banging, clanging robot kangaroo story for kids.

The Klangaroo! A banging, clanging robot kangaroo story for kids.

The Klangaroo! A kangaroo story for kids about wild robots, wacky inventors, a zany zoo and being loved for who you are.

Jun 1, 20242 min read

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Introducing The Klangaroo: A Sneak Peek at My Upcoming Children's Picture Book!

Introducing The Klangaroo: A Sneak Peek at My Upcoming Children's Picture Book!

Introducing The Klangaroo: A Sneak Peek at My Upcoming Children's Picture Book!

I'm very excited to announce my new picture book is out later this year! It's already been fully illustrated by the brilliant Chris...

Feb 1, 20241 min read

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

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

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...

Inspirational Poems for Children

May 24, 20231 min read

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

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

"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...

Inspirational Poems for Children

Jan 7, 20231 min read

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

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

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...

Inspirational Poems for Children

Sep 15, 20221 min read

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Ode To Uttoxeter - a poem about childhood

Ode To Uttoxeter - a poem about childhood

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...

Inspirational Poems for Children

Sep 3, 20221 min read

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

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

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...

Inspirational Poems for Children

May 12, 20222 min read

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Ten Year Old Love - a poem about young love

Ten Year Old Love - a poem about young love

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...

Apr 28, 20221 min read

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Rolling In Time

Rolling In Time

Rolling In Time

A simple poem about the joy of #childhood and how children have that innate talent to live in the the day, the hour, the minute, the...

Inspirational Poems for Children

Oct 2, 20211 min read

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