Exploring the Fun and Fantastical World of Nonsense Poems for Kids: "I Won the 100 Metres"
Following on from a call out by the brilliant nonsense poet Colin West on X/ Twitter to write sports-themed nonsense poems for kids, I...
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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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Mark Bird
Jun 131 min
Be Your Own: A New Positive Poem for Kids and Teachers about Finding Yourself
So all alone at home, feeling sorry for myself after surgery with my arm in a sling, i decided I needed to write a new positive poem for...
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Mark Bird
Jun 51 min
Happy Empathy Day! Here's one for your empathy day resources ...
So two nights ago, I wrote 'Swapping Shoes' to celebrate #EmpathyDay. Two days later the brilliant Gareth P Jones gets in touch on X to...
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Mark Bird
May 151 min
If I Were A Logo: a logo poem exploring how you might brand yourself.
Quite a few of my poems are inspired by poetry prompts on social media. Last night's prompt was #logo. I tried to write a logo poem...
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Mark Bird
Dec 30, 20231 min
Be More You (A New Year's Resolution Poem)
Why change, when everything you have is all you need? A New Year's Resolution Poem #BeMoreYou Be More You (New Year’s Resolution) This...
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Mark Bird
Mar 1, 20231 min
Your Book Of Life: A Sonnet Poem For World Book Day
Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage," is a constant earworm, or should that be #quoteworm? Anyway, that's what inspired my latest...
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Mark Bird
Feb 22, 20231 min
A positive poem about telling someone when they're good. No ifs, no buts.
Yesterday I started thinking about how as a teachers, we are often encouraged (maybe even brainwashed) into endlessly looking for ways to...
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Mark Bird
Jan 7, 20231 min
"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...
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Mark Bird
Dec 14, 20221 min
In Loving Memory: A Dog Tribute Poem for My Beloved Blondie
A year ago, we lost our beautiful golden retriever called Blondie. Hard as it was, I had to write a poem: a dog tribute poem to celebrate...
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Mark Bird
Dec 12, 20221 min
"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...
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Mark Bird
Oct 1, 20221 min
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...
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Mark Bird
Sep 25, 20221 min
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...
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Mark Bird
Sep 25, 20221 min
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...
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Mark Bird
Sep 13, 20221 min
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....
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Mark Bird
Sep 7, 20221 min
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...
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Mark Bird
Sep 3, 20221 min
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...
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Mark Bird
Mar 25, 20221 min
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...
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Mark Bird
Mar 12, 20221 min
M.O.T.H.E.R. A Kind of Acrostic, Mother Acronym 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 1, 20222 min
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...
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