Mark Bird
Don't Be Such A Silly Batch!
After posting my poem, LIfe's a Loaf on Twitter last night, I had a very punny exchange with the brilliant poet and illustrator Colin...
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Mark Bird
- 6 days ago
- 1 min
Life's a Loaf
Who knew I 'kneaded' to create a bread metaphor poem about growing old. Life’s a Loaf When you’re old and stale And yellowy pale When...
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Mark Bird
- Sep 22
- 1 min
The Cemetery
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...
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Mark Bird
- Sep 13
- 1 min
Getting Shirty: A poem of puns, idioms, personification and wordplay
I love teaching figurative language: #puns, #idioms #personification and general #wordplay. How many different types of...
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Mark Bird
- Aug 1
- 3 min
My Poetry Teachers - a new poem written to celebrate the launch of my new website.
So I thought ... what's the best way to celebrate the launch of my new website? The answer was simple! Write a poem dedicated to all of...
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Mark Bird
- Jul 31
- 1 min
New Dreambeast Poems Website
Poets, teachers, children, art educators and anyone involved with education and inspiring young minds, come get involved at...
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Mark Bird
- May 12
- 2 min
Becky Bond
A poem about remembering the innocence of childhood from my 1970's playground days at Tynsel Parkes Primary School in Uttoxeter. How...
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Mark Bird
- Apr 22
- 1 min
My First Kiss
I love Alan Carr and he made me laugh out loud with his joke on Interior Design Masters about his first kiss; it reminded my of my own...
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Mark Bird
- Mar 25
- 1 min
Mother Said
Once in my teenage years, from the living room window, me and Mum were staring out at the army of beaten council house terraces that...
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Mark Bird
- Mar 12
- 1 min
M.O.T.H.E.R. A Poem for Mothers' Day
I've always wanted to write a poem dedicated to my mum. So I finally did. But it's also for all mothers everywhere who do the best (and...
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Mark Bird
- Feb 25
- 1 min
Chicken Licken's Chicken Shop
I think my favourite moments of inspiration are when nonsense and reality collide. #WorldBookDay Updated version 1.3.22 : Inspired by...
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Mark Bird
- Feb 2
- 1 min
Valentine Poems
If you've read anything on here before, you'll know Brian Moses is a bit if a hero for me. Not only did I begin my teaching career...
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Mark Bird
- Feb 1
- 2 min
I Didn't Dare Go
I went to see Lemn Sissay at The Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith on Sunday. He was incredible; a total inspiration. One minute I was...
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Mark Bird
- Jan 22
- 2 min
Urge To Blurt!
I was sitting with my class in assembly the other day and I suddenly got the primal urge to blurt something highly inappropriate out. If...
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Mark Bird
- Dec 31, 2021
- 1 min
Be More You (A New Year's Resolution)
Why change, when everything you have is all you need? #BeMoreYou Be More You (New Year’s Resolution) This New Year Choose honesty Choose...
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Mark Bird
- Dec 15, 2021
- 2 min
The Book Wars. Who would be victorious?
I haven't blogged for over two weeks; schools are becoming crazy places to work again and I've been kept very busy. Anyway, my...
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Mark Bird
- Nov 20, 2021
- 1 min
Yesterday's Forever Dog
After the saddest day of my life, losing my beloved Golden Retriever, Blondie - I had to write something as a tribute to her, however...
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Mark Bird
- Nov 5, 2021
- 2 min
My Old Dog's Eyes
I was never a dog person but when I moved far away from friends and family in the U.K. to Buenos Aires in 2007 with my partner, I felt so...
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Mark Bird
- Nov 2, 2021
- 1 min
"Miseducate" A prefix themed poem about a long line of crazy teachers
Realising it has been two weeks since I have written a poem, and with my mind gone blank, I delved into my endless ideas-bank going back...
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Mark Bird
- Oct 20, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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