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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Uttoxeter

Poems, thoughts and memories inspired by my home town Uttoxeter

'Magical Mystery Tour Mind' - A poem about the journeys random memories take us on

Mark Bird

Oct 10, 20242 min read

Childhood Poems

'Magical Mystery Tour Mind' - A poem about the journeys random memories take us on

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"We Used To Play Together" - a poem about childhood

Mark Bird

Jan 7, 20231 min read

Inspirational Poems for Children

"We Used To Play Together" - a poem about childhood

This has happened to most of us at some time or another. But try to remember when that childhood friendship was your entire world and...

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Life's A Mayfly: a poem about the brevity of life

Mark Bird

Nov 23, 20222 min read

Uttoxeter

Life's A Mayfly: a poem about the brevity of life

I wanted to write a poem about the fleeting brevity of life: about the tiny moments that made us and still do. “You could not remove a...

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

Mark Bird

Sep 24, 20221 min read

Uttoxeter

"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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The Uttoxeter Cemetery: a poem about my childhood and flowers, plants and trees

Mark Bird

Sep 22, 20221 min read

Uttoxeter

The Uttoxeter Cemetery: a poem about my childhood and flowers, plants and trees

I was born at the cemetery in Uttoxeter in 1970. My Nan and Granddad were the custodians back then. My aunty and sister were born there...

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The Old Rec. of Uttoxeter - a poem about childhood playgrounds and parks

Mark Bird

Sep 15, 20221 min read

Inspirational Poems for Children

The Old Rec. of Uttoxeter - a poem about childhood playgrounds and parks

We all have that place, that only we know. The Old Rec. in Uttoxeter was that place for so many of us from town where we learned how to...

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Lost 10p - a poem about powerful childhood moments

Mark Bird

Sep 7, 20221 min read

Uttoxeter

Lost 10p - a poem about powerful childhood moments

After the wonderful response I got from posting my poem Ode To Uttoxeter I was inspired to write a new poem about my childhood and...

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Ode To Uttoxeter - a poem about childhood

Mark Bird

Sep 3, 20221 min read

Inspirational Poems for Children

Ode To Uttoxeter - a poem about childhood

A poem that revisits a childhood in Uttoxeter - no more, no less. Ode To Uttoxeter I remember that day back then when we first found...

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Becky Bond - a poem for kids about the fleeting nature of friendship

Mark Bird

May 12, 20222 min read

Inspirational Poems for Children

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...

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My First Kiss - a funny poem for kids about primary school memories

Mark Bird

Apr 22, 20221 min read

Inspirational Poems for Children

My First Kiss - a funny poem for kids about primary school memories

I love Alan Carr and he made me laugh out loud with his joke on Interior Design Masters about his first kiss; it reminded my of my own...

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Mother Said - a poem about the power of a mother's words

Mark Bird

Mar 25, 20221 min read

Inspirational Poems for Children

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...

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Mark Bird

Oct 2, 20211 min read

Inspirational Poems for Children

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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