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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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Inspirational Poems for Children
Inspirational poems for kids and young people. Poetry ideas for EYFS, KS1, KS2 and KS3
Barry Hoe - a tribute poem about Haribo, sweets and candy
I've always loved sweets (or candy). I'm 52 years old and I still can't pass a Pick and Mix station without wanting to fill a bag with a...
Mark Bird
Jun 29, 20232 min read
"I Like" a simple poem about loving yourself
I work with children every day and sadly, I hear more and more what they don't like about themselves. So inspired by the brilliant The...
Mark Bird
May 26, 20231 min read
Just A Bee - a poem about the glory and importance of bees
Just A Bee - a poem about the glory and importance of bees
Mark Bird
May 24, 20231 min read
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
May 24, 20231 min read
What Is A Smile: a rondelet poem about smiles. How to write a rondelet.
Poetry forms and schemes can be inspirational to explore; they can help you mine forgotten feelings and hidden thoughts. Of course,...
Mark Bird
Apr 16, 20232 min read
"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
Jan 7, 20231 min read
In Loving Memory: A Dog Tribute Poem for My Beloved Golden Retriever
In Loving Memory: A Dog Tribute Poem for My Beloved Blondie
Mark Bird
Dec 14, 20222 min read
"They Should Have Made Me Inside Out" - a poem about the inside vs the outside
Some poems just fall into your head. This was one of those poems: "They Should Have Made Me Inside Out." It began as a random thought...
Mark Bird
Dec 12, 20221 min read
"In The Right Lane" by Stephanie Henson
First, I want to say thank you to Stephanie Henson for sending me a copy of her new poetry anthology for children called, "In The Right...
Mark Bird
Nov 27, 20221 min read
Life's A Mayfly: a poem about the brevity of life
I wanted to write a poem about the fleeting brevity of life: about the tiny moments that made us and still do. “You could not remove a...
Mark Bird
Nov 23, 20222 min read
"Halloween Date From Hell" read by Mark Bird
As the witching hour approaches, I thought it was time to read my new Halloween book to you all. Find out what happens when a wickedly,...
Mark Bird
Oct 25, 20221 min read
🎃 Win a copy of my new book: Halloween Date From Hell 🧟♂️ 🧙♀️
Hello everybody, I have copies of my new book to giveaway! The story tells us of wicked witch who needs a date for Halloween. Eventually,...
Mark Bird
Oct 19, 20221 min read
Halloween Date From Hell by Mark Bird and Chris White
I've waited all my life for my first book to be released. The journey to get here has involved every single human emotion in existence...
Mark Bird
Oct 12, 20221 min read
A Bag Called Me poem read by Charles
Today, something very special happened: a mum emailed me to tell me that her 8 year old son had discovered my website and loves my poems....
Mark Bird
Oct 5, 20221 min read
The Uttoxeter Cemetery: a poem about my childhood and flowers, plants and trees
I 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 Bird
Sep 22, 20221 min read
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
Sep 15, 20221 min read
A Trilogy of Poems about working in Nursery for the first time
So, 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 Bird
Sep 12, 20223 min read
New Paperbound Magazine Edition on the theme of Magic
I'm very proud to have my poem, "Seasoned Magicians" featured in the brilliant, 2nd anniversary edition of Paperbound Magazine. The...
Mark Bird
Sep 12, 20221 min read
Lost 10p - a poem about powerful childhood moments
After 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 Bird
Sep 7, 20221 min read
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
Sep 3, 20221 min read
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