Mark Bird
Nose and Toes: a poem celebrating the senses of smell and touch
What wonderful things we possess as humans: noses and toes being just two of them - both of which can wake your senses like they did when...
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Mark Bird
- Feb 22
- 1 min
"When Someone Is Good" : a poem about telling someone when they're good. No ifs, no buts.
Yesterday I started thinking about how as a teachers, we are often encouraged (maybe even brainwashed) into endlessly looking for ways to...
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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
- Feb 25, 2022
- 1 min
Chicken Licken's Chicken Shop - Funny Poem for Kids
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
- Jan 22, 2022
- 2 min
Urge To Blurt!
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...
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Mark Bird
- Nov 2, 2021
- 1 min
"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...
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Mark Bird
- Oct 21, 2021
- 1 min
Lie Out Loud
I'm not sure where these words and sentiments came from tonight... somwhere deep inside I suppose. It's definitely inspired by moments in...
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Mark Bird
- Oct 20, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Mark Bird
- Oct 8, 2021
- 2 min
You're Nothing Without Me
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...
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Mark Bird
- Oct 7, 2021
- 2 min
When Children Become Poets: Not Future Poets, but Poets of Now.
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...
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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
- 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 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
- Jul 6, 2021
- 1 min
Brain Moses does it again... an inspiring force for many new poets ... KS1 Poetry
Did Brian Moses just include me in the sentence, "A fine selection of poems for early years from some of our finest children's poets." I...
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Mark Bird
- Jul 6, 2021
- 2 min
Sparks That Lit Up Question Marks, Ideas In Human Heads - A Poem About Inventions
I was very proud to have this poem, Sparks, picked up and published by Gill Education, Ireland. It was the inception of believing that my...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 30, 2021
- 1 min
Queen Bowie by Banksy
Some things are good enough to just be recreated as is. And there's not many works of art I create with the children at school, take...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 30, 2021
- 2 min
Burst Bubbles - Poem for my Year 6s who lost their final week of primary school
So, at this time of year, my poem The Full Stop Day takes off as teachers get ready to say goodbye to their classes and children prepare...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 22, 2021
- 2 min
How to Write a Thank A Teacher poem
After writing, "What Have the Teachers Ever Done for Us?" I thought I could use it as a model to inspire my Year 6 class to write their...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 18, 2021
- 1 min
40 essential education and teacher Twitter accounts and hashtags for 2021
A great blog post by Hope Education about the essential Twitter accounts every teacher needs to follow ... Do you know more? Please add...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 17, 2021
- 1 min
So What Have The Teachers Ever Done For Us ?
To celebrate, National Thank A Teacher Day I wrote a new poem about the power of a teacher... with a lot of inspiration from one of my...
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