The Children's Poetry Summit

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem is a word play and a concrete poem. @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social

For Poetry4kids members, I've posted a new activity worksheet for the poem "My Dog Likes to Dig". Check it out here: kennn.com/GtgsoF #PrintableWorksheets

This year, #NationalPoetryDay coincides with #YomKippur, so here is a poem that touches on my Jewish heritage, originally published in the wonderful @poetrywales.bsky.social magazine #BookSky

Some days at school are so tough. Anyone that says #teaching is easy, needs to go back to school. This is how I feel today #teacherlife #Teachers #TeachersDay2025 #teachersday

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Happy National Poetry Day! I’m on my way to London for my last day as Poet in Residence at Beatrix Potter Primary. What a perfect place to celebrate NPD!

Poems and Resources - Forward Arts Foundation A selection of poems and resources for children and young people that can be used to inspire on National Poetry Day and all year round!

Hooray! Today’s the day! Jump straight to these pages of resources to pick a poem to share with your classes - lots of choices for EY, KS 1,2,3,4 & 5. @poetrydayuk.bsky.social forwardartsfoundation.org/national-poe...

Happy #nationalpoetryday #play Have a wonderful day, however you’re celebrating! Here’s a poem from @thetoypress.bsky.social to launch you into the day! 🚀Illustration by Evelyn Marsh
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Happy Poetry Day UK!

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Brian Patten - The Children’s Poetry Archive Brian Patten

Five poems read by Brian Patten for The Poetry Archive, for National Poetry Day.

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The Ball by Ian Brownlie The ball moves quickly through the air, Surprising Dwight, who, unaware, Is standing (sadly) in its way, Soon to find it’s not his day.

Happy #NationalPoetryDay! Let's #Play with 'The Ball'.

And in video form: www.youtube.com/shorts/2rUEf...

First published in the Dirigible Balloon by @northernjim.bsky.social #WritingCommunity #WritingForChildren #PoetryCommunity #PoetryForKids #KidLit

Happy #NationalPoetryDay
Here's why I choose poetry. @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @domconlon.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social

Happy National Poetry Day, on the theme of play! Here is my playing with words squirrel - the most playful of woodland creatures!

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Happy #NationalPoetryDay to all who celebrate!

Can you believe I now have 30 children's poems up on the Dirigible Balloon website (along with many other fab poets)?! Here they are in all their glory - have a browse if you have a moment.

Thanks to @northernjim.bsky.social for having me!

The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees [The poem has been written in the shape of a deciduous tree with letters (or ‘leaves’) missing from the text]: a comm n pr ble  whe  writin p ems in the shape of decid o s  trees is t at once t ere ar ives the fir t sti rings of  he new aut mn breeze,  he   oems will begi  to shake  hemselves  ge tly  ntil their letters loos n d  like leaves, an    they  start                                     to  float  down then [The missing letters from the tree have landed on the last line to form the phrase] turntomushuponthegroun [The final ‘d’ is floating down to complete the phrase.]

Happy National Poetry Day to all those who celebrate.

This year’s theme is ‘play’ so here’s a poem which plays with some letters. It’s called ‘The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees’.

Pie Corbett: Ambush the Reader First of all, from Pie, and of course all of us here at The Children’s Poetry Summit – Happy National Poetry Day! Ambush the Reader Poets love words. Each word is chosen with care to cr…

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Chris Holifield – A Tribute On Wednesday 3 September 2025, Chris Holifield passed away. So Gaby, Liz and Laura wanted to write a blog to celebrate and honour her, as the founder and driving force behind the Children’s P…

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So lovely to have a poem published in this beautiful issue of @littlethoughtspress.com magazine! It's one dear to my heart, as it brings in memories of my grandmother and thoughts about language and cultural identity. www.littlethoughtspress.com

Picture of a "Ticket to Scary-ness on The Poetry Express (Scary poems for children, with a sprinkle of fun). scaryness.com"

Very pleased to have a few scary poems boarding The Poetry Express. A whole bunch of fantastic writers along for the ride by the looks of it! scaryness.com/new-poems-no...

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Attie Lime: Yes to Poetry! Recently I gave a talk to the local Women’s Institute about my writing. Over a year ago, I enquired about being a speaker. We’d like you, they said, the slot is an hour long. Great! I said, remembe…

Sharing this again, because today was another day of stepping out of my comfort zone in the name of children's poetry. It's always worth it ❤️ Attie Lime: Yes to Poetry! – Children's Poetry Summit share.google/AICdGuYfp7dB... #kidlituk #ukkidlit #poetry #books

YouTube video by Brian Moses Brian Moses Showreel

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…

ISSUES | Little Thoughts

Launching today - the beautiful Stirring Words edition of Little Thoughts Press, guest edited by @jthomasabc.bsky.social Come along and have a look - and maybe even try an instrument on page 6! 🎺It’s #pandemonium !
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I've been writing poems to celebrate #NationalPoetryDay and the this year's theme #Play on 2nd October. Here is one written to inspire our school children to simply list their favourite words from A to Z. These are some of mine in a poem. #PlayWithWords #Teaching #poetry #blueskypoet #poemsforkids

Tomorrow's poem for National Poetry Day 02.09.2025 on the theme of play is all about the words. @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social

YouTube video by Attie Lime The Heating is Broken, a poem by Attie Lime

A new short poetry video on my YouTube channel. Anybody who's gone anywhere with a toddler in the cold weather months, should relate to this one! 👖🧥👕🧦👗
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The chickens have come home to roost! Get your copy of my new/13th #poetry book. DM for signed/dedicated books.

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