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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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KS3 Poetry
Mark Bird
Jan 111 min read
I Am The Label - a poem about labels and the challenge of removing them
I Am The Label - a poem about labels and the challenge of removing them
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Mark Bird
Dec 30, 20241 min read
Be More You (A New Year Resolution Poem) Happy New Year world!
Be More You (A New Year Resolution Poem) Happy New Year everybody!
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Mark Bird
Oct 18, 20242 min read
Uncovering the Origin of Halloween and Samhain: A Poem Exploring Oweynagat, the Cave of the Cats
Uncovering the Origin of Halloween and Samhain: A Poem Exploring Oweynagat, the Cave of the Cats
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Mark Bird
Jun 16, 20241 min read
Enjoy the Fantastical World of Nonsense Poems for Kids: 'Disqualified'
Enjoy the Fantastical World of Nonsense Poems for Kids: 'Disqualified'
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Mark Bird
Jun 13, 20241 min read
Find Your Own: A Positive Poem for Kids about Finding Yourself
Find Your Own: A Positive Poem for Kids & Teachers about Finding Yourself
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Mark Bird
Jun 5, 20241 min read
Happy Empathy Day! Here's one for your empathy day resources ...
'Swapping Shoes' an empathy day poem made into a song. A great for empathy day resource.
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Mark Bird
May 22, 20241 min read
'Poems for Kidd' A mistype led you here but you're in the right place.
'Poems for Kidd!' A mistype led you here but if you want poems for kids, you're in the right place.
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Mark Bird
May 15, 20241 min read
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
Mar 1, 20231 min read
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 read
A positive poem for kids. When someone is good, just tell them.
A positive poem for kids about telling someone when they're good. No ifs, no buts.
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Mark Bird
Jan 7, 20231 min read
"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 12, 20221 min read
"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, 20222 min read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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
Oct 21, 20211 min read
Lie Out Loud - A Poem About Mental Health For Students
Lie Out Loud - A Poem About Mental Health For Students
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