Fierce creatures lurk in this silly poem for kids…but some of them might surprise you! 🐊🦁😄 Thanks to The Dirigible Balloon 🎈 for giving this poem its wings! Watch the illustrated poem here 📺 youtu.be/XXXQwUlu69Y?fe… #poetryforkids #kidlit #PoetryMonth #poetrycommunity

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Submissions for our Short Story Award competition open soon! First prize is €1000, second prize €500, as well as a €300 third prize. Guest judge Nuala O'Connor, Jennifer McMahon (@jmcm.bsky.social) and I cannot wait to read your words. Send us your best! Rules below: open.substack.com/pub/authorjmcm…

Please vote for Chicken Girl. We need your votes >>> instagram.com/stories/em_hum…

Not on here much these days. But here’s an Ode to Freedom 🦁🦍🦏🐫🦒. Published by the brilliant The School Magazine and illustrated by the wonderful David Legge 🙏. #poems #RoarFreedom #poemsforchildren #roar #rhyme

As someone who has only relatively recently started doing school visits this blog has been an incredible resource

Next Sunday (15th) is Fathers’ Day so here are some poems about fathers by top children’s poets. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2022/06/father… Kate Williams Carole Bromley Colin West Mark Bird (DreamBeastPoems) The Klangaroo Out Now! Jane Newberry Sue Hardy-Dawson💙 Debra Bertulis Jumping Jules Poetry Julie Anna Douglas Neal Zetter Poetry

Teachers! Father’s Day poems from super poets! Thank you, Brian for including Step Dad.

If you need a Father’s Day poem, here they are. Thank you Brian for including one of mine in this fab collection

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Carole is one of my favourite poets. Her course is perfect for anyone who wants to write for the small people in their world.

My new show 🪐. IMPROVISED POEMS FROM SATURN! Launching on 12th July at Canterbury Children’s Lit Fest. Details here (jonathansellars.co.uk/events)   Part poetry recital, part amateur theatre, part grey area between artistic innovation and chaos.   Recommended for ages 5-11.

Daily poetry prompt: What would you find at the end of a rainbow? At the end of my red rainbow I found a dark ruby in hollow tree. At the end of my orange rainbow I discovered a vicious tiger in a horrible zoo…. More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2020/01/at-end… Pie Corbett

Attie Lime: Finding Your Voice childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/06/12/att… via 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭

Ode to Dads Happy Father’s Day for Sunday whatever your outlook on life. #poems #FathersDay #Dads #pessimists #thefuture

EDITION 16 IS HERE! Happy publication day to all of our writers, the first of our two back to back editions is now available for your reading perusal. For the first time too, we have articles by our editors, Ralph Dartford, Jonny Syer and nick jones!

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257 visits to my blog yesterday! Not sure what everyone was looking at but I'm glad it's proving useful. brian-moses.blogspot.com

Children need free access to good resources that encourage creativity in writing (poetry comes to mind). Pop over to the Dirigible Balloon where there are 2000 quality poems written for kids by over 400 poets worldwide (freely accessible and many supported with sound files).

Ode to Trains 🚂 ( and why you should choose poetry and not train food). #trains #trainfood #poems #funnypoems #poemsforchildren #trainbuffet National Rail TfL Southeastern Micheal portillo