Fiona Halliday

Thank you, Carmella! 😊💕

Thank you, Julie! 😊

Thank you for reposting, Ian @ianbrownlie.bsky.social !

Thank you, Shaun! 😊📚

I’ve been quiet here, here’s why! Thank you to Liz Stirk (Insta lizstirkart) for all your amazing illustrations, time and support. ‘A Promise of Poems’ will be available soon!

SHARE AWAY!!! Announcing a new project - a platform each Friday.

#FRAGMENTSFRIDAY’ - 18 words or less
- a startling, inventive poem.

Tag in #fragmentsfriday and @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social & share one startling fragment of your own poetry.

No A.I. generated poetry!

Happy Anniversary! And congratulations! 🥳 🌟

After... Poems inspired by other art Read a new 'after' or ekphrastic poem here every new and full moon from Jan 2nd 2022.

Feels rather fitting that on the day my first journal (@iamb.uk) celebrates its sixth anniversary, my second journal (@afterpoetry.com) is publishing its next #ekphrastic poem.

You can read @oormilaprahlad.bsky.social's 'Paper tiger: a zuihitsu' for free from 9pm GMT.

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Congratulations, Claire, it looks great!

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel The Day My Head Fell Off... A communal poem written on twitter. Try something similar with a classroom of children. (Copyright of all poem...

Poetry prompt: The Day My Head Fell Off. Create a class poem with everyone contributing brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/05/on-n...

Hope you’re ok, Claire. Sending best wishes.

Here are the 13 marvelous BlueSky versions of my 1/17/26 #HaikuSaturday #haiku.

‘planted you a boat/ a pyre’ 🔥

@marcellenewbold.bsky.social from the Christmas and winter anthology.

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Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel WORDS ON AIR Lost Kite  Our kite was a magic bird and the wind took it into the sky, above our heads, above the trees, flying way up high. B...

January 14th is #InternationalKiteDay so here is a poem about a lost kite. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2020/08/word...

Sixth Form Reading List Book Recommendations Sixth Form reading list - recommended books for year 12 and year 13 students.

Recommended Books for Year 13 including titles by Qais Akbar Omar, Zadie Smith, Wole Soyinka, Tom Pollock, Richard Feynman, Alastair Campbell & more. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/secondary-ks... #YA

Here are the 7 phenomenal BlueSky versions of my 1/3/26 #HaikuSaturday #haiku posted so far. I'll post the complete list on Monday so more people can join in if they wish to do so.

Forest Girl (and Happy Cat)

Thoroughly enjoyed 'Forest Girl' by @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social (and so did Bugsy 🐱)

#poetry #books #cats

‘Two headless snowmen— glove-craft: sculpted stone and swan-ice’ ⛄️ ⛄️ 🪓

@vespertine4.bsky.social from our Christmas-Winter anthology. 🦢 🧊

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Here's our list of 40 recommended reading books for 7-8-year-olds in Year 3 classes in Key Stage 2 of UK primary schools. For more information on each of the... Books for Year 3 children aged 7-8

40 great books for children in year 3 aged 7-8, including modern and classic titles by Lara Hawthorne, John Steptoe, Roald Dahl, Zanib Mian, Dick King-Smith, Derek Keilty, Jon Scieszka, Helen Cresswell & more.

#kidlit #teachertwitter
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Thank you for all you’ve done in 2025 and I hope you have a great 2026 too!

Happy New Year! 😊🌅

I love the bare branches simile, ‘blackened fireworks
burst with sunset’ is a great image!

‘New Year’s Eve’ by Ruth Higgins.

‘the moor’s a wave about to crest’

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More poetry for children! Happy New Year! 🥳 📚

This looks great! Sorry I can’t make it this time, but I hope to do more this year. Best wishes to all for 2026! 😊🥳🌟

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel A Mini Anthology of Nonsense verse, with illustrations by  Colin West I’m delighted to be back on Brian’s blog, this time with something a l...

A splendid anthology of nonsense verse chosen & illustrated by Colin West. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/04/a-mi...

@fhalliday.bsky.social at our Christmas - Winter anthology launch last Sunday.

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Thank you, Matthew! It was a lovely evening. It was great to see and hear the poets reading their poems. Have a Merry Christmas! 🎄

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel Writing Ideas for Christmas (Happy to provide all these ideas for free but if you find them useful, maybe you could buy one of my books fo...

A compendium of ideas for writing about Christmas. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/11/writ...

MARBLES MARBLES Take a look at a marble. What can you see? Shapes, colours, squiggles, swirls, images, reflections, patterns........... anyth...

Daily poetry prompt: Take a look at a marble. What can you see? Shapes, colours, squiggles, swirls, images, reflections, patterns........... anything more? An exercise in imagination stretching. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2012/03/marb...