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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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Figurative Language for Kids
Blogs about different types of figurative used in poetry and prose. Poetry teaching ideas and examples for EYFS, KS1, KS2 and KS3.


Taught Not To Tell: A Friendship Poem for Kids About Childhood and Prejudice
Taught Not To Tell: A Friendship Poem for Kids About Childhood and Prejudice

Mark Bird
Apr 192 min read
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Fire Flowers: A bonfire night poem for kids about Firework effects
Fire Flowers: A bonfire night poem for kids inspired by the Chinese naming firework effects after flowers

Mark Bird
Nov 2, 20241 min read
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Tarantulas In My Trunks: an alliteration poem for kids on the theme of clothes
Alliteration is a fun and easy way to get kids into writing poetry. How many animals can you get your class of children to alliterate?...

Mark Bird
Jul 12, 20231 min read
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An Owed Ode to Saturday poem
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...

Mark Bird
Oct 1, 20222 min read
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Don't Be Such A Silly Batch! A Poem About Bread.
After posting my poem, Life's a Loaf on Twitter last night, I had a very punny exchange with the brilliant poet and illustrator Colin...

Mark Bird
Sep 25, 20221 min read
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Life's a Loaf: a metaphor poem about bread and growing old
Who knew I 'kneaded' to create a bread metaphor poem about growing old. Life’s a Loaf When you’re old and stale And yellowy pale When...

Mark Bird
Sep 25, 20221 min read
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"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...

Mark Bird
Sep 24, 20221 min read
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Getting Shirty: A poem of puns, idioms, personification and wordplay
I love teaching figurative language: puns, idioms, personification and general #wordplay which are so much fun to explore through poems....

Mark Bird
Sep 13, 20221 min read
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The Book Wars. Who would be victorious? A poem about a book genre battle.
I haven't blogged for over two weeks; schools are becoming crazy places to work again and I've been kept very busy. Anyway, my...

Mark Bird
Dec 15, 20212 min read
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The Great Cliché Stanza Poem Challenge
Life is a Cabaret (of clichés) Poets, children, teachers and anyone who loves playing with words: what's the best cliché stanza poem you...

Mark Bird
Nov 30, 20211 min read
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Dreambeast Dream Poem For Kids - Your your beast of a dream is dying to get out!
Dreambeast by Mark Bird explores the powerful, untamed nature of our dreams and the importance of nurturing them.

Mark Bird
Mar 12, 20214 min read
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