Mark Bird
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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Mark Bird
- Sep 15, 2021
- 2 min
Lola: The World's Best Dog Groomer & Kim Kardashian
I love when a conversation with a loved one makes you turn an idea and a simple everyday phrase on it's head. We were walking our...
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Mark Bird
- Aug 24, 2021
- 1 min
Two of My Poems Taking Flight on the Brilliant New Poetry Webzine
If you haven't discovered the new resource-rich website, jam-packed with poems for children, then you have to take a ride on board The...
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Mark Bird
- Aug 17, 2021
- 1 min
Halloween Date From Hell to be published as a picture book 2022
I am extremely excited to announce that Ventorros Press will be publishing my poem Halloween Date From Hell in 2022. The brilliant Chris...
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Mark Bird
- Jul 26, 2021
- 2 min
Welcome aboard The Dirigible Balloon
Take a flight aboard The Dirigible Balloon! The Dirigible Balloon is a new webzine featuring poetry written for children by both new and...
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Mark Bird
- Jul 19, 2021
- 1 min
If I Were Me
It's wonderful to see your poems used, but when a charity is using them for a good cause, that is #proud with bells on. I love these hand...
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Mark Bird
- Jul 15, 2021
- 1 min
Ghost Children: How many young minds have you inspired?
As a teacher, you always wonder what became of the hundreds, if not thousands, of children you once taught. Classrooms can be strangely...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 24, 2021
- 2 min
DreambeastPoems: New Illustrations by Chris White
Sometimes the world wide web can be such a playground of positivity, shining so bright, that the negativity that snaps from our screens...
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