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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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Childhood Poems
Poems about youth and childhoods for kids. Poetry ideas for EYFS, KS1, KS2 and KS3.
Mark Bird
Oct 10, 20242 min read
'Magical Mystery Tour Mind' - A poem about the journeys random memories take us on
'Magical Mystery Tour Mind' - A poem about the journeys random memories take us on
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Mark Bird
Oct 6, 20242 min read
Hello Yellow poem to commemorate World Mental Health Day 2024.
Hello Yellow poem to commemorate World Mental Health Day 2024
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Mark Bird
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Me, Mark Bird, Reading My Year 6, Primary School Leavers' Poem - The Full Stop Day
So here we go again, # TheFullStopDay is upon us. I thought I'd post a video of me reading my Year 6, primary school leavers poem,...
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Mark Bird
Jun 29, 20232 min read
Barry Hoe - a tribute poem about Haribo, sweets and candy
I've always loved sweets (or candy). I'm 52 years old and I still can't pass a Pick and Mix station without wanting to fill a bag with a...
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Mark Bird
May 26, 20231 min read
"I Like" a simple poem about loving yourself
I work with children every day and sadly, I hear more and more what they don't like about themselves. So inspired by the brilliant The...
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Mark Bird
May 24, 20231 min read
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
May 24, 20231 min read
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...
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Mark Bird
Apr 16, 20231 min read
Dig Up Dreams: a triolet poem. How to write a triolet.
I love trying out different poetry forms. Today it was time for a #triolet. Fancy writing your own triolet poem? See the guide below. I...
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Mark Bird
Jan 7, 20231 min read
"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
Oct 5, 20221 min read
A Bag Called Me poem read by Charles
Today, something very special happened: a mum emailed me to tell me that her 8 year old son had discovered my website and loves my poems....
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Mark Bird
Sep 24, 20221 min read
"Uttoxeter is ..." - a poem about my home town
Uttoxeter was and is a wild and wonderful place. It was my childhood playground. Uttoxeter, my old home town, deserves a poem to call its...
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Mark Bird
Sep 22, 20221 min read
The Uttoxeter Cemetery: a poem about my childhood and flowers, plants and trees
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, 20221 min read
The Old Rec. of Uttoxeter - a poem about childhood playgrounds and parks
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 12, 20223 min read
A Trilogy of Poems about working in Nursery for the first time
So, I was trained as a Key Stage 2 teacher (7 to11) at Edge Hill University over thirty years ago: in those days you had to choose...
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Mark Bird
Sep 7, 20221 min read
Lost 10p - a poem about powerful childhood moments
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, 20221 min read
Ode To Uttoxeter - a poem about childhood
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, 20223 min read
My Poetry Teachers - a poem dedicated to the brilliant poets and poems who inspired my journey.
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
May 12, 20222 min read
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...
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Mark Bird
Apr 28, 20221 min read
Ten Year Old Love - a poem about young 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
Mar 12, 20213 min read
Dreambeast poem - it's your beast of a dream dying to get out!
Dreambeast by Mark Bird explores the powerful, untamed nature of our dreams and the importance of nurturing them.
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