@brianmosespoet.bsky.social
Writer, children's poet, anthologist, percussionist. website www. brianmoses.co.uk Blog for teachers/children brian-moses.blogspot.com
Happy Half-Century Birthday (one day late) to one of my all-time favorite albums.
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Cover of the November issue of Books for Keeps featuring artwork by Lauren Child from her new book I am Wishing Every Minute for Christmas, listing the contents including Authorgraph interview with Christopher Edge, Windows into Illustration with Petr Horacek, and our unmissable Christmas gift guides.
Out now! #BfK275, our seasonal special & it's a bumper issue: Books of the Year, unmissable gift guides incl #poetry & non-fiction. Authorgraph interview with Christopher Edge, Petr Horacek Windows into #Illustration, Nicolette Jones interviews Lauren Child πππ
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Iβm struggling a little bit mentally at the moment. I hope this poem brings you love and light, wherever you are. #poetrycommunity
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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...
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Teachers - if you find the ideas on my blog useful, there are 52 ideas for encouraging children to write, in my book βOn Poetry Streetβ plus advice on how to use them. Available in both hardback (Β£10.99)and paperback (Β£8.99). brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/05/on-p...
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A.I.M. High days are really special. allowing enthusiastic young writers/scientists or mathematicians to work with professional tutors for a day. Why not try a taster day as a host school or join in with a session in a nearby venue. @authorsabroad.bsky.social
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aily poetry prompt: What do you grumble about?
Our family are experts at grumbling.
We grumble about the dog
leaving muddy paw prints across the floor.
We grumble about the delivery man
and his thunderous knocks on our doorβ¦
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/06/grum...
Purple and green background with text reading Anti-Bullying Week 2025! Power for Good #Antibullyingweek
Nov 10-14 is #AntiBullying Week in the UK, and Iβm grateful and proud to have a poem on the @brianmosespoet.bsky.social childrenβs poetry blog about this important topic.
Check out the full online anthology here: brian-moses.blogspot.com?m=1
#kidlit #poetry #antibullyingweek
Daily poetry prompt: Writing about the names of cats and dogs. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/01/cats...
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aily poetry prompt: What do you grumble about?
Our family are experts at grumbling.
We grumble about the dog
leaving muddy paw prints across the floor.
We grumble about the delivery man
and his thunderous knocks on our doorβ¦
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/06/grum...
A.I.M. High days are really special. allowing enthusiastic young writers/scientists or mathematicians to work with professional tutors for a day. Why not try a taster day as a host school or join in with a session in a nearby venue. @authorsabroad.bsky.social
10.11.2025 10:32 β π 4 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Teachers - if you find the ideas on my blog useful, there are 52 ideas for encouraging children to write, in my book βOn Poetry Streetβ plus advice on how to use them. Available in both hardback (Β£10.99)and paperback (Β£8.99). brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/05/on-p...
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I am proud to offer my website as a FREE teaching resource - it includes lots of fun poetry and a bit of randomness. Do please help spread the word: www.joshuaseigal.co.uk #BookSky #EduSky #teaching #poetry
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Writing ideas for Remembrance Day. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/11/for-...
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Daily poetry prompt: A November 5th writing activity for young children from @JThomasABC Plus poems by top childrenβs poets. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/11/nove...
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Teachers: If you are planning an Egyptian unit of study to celebrate the opening of the wonderful new museum of Egyptian artefacts in Cairo, there's a writing idea here that can be adapted for the Egyptian gods. (Good for Greeks & Romans too) brian-moses.blogspot.com/2016/01/if-i...
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Book spread on a wooden table with a coffee cup and gemstone, the book open to a page showing βHaunted Houseβ poem by Brian Moses
Hereβs a brilliant spooky poem for kids by @brianmosespoet.bsky.social for these days (and nights) leading up to Halloween π»π
#kidlit #poetryforkids #poetry
On #WorldCitiesDay, remembering the lost kitty in New York City. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2021/01/new-... @PieCorbett
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It's #RSPBFeedTheBirdsDay so here are some ideas for children's writing about our feathered friends. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2017/05/bird...
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Daily poetry prompt: What have you never seen?
Never seen a hyena with a vacuum cleaner,
never seen a goat in a boat.
Never seen a pike on a motorbike
but I've seen an anaconda on a Honda.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2015/05/neve...
What would you like to see less of? Thank you, @brianmosespoet.bsky.social for this post and the thought-provoking prompt! Iβm sure there are many things pupils would like to see less of.
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23.10.2025 07:00 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks to @thetoypress.bsky.social for their word of the week: Sub!
Here's my little offering.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #kidlit #poetryforkids #writingprompt
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because itβs even worse today.
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Daily poetry prompt: All the things I'm hoping to see less of.....
Mosquito bites,
playground fights,
flashing lights.
Rainy days,
misty haze,
traffic delays.
brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/04/all-... @fhalliday.bsky.social
Spooky Poems to suit the time of year, by top children's poets. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2021/10/spoo...
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Daily poetry prompt: There's a song by the National called 'Bloodbuzz Ohio' with the line:
"I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees."
This got me thinking and I then got @PieCorbett involved.
We came up with these ideas. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2020/06/i-wa...
Daily poetry prompt: There's a song by the National called 'Bloodbuzz Ohio' with the line:
"I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees."
This got me thinking and I then got @PieCorbett involved.
We came up with these ideas. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2020/06/i-wa...
Halloween is just around the corner, and ghosts have taken over the blog. Enjoy some haunted poetry!
#poetrycommunity #kidlit #poetry
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