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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.
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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
Lie Out Loud - A Poem About Mental Health For Students
Lie Out Loud - A Poem About Mental Health For Students
Mark Bird
Oct 21, 20211 min read
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Chains: A Poem About The Power of a Teacher
So after sharing my poem, "The Colours I've Been" using colours as metaphors to share the stages of a glorious life, I reflected on my...
Mark Bird
Oct 20, 20212 min read
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SkeleTom Cat - a poem about an old cat looking for his lost love
A sad poem about a tom and queen cat who once found love under the old garden tree. They vowed to rekindle their love in heaven, So what...
Mark Bird
Oct 13, 20211 min read
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"An Unlikely Friendship - Dracupuss and Frankenmouse: A Cat and Mouse Halloween Poem"
An Unlikely Friendship - Dracupuss and Frankenmouse: A Cat and Mouse Halloween Poem
Mark Bird
Oct 12, 20212 min read
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You're Nothing Without Me
Since I was a child, I would personify everything: I'd feel sorry for the faded pants that wouldn't be packed for holidays in Spain; for...
Mark Bird
Oct 8, 20212 min read
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When Children Become Poets: Not Future Poets, but Poets of Now. A Poem about Choice and Voice for Children's Mental Health Week: 'I Did Not Choose.'
Just want the poem? Click here Wow. Wow. Wow. After teaching for 26 years, lessons like this don't come around too often. Today, I am a...
Mark Bird
Oct 7, 20213 min read
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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...
Mark Bird
Oct 2, 20211 min read
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BREADALBANE ACADEMY: P7 POETRY BLOG
After writing a new poem, "I Did Not Choose" for #NationalPoetryDay last week, I was overjoyed when a day later, a teacher from Scotland...
Mark Bird
Sep 30, 20212 min read
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Your Choice! Your Voice!
I can't get enough of National Poetry Day's theme of #Choice this year. I wrote the first half of "Your Choice! Your Voice!" and it left...
Mark Bird
Sep 28, 20212 min read
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Coco’s Jimmy Choo-Chew Shoe - a funny poem for kids about a rich dog's very expensive new toy
I wrote this after the whole #JimmyChooChewShoe stanza in my recent poem: The World's Best Dog Groomer. It's about as political as I'm...
Mark Bird
Sep 24, 20212 min read
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National Poetry Day UK. The Theme is Choice. Here is my poem, "I Did Not Choose."
This year's National Poetry Day in the UK is on 7th October 2021. I love the theme: "Choice" is such an evocative word and everyone will...
Mark Bird
Sep 20, 20213 min read
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Lola: The World's Best Dog Groomer & Kim Kardashian
I love when a conversation with a loved one makes you turn an idea and a simple everyday phrase on it's head. We were walking our...
Mark Bird
Sep 15, 20212 min read
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Two of My Poems Taking Flight on the Brilliant New Poetry Webzine
If you haven't discovered the new resource-rich website, jam-packed with poems for children, then you have to take a ride on board The...
Mark Bird
Aug 24, 20211 min read
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Halloween Date From Hell to be published as a picture book 2022
I am extremely excited to announce that Ventorros Press will be publishing my poem Halloween Date From Hell in 2022. The brilliant Chris...
Mark Bird
Aug 17, 20211 min read
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Welcome aboard The Dirigible Balloon
Take a flight aboard The Dirigible Balloon! The Dirigible Balloon is a new webzine featuring poetry written for children by both new and...
Mark Bird
Jul 26, 20212 min read
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Believing in Yourself Poem: 'If I Were Me' - Embrace Your True Self
It's wonderful to see your poems used, but when a charity is using them for a good cause, that is #proud with bells on. I love these hand...
Mark Bird
Jul 19, 20211 min read
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Olympics Poem for Kids! A Motivational Track & Field Athletics Poem
Olympics Poem for Kids! A Motivational Track & Field Athletics Poem
Mark Bird
Jul 19, 20211 min read
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Brain Moses does it again... an inspiring force for many new poets ... KS1 Poetry
Did Brian Moses just include me in the sentence, "A fine selection of poems for early years from some of our finest children's poets." I...
Mark Bird
Jul 6, 20211 min read
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Sparks That Lit Up Question Marks, Ideas In Human Heads - A Poem About Inventions
Click HERE for the poem or HERE for poetry lesson ideas. I was very proud to have this poem, Sparks , picked up and published by Gill...
Mark Bird
Jul 6, 20213 min read
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Burst Bubbles - Poem for my Year 6s who lost their final week of primary school
So, at this time of year, my poem The Full Stop Day takes off as teachers get ready to say goodbye to their classes and children prepare...
Mark Bird
Jun 30, 20212 min read
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