Fiona J Halliday
@fhalliday.bsky.social
Teacher, preacher, poet, wife, mother, friend!
Today marks 100 days til Christmas and it seems like an opportune moment to say I have a new poem in CHRISTMAS PARTY, a festive mini-anthology edited by Di Slaney and Katharine Towers of Candlestick Press. This Christmas, instead of a card, why not give a pamphlet of poems? tinyurl.com/yfnpzfuj
A selection of Back to School/End of Summer Holiday poems by top children's poets. Part One: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/08/end-... @carolebromley.bsky.social @barbarableiman.bsky.social @fhalliday.bsky.social @rhiannonoliver.bsky.social @lozzawriting.bsky.social @attielime.bsky.social
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END OF SUMMER HOLIDAY & BACK TO SCHOOL POEMS (Part 1) (Copyright of all poems remains with their creators) Home From Holiday Blues I’ve go...
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FEATURED VOICE ~ NEAL ZETTER It's a joy to have Neal sharing a reading for The Amygdala Safari reel launch on Sep 1st! Steep your mind in his wonderful and uplifting poetry. #NealZetter #FeaturedPoet cccpworkshops.co.uk/neal-zetter @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social
Thank you, @brianmosespoet.bsky.social for inviting me to have a guest spot on your blog, and for all your support and great ideas for teaching writing and poetry! brian-moses.blogspot.com
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blog by a children's poet for young writers and readers
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🎃 Cover Reveal! 🎃 Welcome to Wychbury Village is a spooktacular new picture book by Rebecca Swan & Helen Morgan Perfect for your little monsters! 👻 🦇 Coming October 1st. Pre-order today 👉 www.amazon.co.uk/Welcome-Wych...
Thank you for my new copy of Peak Poetry, Kathryn. I hope your pupils enjoy A Promise of Poems. KASIN is a great charity. It’s always lovely to see the updates about their work. #KASIN #schools #poetry
Kathryn Beevor@kathrynbeevor.bsky.social · 3mo agoBook swap thanks to @fhalliday.bsky.social for swapping A Promise of Poems for Peak Poetry supporting Thorpe House School library. Poets, authors & illustrators please consider swapping a book for KS2 upwards for one of mine. I will also donate £3 to KASIN charity. DM @kathrynbeevor.bsky.social
Thank you, Niamh! 😊 🌞 xx
Niamh Savage@niamhsav.bsky.social · 4mo agoSitting in the Dublin sunshine, enjoying ‘A Promise of Poems’ by @fhalliday.bsky.social Love it all, especially Miss Tulcher, A Plethora of Ians, Pastimes from Past Times, Noisy Neighbours, Rainbow of Memories, and so much more. With brilliant illustrations from Liz Stirk. DM Fiona for your copy!
Peek into the week's best children's poetry! News, fun, and inspiration await. 📚✨ kennn.com/Iw8los #KidsLit #Poetry
Weekly Children’s Poetry Roundup – Saturday, May 23, 2026 – Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4kids.com
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Hello everyone! I am Josh, a poet, performer and workshop leader. Do please visit my website for lots of fun, FREE poems and resources: www.joshuaseigal.co.uk. Below is one of my best known poems, which is one of the many on my site. I hope you enjoy, and do please gimme a follow! #EduSky #poetry
The Stories Behind the Poems - part 4. Read why children’s poets wrote their poems. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-... @valpoet.bsky.social @attielime.bsky.social @lindapoet.bsky.social @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social @ciaraoconnor.bsky.social @fhalliday.bsky.social
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THE STORIES BEHIND THE POEMS - Part 4. (Copyright for each poem remains with their creators) Nature This poem begins with a quotation by J...
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Thank you very much, Neal! Books available from me, please dm for details.
Neal Zetter@nealzetterpoet.bsky.social · 7mo agoThis is a fab debut children's #poetry collection from @fhalliday.bsky.social - a real mix of poem themes + styles! Recommended. #poem #poems #EduSky #BookSky #poetry #TeacherSky #poetrylovers #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #teachers #literacy @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #kidlit
Thank you, Carmella! Copies are available from me, please dm for details. More information regarding an official zoom launch to come! This book was written for children from around 7-11, but has poems that may be enjoyed by those of other age groups!
Carmella de Keyser@carmellapoetry.bsky.social · 7mo agoFor #WorldBookDay I'd like to #highlyrecommend #APromiseofPoems by the wonderfully talented @fhalliday.bsky.social & illustrator Liz Stirk. This is a MAGICAL book, brimming with #educational poems, satisfying rhymes & beautiful illustrations, & it would make an #excellent #gift for younger readers.👇🏼
I’ve been quiet here, here’s why! Thank you to Liz Stirk (Insta lizstirkart) for all your amazing illustrations, time and support. ‘A Promise of Poems’ will be available soon!
SHARE AWAY!!! Announcing a new project - a platform each Friday. #FRAGMENTSFRIDAY’ - 18 words or less - a startling, inventive poem. Tag in #fragmentsfriday and @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social & share one startling fragment of your own poetry. No A.I. generated poetry!
Feels rather fitting that on the day my first journal (@iamb.uk) celebrates its sixth anniversary, my second journal (@afterpoetry.com) is publishing its next #ekphrastic poem. You can read @oormilaprahlad.bsky.social's 'Paper tiger: a zuihitsu' for free from 9pm GMT. afterpoetry.com
After... Poems inspired by other art
Read a new 'after' or ekphrastic poem here every new and full moon from Jan 2nd 2022.
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Poetry prompt: The Day My Head Fell Off. Create a class poem with everyone contributing brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/05/on-n...
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The Day My Head Fell Off... A communal poem written on twitter. Try something similar with a classroom of children. (Copyright of all poem...
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‘planted you a boat/ a pyre’ 🔥 @marcellenewbold.bsky.social from the Christmas and winter anthology. blackboughpoetry.com/news
January 14th is #InternationalKiteDay so here is a poem about a lost kite. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2020/08/word...
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WORDS ON AIR Lost Kite Our kite was a magic bird and the wind took it into the sky, above our heads, above the trees, flying way up high. B...
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Recommended Books for Year 13 including titles by Qais Akbar Omar, Zadie Smith, Wole Soyinka, Tom Pollock, Richard Feynman, Alastair Campbell & more. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/secondary-ks... #YA
Sixth Form Reading List Book Recommendations
Sixth Form reading list - recommended books for year 12 and year 13 students.
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Here are the 7 phenomenal BlueSky versions of my 1/3/26 #HaikuSaturday #haiku posted so far. I'll post the complete list on Monday so more people can join in if they wish to do so.
Thoroughly enjoyed 'Forest Girl' by @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social (and so did Bugsy 🐱) #poetry #books #cats
‘Two headless snowmen— glove-craft: sculpted stone and swan-ice’ ⛄️ ⛄️ 🪓 @vespertine4.bsky.social from our Christmas-Winter anthology. 🦢 🧊 blackboughpoetry.com/news
40 great books for children in year 3 aged 7-8, including modern and classic titles by Lara Hawthorne, John Steptoe, Roald Dahl, Zanib Mian, Dick King-Smith, Derek Keilty, Jon Scieszka, Helen Cresswell & more. #kidlit #teachertwitter www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-Zf...
Books for Year 3 children aged 7-8
Here's our list of 40 recommended reading books for 7-8-year-olds in Year 3 classes in Key Stage 2 of UK primary schools. For more information on each of the...
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A splendid anthology of nonsense verse chosen & illustrated by Colin West. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/04/a-mi...
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A Mini Anthology of Nonsense verse, with illustrations by Colin West I’m delighted to be back on Brian’s blog, this time with something a l...
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@fhalliday.bsky.social at our Christmas - Winter anthology launch last Sunday. www.blackboughpoetry.com/news
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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MARBLES Take a look at a marble. What can you see? Shapes, colours, squiggles, swirls, images, reflections, patterns........... anyth...
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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 door… More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/06/grum...
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GRUMBLING Our family are experts at grumbling. We grumble about the dog leaving muddy paw prints across the floor. We grumble about t...
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