Mark Bird
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
- 1 min
"When Someone Is Good" : a 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
- 1 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, 2022
- 1 min
A Falling Leaf: A Poem Written As A Tribute To My Old Dog
A year ago, we lost our beautiful golden retriever called Blondie. Hard as it was, I had to write a poem: a tribute to my dog and her...
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Mark Bird
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 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, 2022
- 1 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, 2022
- 1 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, 2022
- 1 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, 2022
- 1 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, 2022
- 1 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, 2022
- 1 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, 2022
- 1 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, 2022
- 1 min
M.O.T.H.E.R. A Kind of Acrostic 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, 2022
- 2 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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Mark Bird
- Jan 25, 2022
- 2 min
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....
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Mark Bird
- Nov 5, 2021
- 2 min
My Old Dog's Eyes: a poem about my beautiful, ageing, old dog.
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
- Oct 22, 2021
- 1 min
Stranded on a Kitchen Island - an observational poem about, yes you've guessed it, kitchen islands
Alone, last night; my partner (who is definitely not grey) away visiting parents in Southport, I wrote something observational rather...
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Mark Bird
- Oct 21, 2021
- 1 min
Lie Out Loud - A Poem About Mental Health For Students
I'm not sure where these words and sentiments came from tonight... somewhere deep inside I suppose. It's definitely inspired by moments...
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Mark Bird
- Oct 20, 2021
- 2 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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