Hey, Brian Moses - the Y6s LearningCommunity had a go at using one of the excellent poems from your new book #OnPoetryStreet as a model. What do you think of their efforts? I just love the oozing sausage meat reference in Martha’s poem.

Thanks for including my poem Brian.

Daily poetry prompt: What did you hear? I heard hyenas laughing at a joke an elephant told. I heard a giraffe sighing at the thought of growing old. More examples here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/06/what-d… Pie Corbett

I'm assuming none of Boris Johnson's donors ever bought him clothes.

#Inspirations Vincent van Gogh “I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream.”

Just putting it out there that if Lord Alli wants to buy me a nice new collar and a fancy food bowl then I'd be happy to accept

What do Mondays need? Reptiles! You'll find Lizards in suits/Snake hugs/Endangered turtles/Very long tongues/Footballing snakes/Turtle opposites/Surprise logs/Lizard pants/Double-crossssers/Smooth snake soundsss and even a poem shaped like a frog 🐸 #PoetryForChildren #Poems

Jack Prelutsky turned 84 last week, so I wrote this new funny #YearOfTheDragon #birthday poem in his honor. "Dragon's Birthday" poetry4kids.com/poems/dragons-… #childrenspoetry #poetry4kids

A new blog from me on the teaching of writing and, in particular, whether a focus on practising forms should come first, or a focus on meanings and writers' intentions. My discussion looks especially at the teaching of the sentence. englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/teaching-…

Daily Poetry Prompt: Unclaimed Items in the Baggage Area... A suitcase that someone has filled with flowers, A back pack with fragments of meteor showers. More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/06/unclai… Pie Corbett

“Unlike the cold, calculated recommendations of an online retailer, which are based on your past purchases and browsing history, physical bookstores offer the thrill of the unexpected.” mid-day.com/sunday-mid-day…

Fabulous free resources in this pack put together by Barbara Bleiman 🎓 Education is Conversation , including a poem that I hadn't come across before that I think students will absolutely love

A poem before breakfast today! Thank you Brian Moses for the fab prompt.

Heartwarming to see the European Parliament give a standing ovation to Afghan women leaders. I hope this translates into real support for the 20 million Afghan women imprisoned by the Taliban.

Hmm, he's clearly not doing his work. But he's been reading a book for the past ten minutes. But he's not doing his work. But he never really reads and he's actually reading a book. Yep, I think I'll just pretend I can't see him for a bit.

The countdown to National Poetry Day booksforkeeps.co.uk/?p=54790 thanks Books for Keeps for featuring my blog in this.

'Everyone in Britain should be issued with a “universal library card” and children should spend 10% of their school time on arts activities, according to a new report.' buff.ly/4gsYHF8

Happy Birthday Mark.

Daily Poetry Prompt: New blog page: Guest poet Attie Lime with a writing idea which gets children thinking about creative ways to say things, and using metaphors/similes. brian-moses.blogspot.com Attie Lime 🍋‍🟩 Pie Corbett