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Carl Burkitt

@carlburkitt.bsky.social
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Children’s poet. Grown up poet. Sometimes animal poet.

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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Wow. I just overheard quite the argument. 🐴🐈
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Stefan Karlsson @stefankarlsson.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
A man. A beard. And bats! 🦇 Just posted a new silly poem video for kids with marbled animations and lots of weird fun. This poem comes from the Chatting Poems zine made with my friend @carlburkitt.bsky.social! Check it out here 📺 youtu.be/T4ybI-Fyoic?... #kidlit #poetry #poetrycommunity
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Bat Beard! 🦇 A Silly Poem for Kids
YouTube video by Poetry for Kids with Stefan Karlsson
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Linda J Thomas @lindajeantm.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I’m enjoying the humor, wordplay, and delightful illustrations in this poetry zine by @stefankarlsson and @carlburkitt.bsky.social #PoetryFriday #ChildrensPoetry
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Mums know best
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
What a lad
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Stefan Karlsson @stefankarlsson.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Bananas Unite! 🍌 I have a new poetry for kids video on my YT page! This poem is part of the Chatting Poems zine that @carlburkitt.bsky.social and I put together. Hear what this bold banana has to say below! Watch here 📺 youtu.be/R2WZwFobqmE?... #poetryforkids #kidlit #poetrysky #kidlitart
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Bananas Unite! 🍌 A Silly Rhyming Poem for Kids
YouTube video by Poetry for Kids with Stefan Karlsson
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Wowsers trousers. My weird baby is ready for the world! All preorders will be heading out this week. If you’re yet to buy one, grab it here: www.acidbathpublishing.com/product/i-go... Crumbs, I’m excited.
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Stefan Karlsson @stefankarlsson.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Chatting Poems zine is here! ✨ @carlburkitt.bsky.social & I have collaborated on a collection of #kidlit poems paired with colorful illustrations! Chatting Poems is a zine filled with whimsical poems that talk back & forth to each other. (1 of 3)
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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Get a glimpse of the glorious proof copy of @carlburkitt.bsky.social’s upcoming #FlashFiction masterpiece I GOT A JOB 📖🙌 All corrections have been made with the printer & the collection will be OUT SOON 🔥📮 Not pre-ordered yet? Head over to www.acidbathpublishing.com to secure your copy today! 💌
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Couldn’t be prouder of my new poetry zine for kids with the wonderful Stefan. His words and illustrations are dreamy.
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Attention span
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
A little bit about me…
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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
👁️ #CoverReveal 🙌 Carl Burkitt’s NEW #FlashFiction #collection I GOT A JOB “is hilarious, peculiar, well-observed & heartbreaking. It is a mate sharing #stories in the pub. It is @carlburkitt.bsky.social’s attempt at imagining a more colourful, job-hopping life in 100 short #tales.” 💬🖋️
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Raindrops on my trampoline 🌧️
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Sorry, but I’ve got the GOAT coats.
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Natural questions
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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Coming Soon... The next #book from ABP will be #FlashFiction collection I GOT A JOB by @carlburkitt.bsky.social 📖👀 Carl likes telling tales. He likes to tell them online, behind a mic, in #books, in schools & on the sofa with his young family. Carl has only ever had 6 #jobs in his life… for now.
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Oh well
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
9 Things The Grey Cloud Above Me Looks Like
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
A wild construction site 🏗️🦒
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
TODAY’S THE DAY FOLKS
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Well…? You tell me!
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The truth about giraffe 🦒🦒🦒🦒🦒🦒🦒
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Writing a poem is easy ✍️
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
My School Friend is a Crab 🦀🦀🦀
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
When I grow up
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Jobs I Would Be Good At
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
My day as a bin 🗑️
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Nothing like clean livin’
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
One of those days…
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
My day as a sloth 🦥
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I Was Asked to Write a Poem About a Giraffe 🦒
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Peanut Butter Quarrel
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I never feel as free…
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
FINALLY grabbed myself a copy of ‘Blue Jelly and Strawberries’ by @attielime.bsky.social. Disturbed how she seems to have jumped into my son’s mind and bought his dream to life with ‘Best Tree Ever’.
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
You should have a look inside my backpack.
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
🍌
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
A hammer called Fred
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The daffodils arrive…
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Still unsure whether to fill this blue sky with white clouds of my kid poetry or my murkier grown up ones. Either way, here’s one for today.
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Second thought
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I am a goat 🐐
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The names of my fingers
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Flip me, it’s #pancakeday!
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Never easy sharing a poem based on a true story. I hope you like it.
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The call me a silly Billy…
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Uh oh. Be careful with this week’s #TuesdayTitlePrompt
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
What scares the thing that scares us? #FridayTrydayPrompt
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Let me introduce you to Woofly Barkson… (If anyone handy with a pen fancies scribbling this chap, please feel free to share.)
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Carl Burkitt @carlburkitt.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Dog sitting 🐶🐶🐶
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