Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel DRAGONS' WOOD If you've bought the book then this idea to accompany it may be useful. It may also be useful if you haven'...

Daily poetry prompt no 2. For @StGeorgesDayUK - another dragon writing idea…

We didn’t see dragons
in Dragons Wood,
but we saw where
the dragons had been,,,

More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2020/02/drag...

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel HERE BE DRAGONS! (A few years back I worked with several schools in East Sussex on an online poetry project for year 2s. The project w...

Daily poetry prompt: From the blog archive for @StGeorgesDay - Here be Dragons. Writing about dragons with Yr 2. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2013/03/here...

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel LOCH NESS AND THE MONSTER Started thinking about the Loch Ness Monster recently and performing my poem 'Monster Crazy' again. H...

On #InternationalLochNessMonsterDay (April 21st), here is a page about Nessie. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2014/11/loch... #LochNessMonster

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel IN THE LIBRARY OF..... In the library of boats I sailed the Caspian Sea In the library of hamsters, I travelled back in time. ...

Daily poetry prompt - On #ThankYouForLibrariesDay, What happens to you in different kinds of libraries?

In the library of confusion, I discovered my direction.
In the library of birds, my words took wing.

More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2017/02/in-l...

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel GEYSER - A New Performance Poem GEYSER We were waiting for the geyser to spout, waiting for the water to fountain out, high as a mountain,...

For Earth Day (April 22nd) here’s a new performance poem.

brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/10/geys...

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel WRITE A POEM USING ONLY NOUNS Write a description of a place in the form of a poem that only uses nouns. GRAND CANYON The purples and the ...

Daily poetry prompt: On Earth Day (April 22nd) write a poem about a place using only nouns. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2022/03/writ...

Congratulations Rachel. Good one.

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel WRITE A POEM USING ONLY NOUNS Write a description of a place in the form of a poem that only uses nouns. GRAND CANYON The purples and the ...

Daily poetry prompt: On Earth Day (April 22nd) write a poem about a place using only nouns. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2022/03/writ...

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel GEYSER - A New Performance Poem GEYSER We were waiting for the geyser to spout, waiting for the water to fountain out, high as a mountain,...

For Earth Day (April 22nd) here’s a new performance poem.

brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/10/geys...

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel IN THE LIBRARY OF..... In the library of boats I sailed the Caspian Sea In the library of hamsters, I travelled back in time. ...

Daily poetry prompt - On #ThankYouForLibrariesDay, What happens to you in different kinds of libraries?

In the library of confusion, I discovered my direction.
In the library of birds, my words took wing.

More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2017/02/in-l...

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel LOCH NESS AND THE MONSTER Started thinking about the Loch Ness Monster recently and performing my poem 'Monster Crazy' again. H...

On #InternationalLochNessMonsterDay (April 21st), here is a page about Nessie. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2014/11/loch... #LochNessMonster

Thank you to @brianmosespoet.bsky.social for sharing my poem, mind such wonderful offerings by other poets!

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel PROUD How do you feel when you're proud? Like a flower that suddenly bursts into bloom, like the sun when it finally banishes gloom. Like ...

New blog post - Daily poetry prompt. How do you feel when you’re proud? brian-moses.blogspot.com/2026/04/prou...

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel To celebrate the start of the National Year of Reading , I asked some of my children's poetry friends to join me in a mini anthology of po...

A reminder that it’s the National Year of Reading so here are some poems about books and reading by top children’s poets.

brian-moses.blogspot.com/2026/01/to-c... @carolebromley.bsky.social @joshuaseigal.bsky.social @barbarableiman.bsky.social

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel To celebrate the start of the National Year of Reading , I asked some of my children's poetry friends to join me in a mini anthology of po...

A reminder that it’s the National Year of Reading so here are some poems about books and reading by top children’s poets.

brian-moses.blogspot.com/2026/01/to-c...

Bess Is Such a Licker (From 'I Am Ray's Imaginary Friend')Movie on 18 04 2026 at 13 05 YouTube video by Brian Moses

Bess Is Such a Licker (From 'I Am Ray's Imaginary Friend')Movie on 18 04... youtu.be/zarWgWCXxbI?... via @YouTube

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

Simon & Garfunkel - Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream YouTube video by kylecrazyford

Last night I had the strangest dream…. www.youtube.com/watch?v=elAC...

The poem is on the blog Dave

brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/10/insi...

Thank you.

Thank you Brian. My poem Hey Tiger! is a favourite with children. Such great company here 🙂🐯

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel At the End of the Rainbow What might be found at the end of the rainbow? At the end of my red rainbow I found a dark ruby in...

Daily poetry prompt: What might you find at the end of a rainbow? brian-moses.blogspot.com/2020/01/at-e...

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel THE STORIES BEHIND THE POEMS - PART 3 (Copyright for each poem remains with their creators) Hey Tiger Hey parrot lend me those wings, just...

Read ‘The Stories Behind the Poems’ part 3. Find out where children’s writers get their inspiration for particular poems. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...

Great to be featured here thank you so much Brian.

Very grateful to have a poem for kids included among this stellar group! 💜
#NationalPoetryMonth #KidLit #PoetryCommunity

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel THE STORIES BEHIND THE POEMS - PART 2 (Copyright for each poem remains with their creators) Tea with a guest Set up a table as large as a ...

More stories behind the poems. Children’s poets reveal their inspirations. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...
@rhiannonoliver.bsky.social @stefankarlsson.bsky.social @kathrynbeevor.bsky.social @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social

That’s great Dave. Can I add your poem to the blog page please?

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel THE STORIES BEHIND THE POEMS (PART ONE) (One of the  questions authors get asked most frequently in schools is, 'Where do you get your idea...

Where do you get your ideas from? Children are always curious about where a writer’s ideas originate so here are some stories behind the poems. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/05/stor... @joshuaseigal.bsky.social @carolebromley.bsky.social @jamescarterpoet.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social

TITANIC: LOST & SAVED THE TITANIC 114 years ago the Titanic left Southampton on its maiden voyage to New York. On the night of the 14th April 1912 around 11...

114 years ago the Titanic left Southampton on its maiden voyage to New York. On the night of the 14th April 1912 around 11.35pm the supposedly unsinkable Titanic hit an iceberg. Two poems about the Titanic here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2012/04/tita... #Titanic

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel Inside a Tall Building - Taking the Elevator This building can be as tall as you want it to be. There could be 30 storeys with an idea fro...

Daily poetry prompt - Building a building with words.

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End the Grand National: Stop horse deaths at Aintree - Sign the Petition! c.org/GXf6LWHJKh via @UKChange