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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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KS2 Poetry Teaching Ideas
KS2 Poetry teaching ideas, creative writing, drama and art lesson prompts and worksheets for KS2 Key Stage 2 children #KS2
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
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"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
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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
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An Owed Ode to Saturday poem
Saturday has always had the privilege of blessing us with good times, funshine and a whole heap of hope. I bet many of your best...
Mark Bird
Oct 1, 20222 min read
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Don't Be Such A Silly Batch! A Poem About Bread.
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...
Mark Bird
Sep 25, 20221 min read
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Life's a Loaf: a metaphor poem about bread and growing old
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...
Mark Bird
Sep 25, 20221 min read
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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
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Getting Shirty: A poem of puns, idioms, personification and wordplay
I love teaching figurative language: puns, idioms, personification and general #wordplay which are so much fun to explore through poems....
Mark Bird
Sep 13, 20221 min read
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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
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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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New Dreambeast Poems Website
Poets, teachers, children, art educators and anyone involved with education and inspiring young minds, come get involved at...
Mark Bird
Jul 31, 20221 min read
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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
May 12, 20222 min read
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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...
Mark Bird
Apr 28, 20221 min read
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My First Kiss - a funny poem for kids about primary school memories
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...
Mark Bird
Apr 22, 20221 min read
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Mother Said - a poem about the power of a mother's words
Another Mother poem. Once in my teenage years, from the living room window, me and Mum were staring out at the army of beaten council...
Mark Bird
Mar 25, 20221 min read
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M.O.T.H.E.R. A Kind of Acrostic, Mother Acronym Poem for Mothers' Day
M.O.T.H.E.R. A Kind of Acrostic, Mother Acronym Poem for Mothers' Day
Mark Bird
Mar 12, 20222 min read
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Chicken Licken's Chicken Shop - Funny Chicken Poem for Kids
I think my favourite moments of inspiration are when nonsense and reality collide. #WorldBookDay Updated version 1.3.22 : Inspired by...
Mark Bird
Feb 25, 20221 min read
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Valentine's Poems for kids
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...
Mark Bird
Feb 2, 20221 min read
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I Didn't Dare Go - a poem about finding your strength and growing up as the child of an alcoholic
I went to see Lemn Sissay at The Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith on Sunday. He was incredible; a total inspiration. One minute I was...
Mark Bird
Feb 1, 20222 min read
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Phantom Regret by Jim
Just a quick post... in case you haven't heard it yet. The internet is going wild for the final track on The Weeknd's new album Dawn F.M....
Mark Bird
Jan 25, 20222 min read
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