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Mark Bird

@dreambeastpoems.bsky.social

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I write poems for children & teens. Published in Macmillan anthologies and several others. I'm also a teacher 📕 🦘My picture book, Out Now: The Klangaroo https://t.ly/TdXh- My Website & Blog: dreambeastpoems.com

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Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · Aug 28

I made a video of my latest children's book today & put it on YouTube. It's called The Klangaroo. I'd love more subscribers. Fellow poets and educators, can you help? 🙏 #kangaroos #KangarooStoryForKids 🦘 #RobotStoryForKids 🤖 @eyfs2025.bsky.social #klanagaroo

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_15...

A Robot Kangaroo Story For Kids: The Klangaroo Out Now

YouTube video by Mr Dreambeast

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Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you

Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 4d

I bloody love leaves

Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 4d

What is #Hope? I used to believe in it but I often wonder if I've been sold down the river #poetry #poetrycommunity #Blueskypoet #blueskypoetry

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Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 4d

What is Hope?

I used to believe in it but sometimes feel I'm being sold down the river. #hope #poetrycommunity #metaphor #metaphorpoetry

Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 7d

by all means
try to untangle your past
but remember
Now is where it’s at

#vss365 #vss #micropoetry #blueskypoet #life

Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 7d

It can and it will Robin 😍

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Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 7d

Some days at school are so tough. Anyone that says #teaching is easy, needs to go back to school. This is how I feel today #teacherlife #Teachers #TeachersDay2025 #teachersday

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Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 8d

It National Poetry Day on Thursday. The theme is #play so I wrote a poem inspired by
@thetoypress.bsky.social
#wordoftheweek that plays with words and ideas about #poets and the #poetrycommunity #playwithwords #poems4kids #words #recipeoftheweek #bake

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The Toy Press 🍩🦜🍑🌻🪐🛼 @thetoypress.bsky.social · 9d

Hello, here is your #wordoftheweek!

#writingcommunity #writingforchildren #writingprompt #poetryforkids #poetryforchildren #poetrycommunity #Kidlit

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Fran Moldaschl - When The Giants Passed Through @franmoldaschl.bsky.social · 9d

Re-sharing an old poem for this because it fits the theme and the seasonal vibes.

#writingcommunity #writingforchildren #writingprompt #poetryforkids #poetryforchildren #poetrycommunity #Kidlit

A screenshot of a poem which reads:

INTERGENERATIONAL RECIPE

Take apples,
Crumble topping,
Lashings of autumn spice.
Bake until
Golden topped, then
Gold-topped again,
Pour on cream.
Taste summer meadows
And promised snow days.
A balanced meal,
Suspended between seasons
And devoured with ready spoons.

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Kay Medway @kaymedway.bsky.social · 9d

#wordoftheweek #poetry #poem

The happiness I feel when we bake is
like a rollercoaster twisting track of orange behind us
on the beach,
as we dance on sand
similar to cake crumbs.

Bake
by Kay Medway

A cupcake case is a patterned dress-up coat
for a circle cake.

The bottom of a cake is a cuddle
of soft, golden, spongy trampolines.

A smaller icing circle is a face,
blushing with peach happiness,
shaped with carefree joy.
An edible icing art sticker-like sphere
in the icing, too,
is worn by the cake as a hat.

The happiness I feel when we bake is
like a rollercoaster twisting track of orange behind us
on the beach,
as we dance on sand
similar to cake crumbs.

Far away from the rollercoaster,
at night, in rain,
on the edge of a pier,
enjoyable as an experience
in glittering dodgem cars.

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Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 10d

Beautiful

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Doug @flip89db.bsky.social · Oct 18

LEANING ON A BROKEN WILLOW

#poem

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Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 10d

Glad to have a poem in both of these beauties

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The Toy Press 🍩🦜🍑🌻🪐🛼 @thetoypress.bsky.social · 10d

It's #NationalPoetryDay here in the UK on October 2nd and this year's theme is PLAY. Our 'hobbies' and 'toys' editions are both packed full of playing themed poetry and we'll be sharing some of these this week...

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Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 10d

leaves on trees, like flags
flutter over human heads
our planet is Earth

#haiku

Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 11d

the one truest flag
every human lives beneath
is that of a leaf

#haiku #haikusaturday #leaf

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Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 11d

altocumulus
far above the lowly leaves
perfectly in sync

#haiku #haikusaturday

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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 12d

star
through the pine
through me
#haiku #poetry

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Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 12d

useless now we’re big
conkers, daisies, snowballs, twigs
currency of kids

#haiku #childhood #currency #haikusaturday

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Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 12d

conkers, daisies, twigs
the currency of lost kids
useless now we’re big

#haiku #haikuStaurday #childhood #kids #LostCurrency

Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 12d

I wish we could all
recall the joy of building
castles in the sand

#haiku #haikuSaturday #play

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Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 12d

A National Poetry Day Play Poem to celebrate #nationalpoetryday on October 2nd - 'Before I Was Yoyo Champion Of The World' This one plays with words and a yoyo #play
#poems4kids #PlayWithWords #yoyo #perseverance

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DO1...

National Poetry Day Play Poem. A poem about Play that plays with words

YouTube video by Inspiring Poems For Kids & Students

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Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 18d

summer’s off to Sydney
winter’s off to Rome
spring and autumn swapping
the place that they call home

#seasons #micropoetry #blueskypoetry

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Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 18d

It's #HaikuSaturday. Who's walking who? #dogs #seasons #summer #autumn #fall

summer's off to Sydney
the dog takes me for a walk
to sniff out Autumn

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