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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
"They Should Have Made Me Inside Out" - a poem about the inside vs the outside
Some poems just fall into your head. This was one of those poems: "They Should Have Made Me Inside Out." It began as a random thought...
Mark Bird
Dec 12, 20221 min read
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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....
Mark Bird
Oct 5, 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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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...
Mark Bird
Sep 12, 20223 min read
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New Paperbound Magazine Edition on the theme of Magic
I'm very proud to have my poem, "Seasoned Magicians" featured in the brilliant, 2nd anniversary edition of Paperbound Magazine. The...
Mark Bird
Sep 12, 20221 min read
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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...
Mark Bird
Aug 1, 20223 min read
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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...
Mark Bird
May 12, 20222 min read
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Mother Said - a poem about the power of a mother's words
Another Mother poem. Once in my teenage years, from the living room window, me and Mum were staring out at the army of beaten council...
Mark Bird
Mar 25, 20221 min read
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Chicken Licken's Chicken Shop - Funny Chicken Poem for Kids
I think my favourite moments of inspiration are when nonsense and reality collide. #WorldBookDay Updated version 1.3.22 : Inspired by...
Mark Bird
Feb 25, 20221 min read
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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....
Mark Bird
Jan 25, 20222 min read
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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 -...
Mark Bird
Jan 22, 20222 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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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.
Mark Bird
Nov 5, 20212 min read
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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...
Mark Bird
Nov 2, 20212 min read
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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...
Mark Bird
Oct 20, 20212 min read
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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...
Mark Bird
Oct 7, 20213 min read
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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...
Mark Bird
Oct 2, 20211 min read
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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...
Mark Bird
Sep 28, 20212 min read
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Olympics Poem for Kids! A Motivational Track & Field Athletics Poem
Olympics Poem for Kids! A Motivational Track & Field Athletics Poem
Mark Bird
Jul 19, 20211 min read
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