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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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Personification Poems for Students

Poems for kids and students which use personification. Poetry ideas for EYFS, KS1, KS2 and KS3.

A button hiding under the sofa

Giving Voice to the Lost: A Personification Poem About a Button’s Fate

Giving Voice to the Lost: A Personification Poem About a Button’s Fate #PersonifyThis

Personification Poems for Students

3 days ago1 min read

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Freedom Poem for kids: Two Sides to Every Story. Budgie or Pigeon?

Freedom Poem for kids: Two Sides to Every Story. Budgie or Pigeon?

Freedom Poem for kids: Two Sides to Every Story

Philosophy for kids

Mar 61 min read

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I Am The Label - a poem about labels and the challenge of removing them

I Am The Label - a poem about labels and the challenge of removing them

I Am The Label - a poem about labels and the challenge of removing them

Mental Health Poems for Students

Jan 111 min read

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Nose and Toes: a poem celebrating the senses of smell and touch

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...

Senses Poems for Kids

May 24, 20231 min read

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

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...

Personification Poems for Students

Sep 25, 20221 min read

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

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....

Pun Poems for Kids

Sep 13, 20221 min read

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Urge To Blurt! A Poem about your inner voice

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 -...

School Poems for Kids

Jan 22, 20222 min read

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

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...

Personification Poems for Students

Dec 15, 20212 min read

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Yesterday's Forever Dog : a tribute to my beautiful old dog - a poem about pet bereavement.

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...

Inspirational Poems for Children

Nov 20, 20212 min read

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You're Nothing Without Me

You're Nothing Without Me

Since I was a child, I would personify everything: I'd feel sorry for the faded pants that wouldn't be packed for holidays in Spain; for...

Personification Poems for Students

Oct 8, 20212 min read

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Expressing Gratitude: How To Write a Thank a Teacher Poem for Kids

Expressing Gratitude: How To Write a Thank a Teacher Poem for Kids

Expressing Gratitude: How To Write a Thank a Teacher Poem for Kids

Inspirational Poems for Children

Jun 22, 20212 min read

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So What Have The Teachers Ever Done For Us ?

So What Have The Teachers Ever Done For Us ?

To celebrate, National Thank A Teacher Day I wrote a new poem about the power of a teacher... with a lot of inspiration from one of my...

Personification Poems for Students

Jun 17, 20211 min read

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Letting Go - A poem about a balloon that doesn't fit in and a boy who stands out

Letting Go - A poem about a balloon that doesn't fit in and a boy who stands out

I love writing using #personification so, so much. As a child, I would personify everything. I'd feel sorry for socks that didn't get...

Personification Poems for Students

Apr 27, 20211 min read

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