Brian Moses
@brianmosespoet.bsky.social
Writer, children's poet, anthologist, percussionist.
website www. brianmoses.co.uk
Blog for teachers/children brian-moses.blogspot.com
website www. brianmoses.co.uk
Blog for teachers/children brian-moses.blogspot.com
For #NationalHeroesWeek , two poems about superheroes from Neal Zetter and myself. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2021/01/supe...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
SUPERHEROES Everyone Loves a Cliffhanger Will our hero make it just in time To defuse a bomb or prevent a crime? Will he stop that tank H...
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February 8, 2026 at 12:05 PM
For #NationalHeroesWeek , two poems about superheroes from Neal Zetter and myself. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2021/01/supe...
Poems for Valentine’s Day by top children’s poets. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2022/01/poem... #ValentinesDay
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
POEMS FOR VALENTINE'S DAY (All poems are featured here with the kind permission of the poets who created them. Thanks everyone.) Secret Va...
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February 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Poems for Valentine’s Day by top children’s poets. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2022/01/poem... #ValentinesDay
Poetry prompt: What would your password contain? brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/07/pass...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
PASSWORDS a coffee donut, a mouse's sneeze, the eye of a daisy, three vouchers for a cheap MACDONALD'S... ...
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February 1, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Poetry prompt: What would your password contain? brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/07/pass...
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Poetry Prompt: Unclaimed items in the baggage area.
A suitcase that someone has filled with flowers,
A back pack with fragments of meteor showers.
More ideas here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/06/uncl... @PieCorbett
A suitcase that someone has filled with flowers,
A back pack with fragments of meteor showers.
More ideas here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/06/uncl... @PieCorbett
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
UNCLAIMED ITEMS IN THE BAGGAGE AREA Unclaimed Items in the Baggage Area A suitcase that someone has filled with flowers, A back pack with ...
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January 19, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Poetry Prompt: Unclaimed items in the baggage area.
A suitcase that someone has filled with flowers,
A back pack with fragments of meteor showers.
More ideas here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/06/uncl... @PieCorbett
A suitcase that someone has filled with flowers,
A back pack with fragments of meteor showers.
More ideas here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/06/uncl... @PieCorbett
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Poetry prompt: Take a well known simile and stretch it till it says something new. As slow as a snail could become as slow as a snail pushing a brick up a steep hill. Make a giraffe even taller - as tall as a giraffe on stilts. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/04/stre...
January 25, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Poetry prompt: Take a well known simile and stretch it till it says something new. As slow as a snail could become as slow as a snail pushing a brick up a steep hill. Make a giraffe even taller - as tall as a giraffe on stilts. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/04/stre...
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Poetry prompt: What did you hear?
I heard hyenas laughing
at a joke an elephant told.
I heard a giraffe sighing
at the thought of growing old.
More examples here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/06/what...
I heard hyenas laughing
at a joke an elephant told.
I heard a giraffe sighing
at the thought of growing old.
More examples here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/06/what...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
What Did You Hear? What Did You Hear? I heard hyenas laughing at a joke an elephant told. I heard a giraffe sighing at the thought of grow...
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January 27, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Poetry prompt: What did you hear?
I heard hyenas laughing
at a joke an elephant told.
I heard a giraffe sighing
at the thought of growing old.
More examples here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/06/what...
I heard hyenas laughing
at a joke an elephant told.
I heard a giraffe sighing
at the thought of growing old.
More examples here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/06/what...
A lot of water has flowed beneath the poetry bridge since we first met at The Edinburgh Festival in 2012. Congratulations on the anniversary.
Can’t believe my book ‘I Don’t Like Poetry’ is 10 years old this year!! Here’s a little piece from the book. Enjoy! www.joshuaseigal.co.uk @bloomsburyed.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social #BookSky #EduSky #poetry #KidLitUK
January 31, 2026 at 12:29 PM
A lot of water has flowed beneath the poetry bridge since we first met at The Edinburgh Festival in 2012. Congratulations on the anniversary.
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Poetry prompt: How much do children hate waiting? What are the situations they hate the most when waiting? Or maybe think about all the waiting that dogs have to do. Example here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/09/wait...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
WAITING I hate waiting. Waiting in the queue for an ice cream on a heat heavy day. Waiting for a bus that then takes forever to crawl thro...
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January 29, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Poetry prompt: How much do children hate waiting? What are the situations they hate the most when waiting? Or maybe think about all the waiting that dogs have to do. Example here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/09/wait...
Poetry prompt: How much do children hate waiting? What are the situations they hate the most when waiting? Or maybe think about all the waiting that dogs have to do. Example here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/09/wait...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
WAITING I hate waiting. Waiting in the queue for an ice cream on a heat heavy day. Waiting for a bus that then takes forever to crawl thro...
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January 29, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Poetry prompt: How much do children hate waiting? What are the situations they hate the most when waiting? Or maybe think about all the waiting that dogs have to do. Example here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/09/wait...
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Poetry prompt: What has the animal world done to you? Four poetflipcardtheir experiences with maybe a dab of poetic licence. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2022/01/what...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
What has the animal world done to you? Four poets share their experiences (with maybe a dab of poetic licence!) I've been beaten by a chih...
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January 28, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Poetry prompt: What has the animal world done to you? Four poetflipcardtheir experiences with maybe a dab of poetic licence. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2022/01/what...
Poetry prompt: What has the animal world done to you? Four poetflipcardtheir experiences with maybe a dab of poetic licence. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2022/01/what...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
What has the animal world done to you? Four poets share their experiences (with maybe a dab of poetic licence!) I've been beaten by a chih...
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January 28, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Poetry prompt: What has the animal world done to you? Four poetflipcardtheir experiences with maybe a dab of poetic licence. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2022/01/what...
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Thrilled to appear alongside @stefankarlsson.bsky.social @attielime.bsky.social & Jacqueline on @brianmosespoet.bsky.social blog celebrating reading @nationalliteracytrust #goallin @booktrust.org.uk brian-moses.blogspot.com?m=1
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
blog by a children's poet for young writers and readers
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January 27, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Thrilled to appear alongside @stefankarlsson.bsky.social @attielime.bsky.social & Jacqueline on @brianmosespoet.bsky.social blog celebrating reading @nationalliteracytrust #goallin @booktrust.org.uk brian-moses.blogspot.com?m=1
Poetry prompt: What did you hear?
I heard hyenas laughing
at a joke an elephant told.
I heard a giraffe sighing
at the thought of growing old.
More examples here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/06/what...
I heard hyenas laughing
at a joke an elephant told.
I heard a giraffe sighing
at the thought of growing old.
More examples here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/06/what...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
What Did You Hear? What Did You Hear? I heard hyenas laughing at a joke an elephant told. I heard a giraffe sighing at the thought of grow...
brian-moses.blogspot.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Poetry prompt: What did you hear?
I heard hyenas laughing
at a joke an elephant told.
I heard a giraffe sighing
at the thought of growing old.
More examples here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/06/what...
I heard hyenas laughing
at a joke an elephant told.
I heard a giraffe sighing
at the thought of growing old.
More examples here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/06/what...
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Brian Moses's poems and his writing on poetry are always a north star that I'm happy to take guidance from. I'm going to rather enjoy putting the advice in his newest post to good use.
Poetry prompt: Take a well known simile and stretch it till it says something new. As slow as a snail could become as slow as a snail pushing a brick up a steep hill. Make a giraffe even taller - as tall as a giraffe on stilts. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/04/stre...
January 25, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Brian Moses's poems and his writing on poetry are always a north star that I'm happy to take guidance from. I'm going to rather enjoy putting the advice in his newest post to good use.
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I’m honored to have a poem for kids about a bookish superhero alongside poems by real-life poetry superheroes @attielime.bsky.social, @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social, Jacqueline Shirtliff, & @brianmosespoet.bsky.social
on Brian Moses’ poetry blog page! 🦸📚
Check it out: brian-moses.blogspot.com?m=1
on Brian Moses’ poetry blog page! 🦸📚
Check it out: brian-moses.blogspot.com?m=1
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
blog by a children's poet for young writers and readers
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January 25, 2026 at 8:41 PM
I’m honored to have a poem for kids about a bookish superhero alongside poems by real-life poetry superheroes @attielime.bsky.social, @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social, Jacqueline Shirtliff, & @brianmosespoet.bsky.social
on Brian Moses’ poetry blog page! 🦸📚
Check it out: brian-moses.blogspot.com?m=1
on Brian Moses’ poetry blog page! 🦸📚
Check it out: brian-moses.blogspot.com?m=1
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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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January 22, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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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I really love Simon Lamb’s retelling of Burns’ classic tale. Vibrant, humorous and superbly illustrated. Even the witches & warlocks have mobile phones that they place in a bowl before their ceilidh disco. Beautifully produced. Perfect read for Burns’ Night @scallywagpress.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 11:52 AM
I really love Simon Lamb’s retelling of Burns’ classic tale. Vibrant, humorous and superbly illustrated. Even the witches & warlocks have mobile phones that they place in a bowl before their ceilidh disco. Beautifully produced. Perfect read for Burns’ Night @scallywagpress.bsky.social
Poetry prompt: Take a well known simile and stretch it till it says something new. As slow as a snail could become as slow as a snail pushing a brick up a steep hill. Make a giraffe even taller - as tall as a giraffe on stilts. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/04/stre...
January 25, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Poetry prompt: Take a well known simile and stretch it till it says something new. As slow as a snail could become as slow as a snail pushing a brick up a steep hill. Make a giraffe even taller - as tall as a giraffe on stilts. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/04/stre...
I really love Simon Lamb’s retelling of Burns’ classic tale. Vibrant, humorous and superbly illustrated. Even the witches & warlocks have mobile phones that they place in a bowl before their ceilidh disco. Beautifully produced. Perfect read for Burns’ Night @scallywagpress.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 11:52 AM
I really love Simon Lamb’s retelling of Burns’ classic tale. Vibrant, humorous and superbly illustrated. Even the witches & warlocks have mobile phones that they place in a bowl before their ceilidh disco. Beautifully produced. Perfect read for Burns’ Night @scallywagpress.bsky.social
Poetry prompt: The Day My Head Fell Off. Create a class poem with everyone contributing brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/05/on-n...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
The Day My Head Fell Off... A communal poem written on twitter. Try something similar with a classroom of children. (Copyright of all poem...
brian-moses.blogspot.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Poetry prompt: The Day My Head Fell Off. Create a class poem with everyone contributing brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/05/on-n...
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...
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...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
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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January 20, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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...
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...
Poetry Prompt: Unclaimed items in the baggage area.
A suitcase that someone has filled with flowers,
A back pack with fragments of meteor showers.
More ideas here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/06/uncl... @PieCorbett
A suitcase that someone has filled with flowers,
A back pack with fragments of meteor showers.
More ideas here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/06/uncl... @PieCorbett
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
UNCLAIMED ITEMS IN THE BAGGAGE AREA Unclaimed Items in the Baggage Area A suitcase that someone has filled with flowers, A back pack with ...
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January 19, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Poetry Prompt: Unclaimed items in the baggage area.
A suitcase that someone has filled with flowers,
A back pack with fragments of meteor showers.
More ideas here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/06/uncl... @PieCorbett
A suitcase that someone has filled with flowers,
A back pack with fragments of meteor showers.
More ideas here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/06/uncl... @PieCorbett
Poetry Prompt: Monday 19th January is ‘Blue Monday’ - how does that make you feel? What does it make you think of? Read a Blue Monday poem plus ideas for other colourful writing here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2020/08/colo...
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COLOURFUL LANGUAGE Pick a colour and list the images that spring to mind. Black is a bat flying through the dark night. Black is a cramped ...
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January 18, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Poetry Prompt: Monday 19th January is ‘Blue Monday’ - how does that make you feel? What does it make you think of? Read a Blue Monday poem plus ideas for other colourful writing here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2020/08/colo...
Thanks to everyone who bought sets of ‘The Budgie Likes to Boogie’ before Christmas and helped me reduce my stock of remaindered copies. I still have more at ridiculous prices, 30 for £20, 15 for £10, inclusive of postage. Details: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/08/budg... RTs appreciated Thanks.
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THE BUDGIE LIKES TO BOOGIE (Cover and inside illustrations by Chris White) Class Sets/Reading Groups/Christmas Gifts/Prizes My book of poem...
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January 15, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Thanks to everyone who bought sets of ‘The Budgie Likes to Boogie’ before Christmas and helped me reduce my stock of remaindered copies. I still have more at ridiculous prices, 30 for £20, 15 for £10, inclusive of postage. Details: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/08/budg... RTs appreciated Thanks.