Brian Moses
@brianmosespoet.bsky.social
Writer, children's poet, anthologist, percussionist. website www. brianmoses.co.uk Blog for teachers/children brian-moses.blogspot.com
As soon as you break up for the school holidays, all the shops have signs and displays reminding you that soon you'll be 'Back to School'. I'm sure it annoys teachers and children all over the country. Here's a poem I wrote. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2012/08/back...
BACK TO SCHOOL!
As soon as you break up for the school holidays, all the shops have signs and displays reminding you that all too quickly the h...
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I can't let #WorldLizardDay pass by without walking my iguana. Fortunately lots of people have been walking with me - 67k views so far. So why not join me? www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoqC...
I'm Walking with my Iguana performed live by Brian Moses at Battle Library East Sussex.
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On World Lizard Day (August 14th) here are poems about lizards & other reptiles from top children's poets. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/09/rept... @barbarableiman.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social @attielime.bsky.social @lindapoet.bsky.social
When tough dog demands you play rough and tumble, it’s you that gets roughed up, it’s you takes a tumble. He only knows one method of greeting, full frontal assault whenever you meet him... Full poem here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/07/toug...
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Tough Dog When tough dog demands you play rough and tumble, it’s you that gets roughed up, it’s you takes a tumble. He only knows one meth...
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The Memories Have Never Been Forgotten: I'm reprinting this poem from a school magazine that I edited in 1980. The school where I taught welcomed two children from Vietnam. I think that the poem has particular relevance to today's small boats crisis. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/09/nati...
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NATIONAL POETRY DAY 2023 - REFUGE THE MEMORIES HAVE NEVER BEEN FORGOTTEN Following the end of the Vietnam War, repression was particularly...
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Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to travel over Niagara Falls in a barrel. It was how this former schoolteacher marked her sixty-third birthday. Full poem here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2026/03/anni...
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Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to travel over Niagara Falls in a barrel. It was how this former schoolteacher marked her six...
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New blog page: Guest Poet - Fiona Halliday. Find out about Fiona's writing journey and read some of her poems here: brian-moses.blogspot.com
There's a new video on my YouTube channel - a performance of my poem ' Spider Swallowing,' curtesy of ziebellphotography.com youtube.com/watch?v=0vlz...
New blog page: Guest Poet - Fiona Halliday. Find out about Fiona's writing journey and read some of her poems here: brian-moses.blogspot.com
On #NationalLazyDay, my poem The Lazylympics. Dad’s been watching the Olympics. “I’d like to be a medal winner,” he says. So we thought maybe, there could be an Olympics for lazy people like Dad.... Full poem here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-...
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THE LAZYLYMPICS Dad’s been watching the Olympics. For the last two weeks we’ve seen him take root on our settee, watchin...
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Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to travel over Niagara Falls in a barrel. It was how this former schoolteacher marked her sixty-third birthday. Full poem here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2026/03/anni...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to travel over Niagara Falls in a barrel. It was how this former schoolteacher marked her six...
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The Memories Have Never Been Forgotten: I'm reprinting this poem from a school magazine that I edited in 1980. The school where I taught welcomed two children from Vietnam. I think that the poem has particular relevance to today's small boats crisis. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/09/nati...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
NATIONAL POETRY DAY 2023 - REFUGE THE MEMORIES HAVE NEVER BEEN FORGOTTEN Following the end of the Vietnam War, repression was particularly...
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Rainbow's End... I remember when a gang of us thought we’d found the rainbow’s end, how we tramped across fields, waded ditches, climbed inclines, all the while setting and re-setting our course... Full poem here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2022/09/rain...
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Rainbow’s End I remember when a gang of us thought we’d found the rainbow’s end, how we tramped across fields, waded ditches, clim...
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From the blog archive, and from my Memoir of a Travelling Poet - my experiences in school halls. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-...
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Experiences in School Halls Over the course of a long career with over three thousand school visits, I have come to the conclusion that ch...
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Brian Moses@brianmosespoet.bsky.social · 2w agoTwo books that have come my way recently and which I'm looking forward to reading. At first glance,Sarah’s looks just the kind of book that will go down brilliantly with KS2 children, and I know that I'll be taking @carolebromley.bsky.social ’s book with me when I next visit York.
Aug 4th is #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay so here is a poem about owls from my verse novel 'I Am Ray's Imaginary Friend' @Scallywagpress #owls brian-moses.blogspot.com
Two books that have come my way recently and which I'm looking forward to reading. At first glance,Sarah’s looks just the kind of book that will go down brilliantly with KS2 children, and I know that I'll be taking @carolebromley.bsky.social ’s book with me when I next visit York.
July 30th is #InternationalDayOfFriendship. Every colour and every creed, People with money and people in need. We want everyone sitting on the friendship bench... Full poem here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-...
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The Friendship Bench Every colour and every creed, People with money and people in need. We want ...
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If you live in Hastings or nearby, or you're there on holiday, do come along. Songs, poetry, percussion and a warm welcome. Come inside and escape the heat for an hour.
From the blog archive - Memories of Imaginary Friends. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2012/07/imag...
IMAGINARY FRIENDS
The Girl in the Red Jumper She was always there, watching me as I slept. Memories of her baggy jumper, the hug she once gav...
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For teachers who go travelling: The Road Not Taken Why on earth go travelling? Surely your mind must be unravelling, why give up the joys of literacy for the perils of voyaging over the sea...? Full poem here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2014/07/road...
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Roads to be Taken (For a teacher who is leaving the classroom to travel the world) Why on earth go travelling? Surely yo...
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Brian Moses @moses_brian · 6s Elephants can't jump, and that's a fact. So it's no good expecting an elephant to jump for joy if you tell him some good news. You won't make an elephant jump if you sound a loud noise behind him … Read the poem here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2016/08/elep...
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ELEPHANTS CAN'T JUMP Elephants can't jump, and that's a fact. So it's no good expecting an elephant to jump for joy if you t...
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Daily poetry prompt: Alliteration - Meet, Sammy the surfing seal from San Diego and Wallace the wandering whale from Wagga Wagga. Meet, Mervyn the musical meerkat from Martinique and Josie the juvenile jumping jackal from Java. More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/07/fun-...
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FUN WRITING FOR THE LAST DAYS OF TERM After reading a BBC news report about Sammy the Surfing seal from San Diego Try some alliteration Me...
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Summer Holiday poems part two by top children's poets. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/07/summ... @lindapoet.bsky.social @attielime.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social @valpoet.bsky.social
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SUMMER HOLIDAY POEMS (Part 2) (All poems are featured here with the kind permission of the poets who created them. Thanks everyone.) Part ...
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Daily poetry prompt: Things that are known.. Silence knows that it sometimes gets broken. A questing knight knows when a dragon has been woken. A sunbeam knows how to light up a room. A vampire knows how to rise from a tomb. More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/01/thin...
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THINGS THAT ARE KNOWN Silence knows that it sometimes gets broken. A questing knight knows when a dragon has been woken. A sunbeam knows h...
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Daily poetry prompt for any primary teachers still at school this week. Two fun ideas of the end of term: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/12/two-...
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TWO FUN WRITING IDEAS FOR THE LAST WEEK OF TERM 1. The National Lottery If someone were to say to me, to win the National Lottery all you...
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