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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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Pun Poems for Kids

Poetry and teaching ideas for children and students using puns. Poetry ideas for EYFS, KS1, KS2 and KS3.

Lettuce Pray : A wordplay poem for children about food

Sep 14, 20231 min read

Lettuce Pray : A wordplay poem for children about food

I love playing with words in poetry. This food-themed wordplay poem for children is all about those leafy greens. Lettuce Pray I know...

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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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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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