Mark Bird
@dreambeastpoems
I write poems for children, teens and sometimes for everyone. I'm also a #micropoetry fiend. Published in Macmillan anthologies and several others 📕 🦘My picture book, Out Now: The Klangaroo My Website & Blog: dreambeastpoems.com/blog
I can only imagine I owe my ability to smile to nature #smile #micropoetry #vss365 #nature
I’m retiring from #teaching tomorrow. This poem is for the transformational teachers I’ve worked with & every child I’ve had the honour of teaching - children who taught me every bit as much as I taught them. If, during my 35 years in class, I was even a little like Miss Poole, then I did my job. 💜
This came out of me tonight. Remembering Mum and me in the 80's. I needed her words and wisdom more than her hugs - I realise that now. #poetry #blueskypoet #mother #childhood #poetrycommunity
After Dad died, been thinking of all the friends and family no longer here too. They never go away. 💜 #poetry #poetrycommunity #Blueskypoets #bereavement #smiles
call yourself a leaf you’re a different shape a different shade of green argued the silver birch and palm not once not ever let’s all be more tree #smallpoemsunday #tree #peace #vss365 #micropoetry
Very proud to have my words featured in the upcoming Queer Words newsletter from @delospublishing.co.uk #pride #pridemonth
For those of us of a certain age, who can never quite fathom where the time goes #timepass #poetry #aging #ageing #youth @ageuk.bsky.social @ageuklondon.bsky.social @ageingbetter.bsky.social
This popped up on my memories on Facebook today from a year ago. In five days, it is my Dad’s funeral - I've written a poem to be read at service. There is something so poetic about beginnings and endings in life. Ultimately, aren’t we both all at once. #life #lifeofadventure #poetrycommunity
Right, here’s a poetry challenge for #Saturday inspired by my T-shirt: rhyme 4 popular culture names from any period. #poetryprompt #prompt
What words do you love to taste tripping off your tongue? Here is a poem about the A to Z of mine. Please share your favourite words or a poem using them. #poems #words #favoritewords #favouritewords #wordswordswords
Beware when dining at the Crocogator Cafe. If you complain, they'll bite your head off #poemsforkids #crocogator #funnypoems
I love the nuances and unwritten rules of #relationships. #micropoetry #vss365 #love
My new poem for children - Teaspoons. A poetry/ writing prompt for kids to invent other uses for everyday, inanimate objects. #teachers #poems4kids 🥄 #teaching #kidlit #poems4kids #ks1 #ks2 #eyfs
I miss my dog. Not a day passes when I don't think of her. #dog #dogs #rainbowbridge #goldenretriever #petbereavement
ice crystal scars transient stitches in the sky pretty world wounds #haiku #haikusaturday #micropoetry #vss365 #contrails #clouds
I used to love the first paddle of spring, down the old rec. in #Uttoxeter #stream #poems4kids #spring
Today, a child at school ran into class, took my hand and led me outside. For just a few seconds, time stood still as we smiled and revered a #ladybird. If we only we could bottle moments like these. Maybe we can = #tanka + #micropoetry #ladybug #alive #mindfulness #haiku
Happy #mothersday to my glorious mum. How much we've laughed together. What a woman! #mother #mum #mom #micropoetry
What is nostalgia? I think #bazLuhrmann 's Everybody's Free (to wear sunscreen) captured it perfectly #sunscreen #nostalgia
It's been a strange fortnight. Took 2 weeks compassionate leave to go look after my Mum and Dad. Dad had been put into a care home. I left my London life and went back to my childhood home. Today, I returned to London, happy knowing Dad's #deathbed was now a #lifechair #micropoetry