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Liz Brownlee

@lizpoet.bsky.social

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I'm a children's poet, I love writing animal and shape poems, and the children's poetry world! National Poetry Day Ambassador. Assistance Dog Owner. Book reader. Coffee drinker. Friend. Between Bristol and Bath.

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Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social · Dec 1

Here's my puffin poem as an animation - you'll find him and other poems by me and lots more kids' poets, poetry lessons, interviews with authors, book reviews etc on my website: www.poetryroundabout.com
#kidlit #kidlitcommunity #Edusky youtu.be/p0dao3PqRBA

Puffin, by Liz Brownlee, an animated shape poem

YouTube video by Liz Brownlee Poet

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Roxy Hart @roxyhart.bsky.social · 7d

Is it national poetry day? Time for this masterpiece

The Tiger
by Nael, age 6
From 'They're singing a song in their rocket'

The tiger
He destroyed his cage
Yes
YES
The tiger is out

Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social · 6d

It's National Poetry Day! Here's my playing with words puffin poem, animated! youtu.be/p0dao3PqRBA

Puffin, by Liz Brownlee, an animated shape poem

YouTube video by Liz Brownlee Poet

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 6d

Sad to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall. Here's my poem about her from Shaping the World ed Liz Brownlee Macmillan @lizpoet.bsky.social @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social

Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you!

Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you!

Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social · 7d

Happy National Poetry Day, on the theme of play! Here is my playing with words squirrel - the most playful of woodland creatures!

Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social · 7d

Gorgeous! xx

Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social · 7d

National Poetry Day 2025 – Play!

It's National Poetry Day, the theme is play, and is here is my NPD poem - the most playful of woodland creatures that most of us see regularly in a playful shape! Happy National Poetry Day everyone - I hope you all find a poem that speaks to you.

National Poetry Day 2025 – Play!

It's National Poetry Day, the theme is play, and is here is my NPD poem - the most playful of woodland creatures that most of us see regularly in a playful shape! Happy National Poetry Day everyone - I hope you all find a poem that speaks to you.

poetryroundabout.com

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 9d

ICYMI yesterday, this is my contribution to the @literacy-trust.bsky.social National Year of Reading. Loki's instructions on becoming a terrible reader. In the Galadriel sense of beautiful and terrible as the morning and the night all shall love you and despair. #Lokifesto #KidLitUK #Edusky

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 9d

This is my Lokifesto #KidsConf #UKkidlit #edusky lokibooks.com/lokifesto/

A poster of a manifesto about reading, by Loki, with 6 points on reading "bad" books, short books, comics, audioooks, webcomics and fanfic, plus not finishing bad books cos life is too short.

Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social · 14d

Hello! The book is written by three children's poets for young people - about mental health. It is not written by children.

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 19d

Sunday's #NationalPoetryDay 02.09.2025 'Play' poem was written this morning in the rain. Well not actually in the rain, maybe that's Monday's poem. So it may not be finished... @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @nic-davisson.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social

Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social · 19d

Being Me is in Books for Keeps' list: Ten of the Best: books to inspire young poets! Thank you, books for Keeps! booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/ten-...

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Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 21d

I've been writing poems to celebrate #NationalPoetryDay and the this year's theme #Play on 2nd October. Here is one written to inspire our school children to simply list their favourite words from A to Z. These are some of mine in a poem. #PlayWithWords #Teaching #poetry #blueskypoet #poemsforkids

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Attie Lime @attielime.bsky.social · 21d

A new short poetry video on my YouTube channel. Anybody who's gone anywhere with a toddler in the cold weather months, should relate to this one! 👖🧥👕🧦👗
youtube.com/shorts/AyH7k...
#ukkidlit #kidlituk #poetry #ks1

The Heating is Broken, a poem by Attie Lime

YouTube video by Attie Lime

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Neal Zetter @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social · 21d

The chickens have come home to roost! Get your copy of my new/13th #poetry book. DM for signed/dedicated books.

#poem #poems #LibrarySky #EduSky #BookSky #poetry #TeacherSky #poetrylovers #PoetrySky #teachers #literacy @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #kidlit @troikabooks.bsky.social

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Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · 21d

#Teachers #Schools #Families
#NationalPoetryDay2025 is coming.
This way for high quality, safe, thought provoking, informative and funny poems for key stage 2 and 3 children >>> dirigibleballoon.org
#PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈

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Lucas Maxwell @lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social · 21d

One of my favourite talks, the amazing @zarow.bsky.social !!
Listen here!

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Attie Lime @attielime.bsky.social · 20d

My festive poetry book, A Welly Full of Christmas is out 6 weeks today with @tinytreebooks.bsky.social! 🎉🎄 The most splendiferous @afharrold.com said some lovely things about it. And here's a sneak peek of the contents! Pre-orders available now from all the usual places ❤️🎄#UKKidLit #KidLitUK

Contents

Quick!

Outside

Wonderful Word

Here Comes Winter

Things I Looked up Online to Put on My Christmas List

Grandma's Poinsettia

The First

Message from the Elf on the Shelf

Dear Santa, Love Sam

8 Alternatives to a Christmas Stocking

“Perfect poems, rhythmically rambunctious and lyrically lively."

A.F. Harrold

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coralrumble.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social · 20d

I’m going to be having a grand time with some otterly delightful children at Chelsea Library, tomorrow and Saturday. If you have an otterly delightful child, and live nearby, come along!

Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social · 20d

Michaela Morgan: All Together Now! childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/09/18/m...

Michaela Morgan: All Together Now!

It’s bright! It’s a delight … and it’s published! Not before time I hear you say? It’s true – I’ve taken a long time to produce my collected poems. The plus point of my slowly, slowly approach is t…

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 25d

@piecorbett.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social @rogerstevens.bsky.social

Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 25d

4Tomorrow's NPD Poem I'm playing with FAQ. It's not that never start with a plan but often I just take my pen for a walk or start scribbling down random words. Some of my best poems start that way. Of course I often spend hours, days or years polishing. So I try&explain my brain

Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social · 27d

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Matt Goodfellow is our new Writer in Residence

YouTube video by BookTrust

Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social · 28d

Jay Bhadricha: National Poetry Day Theme 2025 - Play childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/09/11/j...

Jay Bhadricha: National Poetry Day Theme 2025 – Play

The theme for National Poetry Day this year is play. And I think (though, I am biased), it’s a perfect theme. Poetry is play with language – the ultimate playground where words bounce, tumble, and …

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Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social · Aug 20

Slavka Liskova performs Susan Richardson’s Snow Geese Solstice

Ten years ago, in 2015, in the run up to National Poetry Day, I made a series of films with my partner on the theme of 'light'. Here is one of them, a beautiful poem by Susan Richardson, performed wonderfully by actress Slavka Liskova!

Slavka Liskova performs Susan Richardson’s Snow Geese Solstice

Ten years ago, in 2015, in the run up to National Poetry Day, I made a series of films with my partner on the theme of 'light'. Here is one of them, a beautiful poem by Susan Richardson, performed wonderfully by actress Slavka Liskova!

poetryroundabout.com

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Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social · Jul 10

Brian Moses: Family Writing Evenings childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/07/10/b...

Brian Moses: Family Writing Evenings

When I used to tour schools far more extensively than I do now, I would often hear parents at the after-school book sales saying to their children that my books were poetry books and didn’t they wa…

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