dreambeast poems
  inspirational poems, art & stories for kids by mark bird ...

A poem about remembering the innocence of childhood from my 1970's playground days at Tynsel Parkes Primary School in Uttoxeter. How...

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...

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...

Thank you to Ventorros Press for sending me an advance copy of The Realm of Smaller Things by Kent Knowles. You can follow Kent on ...

Once in my teenage years, from the living room window, me and Mum were staring out at the army of beaten council house terraces that...

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...

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...

I went to see Lemn Sissay at The Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith on Sunday. He was incredible; a total inspiration. One minute I was...

I was sitting with my class in assembly the other day and I suddenly got the primal urge to blurt something highly inappropriate out. If...

Why change, when everything you have is all you need? #BeMoreYou Be More You (New Year’s Resolution) This New Year Choose honesty Choose...

I haven't blogged for over two weeks; schools are becoming crazy places to work again and I've been kept very busy. Anyway, my...

Life is a Cabaret (of clichés) Poets, children, teachers and anyone who loves playing with words: what's the best cliché stanza you have....

After the saddest day of my life, losing my beloved Golden Retriever, Blondie - I had to write something as a tribute to her, however...

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...

Realising it has been two weeks since I have written a poem, and with my mind gone blank, I delved into my endless ideas-bank going back...

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...

A sad poem about a tom and queen cat who once found love under the old garden tree. They vowed to rekindle their love in heaven, So what...

I'm so proud that my #Halloween poem, Halloween Date From Hell is going to published as a picture book by #VentorrosPress in 2022. It...

Since I was a child, I would personify everything: I'd feel sorry for the faded pants that wouldn't be packed for holidays in Spain; for...

Wow. Wow. Wow. After teaching for 26 years, lessons like this don't come around too often. Today, I am a proud teacher (and poet) but...