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 24
- 1 min
"Uttoxeter is ..." - a poem
Uttoxeter was and is a wild and wonderful place. It was my childhood playground. It deserves a poem to call its own. Uttoxeter...
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Mark Bird
- Sep 13
- 1 min
Getting Shirty: A poem of puns, idioms, personification and wordplay
I love teaching figurative language: #puns, #idioms #personification and general #wordplay. How many different types of...
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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
- 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
- Sep 9, 2021
- 2 min
The Scaredy-Cat
Don't you love Twitter sometimes? That moment when a simple tweet sparks your imagination and inspires you to take action - whether that...
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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
- May 15, 2021
- 1 min
Love in 4 lines
Some humans are lucky enough to find their missing half ... Me, Ourselves and You Forget about the only one It’s about the only two Not...
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Mark Bird
- May 2, 2021
- 1 min
It’s Zetting Hot in Herre! - Discover Neal Zetter's poetry
If you haven't already, I command you to check out Neal Zetter - he's a children's poetry one-man masterclass. He shows his love and awe...
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