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Stefan Karlsson @stefankarlsson.bsky.social · 1h

I’m SCREAMING with delight to have two new poems for kids aboard the scary-ness express! 😱🚂 Find my poems “Frightfully Polite” & “Nice Costume” along with many more spooky children’s poems in the new HALLOWEEN CANCELED ticket on scaryness.com! 🎃 #kidlit #poetry #halloween

Poem from Scaryness.com titled “Frightfully Polite” by Stefan Karlsson

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 1h

Delighted to see Wren hopping about on the wonder-full poetry mosaic from @litfest.bsky.social Thank you! The mosaic is fabulous 🤩 litfest.org/projects/202... #poetry #wonder #wren @poetrydayuk.bsky.social

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

On #WorldHabitatDay I offer a children’s poem about plastic grass! With a slow worm… Find other poems about our wonderful world at The Dirigible Balloon - a free, ad-free, poetry bank for kids. #poetry #poetryforkids #plastic dirigibleballoon.org/poem/The-Gra... @northernjim.bsky.social

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I forgot to mention The Same Inside! Always there! #KidsBooksFriday

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I used to carry the Read Me book round like a bible when I was teaching KS2. Now in SEMH secondary I often share and get engagement with these. Can’t wait to get copies of Attie Lime’s and Victoria Gatehouse’s new books too! #kidsbooksfriday

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Steve Whitaker @stevewhitaker1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

YT Children's Book Review: 'Peas on Your Knees - A Life in the Poems of Michael Rosen' @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Revi...

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stace.bot @stacebot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Rot I'm thinking about how far a memory can spread before we stop calling it memory. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #writesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poets #creativewriting

rot

still
i lie awake
to look at your
side of the bed
the light knows
you are not there
but i don't
stop seeing you
the face
comes first
a pale pause
above the pillow
your breath
against my mouth
the shape of a body
occupying the dark
i know you are not here
still
i wait
see if you'll move

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Merril D. Smith @merrildsmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Good morning! Happy Friday! Another tough one for me. #PoemsAbout #Rot As always, thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk I'll be back later to read and comment on others!

Poem:

Composting
Fools seek fools’ gold,
for a glimpse of gain—

destroy the seas
forgo the rain—

they rot from within
belching bellies, dissolving spines,

upped on T,
mean with greed.

Can protests, people, press
break down the morass--

what might we grow
after decomposition, in new soil?

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What a question! And what a start … great write Merril!

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Sue Ibrahim @sueimnw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Rot with thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk Out again today, so will catch up with everyone later.

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thought I commented yesterday - sorry - you capture the despair of this time perfectly - as always! 👏

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My library gang have started drawing on a newly revealed board in there. They declared it was a board for ‘us autistic kids’ - and christened it ‘The Boardtism’ 😂

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Where to start! 😂 Got to go to work but will comment later!

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yesterday we celebrated National Poetry Day. I confess poetry is not my main area of expertise so I particularly look forward to everyone’s recommendations. What great children’s poems/poetry books would you suggest for #KidsBooksFriday? #KidLitUK #KidLit #UKKidLit #Poetry #ChildrensPoems

Book cover for Poems on Toast by Attie Lime illustrated by Emily Ford.

Book cover for A Great Big Cuddle by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Chris Riddle

Book cover for Poetry Prompts: All sorts of ways for start a poem by Joseph Coelho, illustrated by Georgie Burkett, Grasya Oliyko, Amanda Quartey and Viola Wang.

Book cover for Being Me: Poems about Thoughts, Worries and Feelings by Liz Brownlee, Matt Goodfellow and Laura Mucha, illustrated by Victoria Jane Wheeler

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You have no idea! 🥳 😂 Happy poetry day Boxing Day 😴

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh yes like John says the tone is spot on love it 🫶🏿 excellent Sue 👏👏👏

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

morning Friday and for #PoemsAbout #Rot a little “throwaway” poem and a song before I get on my skateboard 🛹and push off “these autumn 🍂leaves 🍁pass by my window🪟” that’s all folks #poetry #dogs #poems thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk enjoy your weekend everyone everywhere

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is wonderful Matthew - through to my bones. 👏

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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For my grandfather Brian, who passed away over 20 years ago and suffered from dementia. 😔 Thanks to Jack from the Candyman’s Trumpet and guest editor @carolynthomas.bsky.social #grief #dementia #dementiaawareness💜

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy Poetry Day - it’s been a busy but wonder-ful day - made even better by seeing the new edition of the Candyman’s Trumpet - so fabulously curated by @carolynthomas.bsky.social Diolch to you and Jack! And huge congratulations! 🤩🍻 @poetrydayuk.bsky.social #poetry #wonder

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Elizabeth Ohga @elizohga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I have a flash piece in the latest issue of Epistemic Literary. Loved the theme the editors chose, but even more so, loved working with the editors to get this out in the world. @epistemiclit.bsky.social

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Come and check out out this great little collection of ‘wonder’ poems - whether you want to use them as a #teachingresource or just have a day filled with wonder! 🤩 🍅 📎🥒🪰One more sleep til @poetrydayuk.bsky.social #poetry

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English and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Resource written by Barbara herself - a benchmark of quality! There are lots of poems you'll never have come across before as well

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yes - he’s the last of three. Thank God for the dog! 😂

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thanks Roger - it’s eerily quiet without the jackdaw!

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A poem for #sonsday - for all those waking up to an empty or emptier nest this morning! ❤️ #poetry #sons #parenting @atriumpoetry.bsky.social

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Barbara Bleiman @barbarableiman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I’m delighted that one of my poems for Tyger Tyger magazine has been put into a collection for National Poetry Day on the theme of Wonder. There are lovely resources to accompany it & the other ‘wonderful’ poems! tes.com/teaching-res...

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Poems about Wonder - poetry pack for National Poetry Day 2026 | Teaching Resources

A free set of twenty poems on the National Poetry Day 2026 theme of Wonder. These are original, contemporary poems published on Tyger Tyger Magazine, a prestigious o

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Barbara Bleiman @barbarableiman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I've been devising a resource for @engmediacentre.bsky.social for @poetrydayuk.bsky.social on Thursday 1st Oct - a simple, doable activity fuelled by fabulous poems that take an unusual angle on the theme of 'Wonder'. If you're an English teacher, watch out for it on EMC website - up by Monday!

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Barbara Bleiman @barbarableiman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

English teachers, this is for you! A free @engmediacentre.bsky.social download resource for @poetrydayuk.bsky.social this Thursday. It's a ready-made, doable activity, for KS3-5, fully resourced, with poems on 'Wonder' that offer our own angle on the theme. www.englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/nationa...

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National Poetry Day 2026, Thursday October 1st –An EMC Activity

Wonder – an EMC resource for National Poetry Day 2026.

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 27/09/2026

Next up: #Rot. Flowers rot. Houses rot. Governments rot. Love can rot beautifully if you leave it somewhere warm enough. New theme begins Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout. Read. Repost. Reply.

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Ed Finch @edfinch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Some lovely stuff in here. Poems to enjoy reading. Poems that are fun to say. Poems that could be a great starting place for children's own writing. Really worth having in your collection - signed or otherwise.

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I would rhyme it with soured and cowered - I’ll email you!

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