Hello Yellow poem to commemorate World Mental Health Day 2024.
Hello Yellow poem to commemorate World Mental Health Day 2024
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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 31 min
Sharing Shoes: An empathy day poem about walking a mile in someone else's shoes
Sharing Shoes: An empathy day poem for kids
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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
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
Dec 28, 20221 min
What Is A Smile? A Rondelet Poem about the many meanings of smile
There's nothing more special than someone loving a poem you write and then choosing to share it by reading it in a way I never could....
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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
Feb 2, 20221 min
The Slow Superhero
Thanks to Ventorros Press for sending me an advance copy of The Slow Superhero, written by Sarah Surgey and illustrated by Sayani...
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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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Mark Bird
Oct 21, 20211 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 19, 20211 min
If I Could Give You The Moon by Ffion Jones
I was lucky enough to see an advance copy of the magical and affecting "I Give You The Moon" by author Ffion Jones with joyous...
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Mark Bird
Oct 7, 20213 min
When Children Become Poets: Not Future Poets, but Poets of Now. A Poem about Choice and Voice for Children's Mental Health Week: 'I Did Not Choose.'
Just want the poem? Click here Wow. Wow. Wow. After teaching for 26 years, lessons like this don't come around too often. Today, I am a...
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Mark Bird
Jun 12, 20211 min
Poetry For Good: A poetry competition celebrating Key Workers
I feel blessed to have my poem "Schoolsick" long listed in the https://www.poetryforgood.org.uk/ competition aimed at celebrating the...
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