I'm feeling the joys of spring and celebrating by sharing my poem in the gorgeous Almanac 2025 from @candlestickpress.bsky.social Thank you @dislaney.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #spring

I had the best holiday reading with these two books from the brilliant @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social Full of clever, fun and thoughtful poems to spark the imagination. A must have for the school bookshelf, although they won't stay there long! @troikabooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel THE STORIES BEHIND THE POEMS - Part 4. (Copyright for each poem remains with their creators) Nature This poem begins with a quotation by J...

The Stories Behind the Poems - part 4. Read why children’s poets wrote their poems. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-... @valpoet.bsky.social @attielime.bsky.social @lindapoet.bsky.social @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social @ciaraoconnor.bsky.social @fhalliday.bsky.social

Acrostic Poetry: The Benefits Available in a range of words Children love them! Requires less effort to write than a sonnet O is the fourth letter in ‘acrostic’ Something about S T I don’t want to do this any more C Already done that one

Today’s poem is called ‘Acrostic Poetry: The Benefits’.

Sometimes I celebrate my week by changing the display ! 😂 #library #schoollibrary #kidlit #writing #poetry @littlethoughtspress.com #poemsonthemove

Celebrating the launch of her first children’s poetry collection - Everything In Between - Shagufta K Iqbal reflects on the importance of enabling all children to see themselves reflected in poems and stories. Up on our blog now! tinyurl.com/ShaguftaKIqbal

Wishing all mums a happy Mother's Day! 🌸🩷🌸

YT's Children's Poem of the Week: 'Dance of the Stream Sprite' by Jacqueline Shirtliff @northernjim.bsky.social

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Woohoo! A big well done to you! 🥳👏

@littlethoughtspress.com even! 😬

Happy New Year to you too, Coral! X

Little Thoughts Press Issue Twelve: Better Together - Claire Taylor | Little Thoughts Press description

Little Thoughts Press Issue Twelve: Better Together is open for preorders. I'm delighted to have my poem 'River Vow' in such an uplifting issue full of hope, celebrating community and collective action.
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Poetry Review – A Welly Full of Christmas, by Attie Lime A Welly Full of Christmas, Attie Lime, Illustrated by Nadine Licence, Tiny Tree Books. If you’d like some Christmas magic in a book, this is the one for you. Christmas day is full of the sort…

Poetry Review - A Welly Full of Christmas, by Attie Lime poetryroundabout.com/2025/12/03/p...

Little Thoughts Press Issue Twelve: Better Together - Claire Taylor | Little Thoughts Press description

Little Thoughts Press Issue Twelve: Better Together is open for preorders. I'm delighted to have my poem 'River Vow' in such an uplifting issue full of hope, celebrating community and collective action.
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Love your poem, Josh. Sending a hug. 🤗🩷

Very chuffed to have a piece in here - thank you so much @dustpoetry.bsky.social Can’t wait to read everyone’s work! 😊

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel BIRDS In the school grounds, listen to the sounds around you. Can you hear evidence of birds in the area? Are any birds visib...

It's #RSPBFeedTheBirdsDay so here are some ideas for children's writing about our feathered friends. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2017/05/bird...

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel NEVER SEEN.... Never seen a hyena with a vacuum cleaner, never seen a goat in a boat. Never seen a pike on a motorbike but I've ...

Daily poetry prompt: What have you never seen?

Never seen a hyena with a vacuum cleaner,
never seen a goat in a boat.
Never seen a pike on a motorbike
but I've seen an anaconda on a Honda.

More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2015/05/neve...

Quick! Before October is over for another year, we wondered if anyone has a favorite Autumn poem to celebrate the season? 🍂

Here's a classic from Robert Louis Stevenson, to kick things off...

As Halloween draws near, don't forget that sometimes monsters get lonely too.

Just like in this poem by Myles McLeod, from Issue 23...

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Still some slots left for my Remembrance Day online sessions for primary schools/yr 7s in the week leading up to November 11th. Sessions are based around the book 'What Are We Fighting For?' All the details here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/10/what...

New blog post: Five of my favourite children’s poems plus where to fine them/listen to them. Hopefully good for @PoetryDayUK and for schools tackling poetry units of study throughout the year. brian-moses.blogspot.com

Brian Moses Showreel YouTube video by Brian Moses

If any primary school teachers have units on performance poetry, why not book an online session with someone who has 35 years experience of performing poetry in schools. Lots of advice to children plus examples plenty of poems: Take a look at my showreel: youtube.com/watch?v=qxSXy2…

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is on Thursday Oct 2nd this year and the theme is 'Playing'. So how about playing with stars?
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Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel THIS SUMMER HOLIDAY, I DID NOT….. From an idea by Pie Corbett This Summer holiday, I did not ride on the back of a yak across the Him...

Poetry prompt: When children return to school , don’t ask what they’ve done in the holidays because some children will have done very little. Instead, ask them to be imaginative about the things they didn’t do. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2021/09/this...

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel END OF SUMMER HOLIDAY & BACK TO SCHOOL POEMS (Part 1) (Copyright of all poems remains with their creators) Home From Holiday Blues I’ve go...

New blog post: End of Summer Holiday/Back to School poems by top children’s poets.

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