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Mark Bird

Children's Poet

DreamBeastPoems@yahoo.com

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.

Fire Flowers: A bonfire night poem for kids about Firework effects

Nov 2, 20241 min read

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

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Tarantulas In My Trunks: an alliteration poem for kids on the theme of clothes

Jul 12, 20231 min read

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?...

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An Owed Ode to Saturday poem

Oct 1, 20222 min read

Internal Rhyme Poetry

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...

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Don't Be Such A Silly Batch! A Poem About Bread.

Sep 25, 20221 min read

Pun Poems for Kids

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...

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Life's a Loaf: a metaphor poem about bread and growing old

Sep 25, 20221 min read

Personification Poems for Students

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...

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"Uttoxeter is ..." - a poem about my home town

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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Getting Shirty: A poem of puns, idioms, personification and wordplay

Sep 13, 20221 min read

Pun Poems for Kids

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....

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The Book Wars. Who would be victorious? A poem about a book genre battle.

Dec 15, 20212 min read

Personification Poems for Students

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...

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The Great Cliché Stanza Poem Challenge

Nov 30, 20211 min read

Cliches in Poetry

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...

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Dreambeast poem - it's your beast of a dream dying to get out!

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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