Brian Moses
@brianmosespoet.bsky.social
Writer, children's poet, anthologist, percussionist.
website www. brianmoses.co.uk
Blog for teachers/children brian-moses.blogspot.com
website www. brianmoses.co.uk
Blog for teachers/children brian-moses.blogspot.com
Daily poetry prompt: A compendium of Christmas writing ideas.
Christmas is,
a time for joy, happiness and soggy wet kisses.
Access them here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/11/writ... #Christmas
Christmas is,
a time for joy, happiness and soggy wet kisses.
Access them here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/11/writ... #Christmas
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
Writing Ideas for Christmas (Happy to provide all these ideas for free but if you find them useful, maybe you could buy one of my books fo...
brian-moses.blogspot.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Daily poetry prompt: A compendium of Christmas writing ideas.
Christmas is,
a time for joy, happiness and soggy wet kisses.
Access them here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/11/writ... #Christmas
Christmas is,
a time for joy, happiness and soggy wet kisses.
Access them here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/11/writ... #Christmas
Reposted by Brian Moses
I hope this helps someone. Even if it's just one person. #MentalHealth #poetry
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
In #NationalTreeWeek, why not make friends with a tree? Here is my environmental, evangelical poem to be performed with great gusto along with hand-clapping and the beating of drums. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-pe...
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In #NationalTreeWeek, why not make friends with a tree? Here is my environmental, evangelical poem to be performed with great gusto along with hand-clapping and the beating of drums. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-pe...
Daily poetry prompt: t’s #NationalTreeWeek Think about what a tree might be dreaming about. Does it dream of walking, talking, going on holiday or dancing?
A tree dreams of dancing,
of picking up her roots and pirouetting
like a ballerina. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2017/06/a-tr...
A tree dreams of dancing,
of picking up her roots and pirouetting
like a ballerina. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2017/06/a-tr...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
A TREE DREAMS...... Examine a tree. Think about what the tree might be thinking of doing or dreaming about. Does it dream of wal...
brian-moses.blogspot.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Daily poetry prompt: t’s #NationalTreeWeek Think about what a tree might be dreaming about. Does it dream of walking, talking, going on holiday or dancing?
A tree dreams of dancing,
of picking up her roots and pirouetting
like a ballerina. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2017/06/a-tr...
A tree dreams of dancing,
of picking up her roots and pirouetting
like a ballerina. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2017/06/a-tr...
Daily poetry prompt: It’s #NationalTreeWeek so how about asking trees questions?
Tree why are your bony fingers so long?
I have fingers so long so that I can hold all the birds safely in their nests.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2022/06/tree...
Tree why are your bony fingers so long?
I have fingers so long so that I can hold all the birds safely in their nests.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2022/06/tree...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
Trees - Asking Trees Questions Find a suitable tree or trees in the playground, school field or nearby park. Talk about the tree appearing...
brian-moses.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Daily poetry prompt: It’s #NationalTreeWeek so how about asking trees questions?
Tree why are your bony fingers so long?
I have fingers so long so that I can hold all the birds safely in their nests.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2022/06/tree...
Tree why are your bony fingers so long?
I have fingers so long so that I can hold all the birds safely in their nests.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2022/06/tree...
Reposted by Brian Moses
A librarian’s creative shelving!
(Read the titles from left to right)
(Read the titles from left to right)
November 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The books that mean the most to us - My ten favourite titles. Happy to post others alongside mine if anyone cares to contribute. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2014/09/book...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
BOOKS THAT MEAN THE MOST TO YOU My list in no particular order: Penguin Modern Poets: The Mersey Sound: This was why I became...
brian-moses.blogspot.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The books that mean the most to us - My ten favourite titles. Happy to post others alongside mine if anyone cares to contribute. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2014/09/book...
⭐️ COVER REVEAL ⭐️
I am Ray's Imaginary Friend by @brianmosespoet.bsky.social
illus. by Bethan Welby, publishes in March '26! This verse chapter book (7+) is narrated by the imaginary friend that Ray invents to help him cope with moving home...
Pre-order your copy: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/i-am...
I am Ray's Imaginary Friend by @brianmosespoet.bsky.social
illus. by Bethan Welby, publishes in March '26! This verse chapter book (7+) is narrated by the imaginary friend that Ray invents to help him cope with moving home...
Pre-order your copy: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/i-am...
I am Ray's Imaginary Friend
Check out I am Ray's Imaginary Friend - <p>Did you know there was a School for Imaginary Friends? Well there is - and one of its star pupils is the narrator of Ray's story.</p><p>Ray loves life in his...
uk.bookshop.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
⭐️ COVER REVEAL ⭐️
I am Ray's Imaginary Friend by @brianmosespoet.bsky.social
illus. by Bethan Welby, publishes in March '26! This verse chapter book (7+) is narrated by the imaginary friend that Ray invents to help him cope with moving home...
Pre-order your copy: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/i-am...
I am Ray's Imaginary Friend by @brianmosespoet.bsky.social
illus. by Bethan Welby, publishes in March '26! This verse chapter book (7+) is narrated by the imaginary friend that Ray invents to help him cope with moving home...
Pre-order your copy: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/i-am...
Reposted by Brian Moses
Daily poetry prompt: Take a look at a marble. What can you see? Shapes, colours, squiggles, swirls, images, reflections, patterns........... anything more? An exercise in imagination stretching. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2012/03/marb...
MARBLES
MARBLES Take a look at a marble. What can you see? Shapes, colours, squiggles, swirls, images, reflections, patterns........... anyth...
brian-moses.blogspot.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Daily poetry prompt: Take a look at a marble. What can you see? Shapes, colours, squiggles, swirls, images, reflections, patterns........... anything more? An exercise in imagination stretching. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2012/03/marb...
Reposted by Brian Moses
Daily poetry prompt: Think of a place where you could find a big collection of different items - the loft, garden shed, cupboard under the stairs, under your bed etc.
Now write a poem in rhyming couplets to show what's there.
Examples here:
brian-moses.blogspot.com/search?q=mor...
Now write a poem in rhyming couplets to show what's there.
Examples here:
brian-moses.blogspot.com/search?q=mor...
November 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Daily poetry prompt: Think of a place where you could find a big collection of different items - the loft, garden shed, cupboard under the stairs, under your bed etc.
Now write a poem in rhyming couplets to show what's there.
Examples here:
brian-moses.blogspot.com/search?q=mor...
Now write a poem in rhyming couplets to show what's there.
Examples here:
brian-moses.blogspot.com/search?q=mor...
Reposted by Brian Moses
Daily poetry prompt: What memories might be contained in objects?
A helmet, newly recovered,
holds the final words
of the wearer,
an Egyptian casket
holds the chatter
of it’s mummy’s embalmers.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/11/memo...
A helmet, newly recovered,
holds the final words
of the wearer,
an Egyptian casket
holds the chatter
of it’s mummy’s embalmers.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/11/memo...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
Memories I read somewhere how objects might contain memories that remain recorded in them over the years, how a lute’s strings may carry t...
brian-moses.blogspot.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Daily poetry prompt: What memories might be contained in objects?
A helmet, newly recovered,
holds the final words
of the wearer,
an Egyptian casket
holds the chatter
of it’s mummy’s embalmers.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/11/memo...
A helmet, newly recovered,
holds the final words
of the wearer,
an Egyptian casket
holds the chatter
of it’s mummy’s embalmers.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/11/memo...
Reposted by Brian Moses
On the News this morning I heard that new scientific research proves that kissing began over 21 million years ago, but there are no clues as to where the phantom kiss originated. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
THE PHANTOM KISS (Picture by Bailey, Yr 1. Cross in Hand Primary School, East Sussex. - The Phantom Kiss with Lady Gaga!) ...
brian-moses.blogspot.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
On the News this morning I heard that new scientific research proves that kissing began over 21 million years ago, but there are no clues as to where the phantom kiss originated. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-...
Reposted by Brian Moses
On #WorldToiletsDay here is an extract from my memoir of a travelling poet about my encounters with school toilets. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/05/enco...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
Encounters with School Toilets (More from my Memoir of a Travelling Poet) “What’s the last thing you need to remember to do before giving ...
brian-moses.blogspot.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
On #WorldToiletsDay here is an extract from my memoir of a travelling poet about my encounters with school toilets. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/05/enco...
Reposted by Brian Moses
Daily poetry prompt: Crazy dreams.
I was flying on a plane with a chicken in a box,
I was climbing a hill with a rucksack full of rocks.
Write down your own dreams: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/09/drea...
I was flying on a plane with a chicken in a box,
I was climbing a hill with a rucksack full of rocks.
Write down your own dreams: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/09/drea...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
DREAMS I was flying on a plane with a chicken in a box, I was climbing a hill with a rucksack full of rocks. I was taking a lobster though ...
brian-moses.blogspot.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Daily poetry prompt: Crazy dreams.
I was flying on a plane with a chicken in a box,
I was climbing a hill with a rucksack full of rocks.
Write down your own dreams: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/09/drea...
I was flying on a plane with a chicken in a box,
I was climbing a hill with a rucksack full of rocks.
Write down your own dreams: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/09/drea...
Daily poetry prompt: Crazy dreams.
I was flying on a plane with a chicken in a box,
I was climbing a hill with a rucksack full of rocks.
Write down your own dreams: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/09/drea...
I was flying on a plane with a chicken in a box,
I was climbing a hill with a rucksack full of rocks.
Write down your own dreams: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/09/drea...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
DREAMS I was flying on a plane with a chicken in a box, I was climbing a hill with a rucksack full of rocks. I was taking a lobster though ...
brian-moses.blogspot.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Daily poetry prompt: Crazy dreams.
I was flying on a plane with a chicken in a box,
I was climbing a hill with a rucksack full of rocks.
Write down your own dreams: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/09/drea...
I was flying on a plane with a chicken in a box,
I was climbing a hill with a rucksack full of rocks.
Write down your own dreams: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/09/drea...
On #WorldToiletsDay here is an extract from my memoir of a travelling poet about my encounters with school toilets. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/05/enco...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
Encounters with School Toilets (More from my Memoir of a Travelling Poet) “What’s the last thing you need to remember to do before giving ...
brian-moses.blogspot.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
On #WorldToiletsDay here is an extract from my memoir of a travelling poet about my encounters with school toilets. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/05/enco...
On the News this morning I heard that new scientific research proves that kissing began over 21 million years ago, but there are no clues as to where the phantom kiss originated. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
THE PHANTOM KISS (Picture by Bailey, Yr 1. Cross in Hand Primary School, East Sussex. - The Phantom Kiss with Lady Gaga!) ...
brian-moses.blogspot.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
On the News this morning I heard that new scientific research proves that kissing began over 21 million years ago, but there are no clues as to where the phantom kiss originated. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-...
Daily poetry prompt: What memories might be contained in objects?
A helmet, newly recovered,
holds the final words
of the wearer,
an Egyptian casket
holds the chatter
of it’s mummy’s embalmers.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/11/memo...
A helmet, newly recovered,
holds the final words
of the wearer,
an Egyptian casket
holds the chatter
of it’s mummy’s embalmers.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/11/memo...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
Memories I read somewhere how objects might contain memories that remain recorded in them over the years, how a lute’s strings may carry t...
brian-moses.blogspot.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Daily poetry prompt: What memories might be contained in objects?
A helmet, newly recovered,
holds the final words
of the wearer,
an Egyptian casket
holds the chatter
of it’s mummy’s embalmers.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/11/memo...
A helmet, newly recovered,
holds the final words
of the wearer,
an Egyptian casket
holds the chatter
of it’s mummy’s embalmers.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/11/memo...
Reposted by Brian Moses
It's Sunday. You know what that means. A new poetry blog post! This week, we're looking at poems that explore the weirdness of the English language.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #kidlit
shaunmjex.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/t...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #kidlit
shaunmjex.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/t...
Three Languages in a Trench Coat: Poems About English
A look at poems about the weirdness of the English language. Plus, a writing prompt.
shaunmjex.wordpress.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It's Sunday. You know what that means. A new poetry blog post! This week, we're looking at poems that explore the weirdness of the English language.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #kidlit
shaunmjex.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/t...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #kidlit
shaunmjex.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/t...
Daily poetry prompt: Think of a place where you could find a big collection of different items - the loft, garden shed, cupboard under the stairs, under your bed etc.
Now write a poem in rhyming couplets to show what's there.
Examples here:
brian-moses.blogspot.com/search?q=mor...
Now write a poem in rhyming couplets to show what's there.
Examples here:
brian-moses.blogspot.com/search?q=mor...
November 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Daily poetry prompt: Think of a place where you could find a big collection of different items - the loft, garden shed, cupboard under the stairs, under your bed etc.
Now write a poem in rhyming couplets to show what's there.
Examples here:
brian-moses.blogspot.com/search?q=mor...
Now write a poem in rhyming couplets to show what's there.
Examples here:
brian-moses.blogspot.com/search?q=mor...
Reposted by Brian Moses
Reposted by Brian Moses
Happy Half-Century Birthday (one day late) to one of my all-time favorite albums.
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Happy Half-Century Birthday (one day late) to one of my all-time favorite albums.
Reposted by Brian Moses
Out now! #BfK275, our seasonal special & it's a bumper issue: Books of the Year, unmissable gift guides incl #poetry & non-fiction. Authorgraph interview with Christopher Edge, Petr Horacek Windows into #Illustration, Nicolette Jones interviews Lauren Child 🎁🎁🎁
booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...
booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Out now! #BfK275, our seasonal special & it's a bumper issue: Books of the Year, unmissable gift guides incl #poetry & non-fiction. Authorgraph interview with Christopher Edge, Petr Horacek Windows into #Illustration, Nicolette Jones interviews Lauren Child 🎁🎁🎁
booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...
booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...
Reposted by Brian Moses
I’m struggling a little bit mentally at the moment. I hope this poem brings you love and light, wherever you are. #poetrycommunity
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I’m struggling a little bit mentally at the moment. I hope this poem brings you love and light, wherever you are. #poetrycommunity