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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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Inspiring Poems For Kids
Inspiring poems for kids, teachers and schools. Poetry ideas for EYFS, KS1, KS2 and KS3
Mark Bird
Jan 25, 20222 min read
Phantom Regret by Jim
Just a quick post... in case you haven't heard it yet. The internet is going wild for the final track on The Weeknd's new album Dawn F.M....
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Mark Bird
Jan 22, 20222 min read
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 -...
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Mark Bird
Dec 15, 20212 min read
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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Mark Bird
Nov 30, 20211 min read
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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Mark Bird
Nov 20, 20211 min read
Yesterday's Forever Dog : a tribute to my beautiful old dog - a poem about pet bereavement.
After the saddest day of my life, losing my beloved Golden Retriever, Blondie - I had to write something as a tribute to her, however...
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Mark Bird
Nov 5, 20212 min read
My Old Dog's Eyes: an old dog poem about my beautiful, ageing, dog.
My Old Dog's Eyes: an old dog poem about my beautiful, ageing, dog.
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Mark Bird
Nov 2, 20212 min read
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 20, 20212 min read
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 7, 20213 min read
When Children Become Poets: Not Future Poets, but Poets of Now. A Poem about Choice and Voice for Children's Mental Health Week: 'I Did Not Choose.'
Just want the poem? Click here Wow. Wow. Wow. After teaching for 26 years, lessons like this don't come around too often. Today, I am a...
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Mark Bird
Oct 2, 20211 min read
Rolling In Time
A simple poem about the joy of #childhood and how children have that innate talent to live in the the day, the hour, the minute, the...
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Mark Bird
Sep 28, 20212 min read
Your Choice! Your Voice!
I can't get enough of National Poetry Day's theme of #Choice this year. I wrote the first half of "Your Choice! Your Voice!" and it left...
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Mark Bird
May 15, 20212 min read
Colours I've Been: A Metaphor Poem About Colours... Gloriously subjective
Two different poems exploring colours as #metaphors. What colours have you been at different stages of your life? What does a colour do...
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Mark Bird
Apr 7, 20211 min read
Young Spring Poem - bring on the sunshine, but don't send me to bed early
'Young Spring' How I used to hate being sent to bed in spring & summer for being naughty; that light that peeked through the #seams in...
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