Mark Bird
"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 28, 2022
- 1 min
What Is A Smile? A Rondelet Poem
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 14, 2022
- 1 min
A Falling Leaf: 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 her glory. I...
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Mark Bird
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
They Should Have Made Me Inside Out
Some poems just fall into your head. This was one of those poems. It began as a random thought inspired by a mundane activity; I was...
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Mark Bird
- Nov 27, 2022
- 1 min
"In The Right Lane" by Stephanie Henson
First, I want to say thank you to Stephanie Henson for sending me a copy of her new poetry anthology for children called, "In The Right...
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Mark Bird
- Nov 23, 2022
- 1 min
Lifes's An Utcheter Flutter
Uttoxeter was instrumental in helping a small boy from yesterday, now an old man of today, realise that life is a mayfly flutter ... “You...
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Mark Bird
- Nov 1, 2022
- 1 min
Mark Bird (aka Dreambeastpoems) interviewed on the BBC
It was great to be interviewed on BBC Radio London last night about my debut picture book, "Halloween Date From Hell." I was nervous but...
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Mark Bird
- Oct 1, 2022
- 1 min
An Owed Ode to Saturday
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 22, 2022
- 1 min
The Cemetery
I was born at the cemetery in Uttoxeter in 1970. My Nan and Granddad were the custodians back then. My aunty and sister were born there...
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Mark Bird
- Sep 15, 2022
- 1 min
The Old Rec. of Uttoxeter
We all have that place, that only we know. The Old Rec. in Uttoxeter was that place for so many of us from town where we learned how to...
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Mark Bird
- Sep 7, 2022
- 1 min
Lost 10p
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 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
- Aug 1, 2022
- 3 min
My Poetry Teachers - a new poem written to celebrate the launch of my new website.
So I thought ... what's the best way to celebrate the launch of my new website? The answer was simple! Write a poem dedicated to all of...
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Mark Bird
- Jul 31, 2022
- 1 min
New Dreambeast Poems Website
Poets, teachers, children, art educators and anyone involved with education and inspiring young minds, come get involved at...
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Mark Bird
- May 12, 2022
- 2 min
Becky Bond
A poem about remembering the innocence of childhood from my 1970's playground days at Tynsel Parkes Primary School in Uttoxeter. How...
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Mark Bird
- Apr 28, 2022
- 1 min
Ten Year Old Love
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...
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Mark Bird
- Apr 21, 2022
- 2 min
The Realm of Smaller Things by Kent Knowles
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 ...
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Mark Bird
- Feb 25, 2022
- 1 min
Chicken Licken's Chicken Shop
I think my favourite moments of inspiration are when nonsense and reality collide. #WorldBookDay Updated version 1.3.22 : Inspired by...
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Mark Bird
- Feb 2, 2022
- 1 min
Valentine Poems
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...
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Mark Bird
- Feb 1, 2022
- 2 min
I Didn't Dare Go
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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