It's #childrensmentalhealthweek thinking about being nice.

It's #childrensmentalhealthweek so time for a little kindness.

It's #WorldKindnessDay today so this seemed just the opportunity to post this poem.

It's #learningdisabilityawareness & #dyslexiaawarenessmonth so here's a poem about that.

An Autumn riddle.

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay so here's a poem about that.

Aparently today is #WorldAnimalDay so here's a poem about disappearing habitats from If I Were Other Than Myself @troikabooks.bsky.social

To finish #NationalPoetryDay week I'm sharing 1 of my poems from APES TO ZEBRAS my book with @rogerstevens.bsky.social & @lizpoet.bsky.social the most playful of animals the Otter @bloomsbury @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @domconlon.bsky.social

Sad to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall. Here's my poem about her from Shaping the World ed Liz Brownlee Macmillan @lizpoet.bsky.social @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social

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

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

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem is in part about a game that is probably less common than when I was a child... @@brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @@piecorbett.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social @domconlon.bsky.social

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem plays with the idea of what a poet is. @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @domconlon.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem is another concrete poem and plays with the many ways animals are. This time from my 3 up collection APES TO ZEBRAS with Roger Stevens and Liz Brownlee Bloomsbury @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem is another concrete poem. The most playful of animals the squirrel. @domconlon.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social #NationalPoetryDay

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem, what could be more playful than a shape poem. This one from my 1st collection Where Zebras Go Otter-Barry Books @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social

Today's National Poetry Day poem. Many years ago I worked in secondary. It was an old building & the Yr 9 French classroom seemed to have a life of it's own so I invented Monsieur Morte. @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem is one from a number based on an 1818 job sensus David Orme and I had lots of fun playing with. Here's one of mine... @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem on Play a little riddle, perhaps not the hardest, maybe you could try and write a better one... @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social

Poem for #NationalPoetryDay 02.10.2022 As a girl we often played a game where children stood in a circle & whispered. You might know it as Telephone. This poem, also from If I Were Other Than Myself, plays with this. @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social

Sunday's #NationalPoetryDay 02.09.2025 'Play' poem was written this morning in the rain. Well not actually in the rain, maybe that's Monday's poem. So it may not be finished... @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @nic-davisson.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social

Tomorrow's poem for #NationalPoetryDay 02.09.2025 plays with the dark. Personally love darkness but I can seewhy others don't. From my 2nd solo collection "If I Were Other Than Myself" Troika Books @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @domconlon.bsky.social @rogerstevens.bsky.social

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem on the theme of play is bird related. @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social

Tomorrow's NPD poem plays with words. A shape poem, and a word play. @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social

What could be more playful than a visual 1 word poem. Tomorrow's poem for @nationalpoetryday this year Thursday October 2nd ©️ Sue Hardy-Dawson

Tomorrow's NPD poem is also from Do Poems Grow on Trees? A playful take on the much eulogised and clichéd moon.

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4Tomorrow's NPD Poem I'm playing with FAQ. It's not that never start with a plan but often I just take my pen for a walk or start scribbling down random words. Some of my best poems start that way. Of course I often spend hours, days or years polishing. So I try&explain my brain

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Tomorrow's poem leading up to National @PoetryDayUK (subject of PLAY) is a poem that came from comments from @RumbleCoral 's FB post, saying she was enjoying sunshine for lunch. Well brain began to wirring & fizzing... It's from If I Were Other Than Myself, @TroikaBooks @brianmosespoet.bsky.social

Tomorrow's poem for National Poetry Day 2025, theme 'Play', is from a lovely book edited by Roger Stevens, Attie Lime & Trevor Millum. It's a fun to have a go at writing a poem where all the words begin with the same letter. I cheated a bit using contractions. Important to choose the right letter

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NPD 02.10.2025 Today's not been the best so an old poem, but it fits so well. Clair de Lune roughly translated from the French is moonlight or the light of the moon and has inspired poetry & music but it could also be a name.

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So here's today's offering for #NationalPoetryDay which this year is Thursday 2nd of October and the chosen subject is "PLAY" a lot of poems start with what if, as this one did.

Today's poem in preparation for #NationalPoetryDay 02.10.2025 (theme PLAY) long ago, poet Roger Stevens, let me shadow him. Roger's so kind & has helped many young poets & I've learnt a lot from him. So 'after Roger Stevens' but also with apologies as I can't recall the title...

So here's today's offering for #NationalPoetryDay which this year is Thursday 2nd of October and the chosen subject is "PLAY" Here's a few helpful guidelines. Perhaps you could write your own. The sillier the better.

So today's offering for #NationalPoetryDay which this year is Thursday 2nd of October and the chosen subject is "PLAY" is a riff on a well known fairytale. If I had more time I would probably make the clues a little harder, I may do later but I like the idea of it. Maybe you could have a go.

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So here's today's offering for #NationalPoetryDay which this year is Thursday 2nd of October and the chosen subject is "PLAY" Sophia is a nonsense poem, so silly and fun wordplay too.

Sad to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall. Here's my poem about her from Shaping the World ed Liz Brownlee Macmillan @lizpoet.bsky.social @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social

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

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

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem is in part about a game that is probably less common than when I was a child... @@brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @@piecorbett.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social @domconlon.bsky.social

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem plays with the idea of what a poet is. @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @domconlon.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem is another concrete poem and plays with the many ways animals are. This time from my 3 up collection APES TO ZEBRAS with Roger Stevens and Liz Brownlee Bloomsbury @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem is another concrete poem. The most playful of animals the squirrel. @domconlon.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social #NationalPoetryDay

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem, what could be more playful than a shape poem. This one from my 1st collection Where Zebras Go Otter-Barry Books @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social