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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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UPDATE: Many of my poetry blog posts now include Creative Writing, Drama and Poetry Lessons for teachers featuring creative writing and poetry worksheets.
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School Poems for Kids
School poems for kids and students about school. Poetry ideas for EYFS, KS1, KS2 and KS3.


Swapping Shoes: Empathy day poem about walking in someone else's shoes
Sharing Shoes: An empathy day poem for kids about walking a mile in someone else's shoes.

Mark Bird
Jun 3, 20241 min read
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Exploring Action Poems for Kids: Stirring Custard With Your Toes.
Exploring Action Poems for Kids: Stirring Custard With Your Toes.

Mark Bird
Feb 7, 20242 min read
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"Going Back." A school poem for kids about the reality of going back to school for a few children.
For a few children, school is home and home is school. This poem for kids about going back to school explores those two contrasting...

Mark Bird
Sep 10, 20231 min read
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Me, Mark Bird, Reading My Year 6, Primary School Leavers' Poem - The Full Stop Day
The Full Stop Day: All New and Free Year 6 Leavers Poem Lesson Resources for 2025. Click here! I am a teacher and children's author. If...

Mark Bird
Jul 1, 20231 min read
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Mondays In Nursery: a poem about the joys of teaching and learning
I have loved every year group that I have taught over my thirty years in the teaching profession but this year, my first ever year...

Mark Bird
May 24, 20231 min read
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"Not Like I Love My Football" : A poem about loving football.
It's not very often my passion for #Prince and my love of writing poems for kids collide. But if you're a Prince fan, you will guess...

Mark Bird
Apr 27, 20231 min read
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A No Screen Day: a villanelle. How to write a villanelle poem.
No Screen Day: a villanelle. How to write a villanelle poem.

Mark Bird
Apr 16, 20232 min read
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All The World’s A Book: A World Book Day Poem. Be Your Own Book!
All The World’s A Book: A World Book Day Poem

Mark Bird
Mar 1, 20232 min read
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A positive poem for kids. When someone is good, just tell them.
A positive poem for kids about telling someone when they're good. No ifs, no buts.

Mark Bird
Feb 22, 20231 min read
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Becky Bond - a poem for kids about the fleeting nature of friendship
This friendship poem for kids, about remembering the innocence of childhood from my 1970's playground days at Tynsel Parkes Primary...

Mark Bird
May 12, 20222 min read
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My First Kiss - a funny poem for kids about primary school memories
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...

Mark Bird
Apr 22, 20221 min read
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Valentine's Poems for kids
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...

Mark Bird
Feb 2, 20221 min read
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Urge To Blurt! A Poem about your inner voice
I was sitting with my class in assembly the other day and I suddenly got the primal urge to blurt something highly inappropriate out -...

Mark Bird
Jan 22, 20222 min read
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Miseducate - A prefix themed poem about a long line of crazy teachers
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...

Mark Bird
Nov 2, 20212 min read
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Chains: A Poem About The Power of a Teacher
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...

Mark Bird
Oct 20, 20212 min read
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SkeleTom Cat – A Halloween Cat Poem with Heart and Haunt
SkeleTom Cat – A Halloween Cat Poem with Heart and Haunt

Mark Bird
Oct 13, 20212 min read
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