Linda Middleton
@lindapoet.bsky.social
Children's poet. Poems in The Caterpillar, Little Thoughts Press, PaperBound, The Dirigible Balloon, Paddler Press, Parakeet, Charles Causley Trust, Northern Gravy, Candlestick Press, The Toy, Brian Moses' Blog, Tyger Tyger and anthologies.
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I’m struggling a little bit mentally at the moment. I hope this poem brings you love and light, wherever you are. #poetrycommunity
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I’m struggling a little bit mentally at the moment. I hope this poem brings you love and light, wherever you are. #poetrycommunity
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Very chuffed to have a piece in here - thank you so much @dustpoetry.bsky.social Can’t wait to read everyone’s work! 😊
Issue 15 ‘Dear World’ will go live on 22.11.25 ✨
We can’t wait to share these brilliant poems and the artwork with you! 🌏
Thank you so much to everyone who submitted for this issue, you should now have a response, so do let us know if you haven’t 💚
We can’t wait to share these brilliant poems and the artwork with you! 🌏
Thank you so much to everyone who submitted for this issue, you should now have a response, so do let us know if you haven’t 💚
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Very chuffed to have a piece in here - thank you so much @dustpoetry.bsky.social Can’t wait to read everyone’s work! 😊
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It's #RSPBFeedTheBirdsDay so here are some ideas for children's writing about our feathered friends. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2017/05/bird...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
BIRDS In the school grounds, listen to the sounds around you. Can you hear evidence of birds in the area? Are any birds visib...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
It's #RSPBFeedTheBirdsDay so here are some ideas for children's writing about our feathered friends. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2017/05/bird...
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Daily poetry prompt: What have you never seen?
Never seen a hyena with a vacuum cleaner,
never seen a goat in a boat.
Never seen a pike on a motorbike
but I've seen an anaconda on a Honda.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2015/05/neve...
Never seen a hyena with a vacuum cleaner,
never seen a goat in a boat.
Never seen a pike on a motorbike
but I've seen an anaconda on a Honda.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2015/05/neve...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
NEVER SEEN.... Never seen a hyena with a vacuum cleaner, never seen a goat in a boat. Never seen a pike on a motorbike but I've ...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Daily poetry prompt: What have you never seen?
Never seen a hyena with a vacuum cleaner,
never seen a goat in a boat.
Never seen a pike on a motorbike
but I've seen an anaconda on a Honda.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2015/05/neve...
Never seen a hyena with a vacuum cleaner,
never seen a goat in a boat.
Never seen a pike on a motorbike
but I've seen an anaconda on a Honda.
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2015/05/neve...
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Quick! Before October is over for another year, we wondered if anyone has a favorite Autumn poem to celebrate the season? 🍂
Here's a classic from Robert Louis Stevenson, to kick things off...
Here's a classic from Robert Louis Stevenson, to kick things off...
October 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Quick! Before October is over for another year, we wondered if anyone has a favorite Autumn poem to celebrate the season? 🍂
Here's a classic from Robert Louis Stevenson, to kick things off...
Here's a classic from Robert Louis Stevenson, to kick things off...
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As Halloween draws near, don't forget that sometimes monsters get lonely too.
Just like in this poem by Myles McLeod, from Issue 23...
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Just like in this poem by Myles McLeod, from Issue 23...
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October 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
As Halloween draws near, don't forget that sometimes monsters get lonely too.
Just like in this poem by Myles McLeod, from Issue 23...
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Just like in this poem by Myles McLeod, from Issue 23...
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Still some slots left for my Remembrance Day online sessions for primary schools/yr 7s in the week leading up to November 11th. Sessions are based around the book 'What Are We Fighting For?' All the details here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/10/what...
October 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Still some slots left for my Remembrance Day online sessions for primary schools/yr 7s in the week leading up to November 11th. Sessions are based around the book 'What Are We Fighting For?' All the details here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/10/what...
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New blog post: Five of my favourite children’s poems plus where to fine them/listen to them. Hopefully good for @PoetryDayUK and for schools tackling poetry units of study throughout the year. brian-moses.blogspot.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
New blog post: Five of my favourite children’s poems plus where to fine them/listen to them. Hopefully good for @PoetryDayUK and for schools tackling poetry units of study throughout the year. brian-moses.blogspot.com
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If any primary school teachers have units on performance poetry, why not book an online session with someone who has 35 years experience of performing poetry in schools. Lots of advice to children plus examples plenty of poems: Take a look at my showreel: youtube.com/watch?v=qxSXy2…
Brian Moses Showreel
YouTube video by Brian Moses
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September 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If any primary school teachers have units on performance poetry, why not book an online session with someone who has 35 years experience of performing poetry in schools. Lots of advice to children plus examples plenty of poems: Take a look at my showreel: youtube.com/watch?v=qxSXy2…
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@poetrydayuk.bsky.social
is on Thursday Oct 2nd this year and the theme is 'Playing'. So how about playing with stars?
brian-moses.blogspot.com/2012/10/play...
is on Thursday Oct 2nd this year and the theme is 'Playing'. So how about playing with stars?
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September 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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is on Thursday Oct 2nd this year and the theme is 'Playing'. So how about playing with stars?
brian-moses.blogspot.com/2012/10/play...
is on Thursday Oct 2nd this year and the theme is 'Playing'. So how about playing with stars?
brian-moses.blogspot.com/2012/10/play...
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Poetry prompt: When children return to school , don’t ask what they’ve done in the holidays because some children will have done very little. Instead, ask them to be imaginative about the things they didn’t do. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2021/09/this...
Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
THIS SUMMER HOLIDAY, I DID NOT….. From an idea by Pie Corbett This Summer holiday, I did not ride on the back of a yak across the Him...
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August 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Poetry prompt: When children return to school , don’t ask what they’ve done in the holidays because some children will have done very little. Instead, ask them to be imaginative about the things they didn’t do. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2021/09/this...
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New blog post: End of Summer Holiday/Back to School poems by top children’s poets.
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Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
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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August 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
New blog post: End of Summer Holiday/Back to School poems by top children’s poets.
brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/08/end-...
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Amazing work by a super poet xx
Had great fun delivering some space-themed poetry workshops at a planetarium over the weekend. Lots of enthusiastic participation and super poetry-writing. Positive feedback from all attendees: 'It was great to hear your creativity.' 🚀🛸☀️⭐️🌛
August 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Amazing work by a super poet xx
Had great fun delivering some space-themed poetry workshops at a planetarium over the weekend. Lots of enthusiastic participation and super poetry-writing. Positive feedback from all attendees: 'It was great to hear your creativity.' 🚀🛸☀️⭐️🌛
August 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Had great fun delivering some space-themed poetry workshops at a planetarium over the weekend. Lots of enthusiastic participation and super poetry-writing. Positive feedback from all attendees: 'It was great to hear your creativity.' 🚀🛸☀️⭐️🌛
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Poems about the Sea and seaside by top children's poets. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2020/10/a-mi...
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Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
A MINI BLOG ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS ABOUT THE SEA & SEASIDE Compare and contrast the first two poems..... THE SEASIDE SANDWICH ...
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July 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Poems about the Sea and seaside by top children's poets. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2020/10/a-mi...
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@rumblecade.bsky.social @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social
@joshuaseigal.bsky.social
@lizpoet.bsky.social @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social
@rumblecade.bsky.social @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social
@joshuaseigal.bsky.social
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New Blog Post: More poems and the stories behind them by top children's poets. brian-moses.blogspot.com
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July 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
New Blog Post: More poems and the stories behind them by top children's poets. brian-moses.blogspot.com
@attielime.bsky.social
@attielime.bsky.social
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A Second selection of summer poems by top children’s poets.
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Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
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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July 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A Second selection of summer poems by top children’s poets.
brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/07/summ...
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A super, summery collection of poems for end of term poetry writing inspiration, collected by the wonderful @brianmosespoet.bsky.social So pleased to have one of mine included!
A Second selection of summer poems by top children’s poets.
brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/07/summ...
@lindapoet.bsky.social @attielime.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social @colinwest.bsky.social @valpoet.bsky.social
brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/07/summ...
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Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel
SUMMER HOLIDAY POEMS (Part 2) (All poems are featured here with the kind permission of the poets who created them. Thanks everyone.) Part ...
brian-moses.blogspot.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A super, summery collection of poems for end of term poetry writing inspiration, collected by the wonderful @brianmosespoet.bsky.social So pleased to have one of mine included!
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UPDATE: Nine excited pupils & two even more excited staff turned up. She talked us through the rules first, which were very simple: read books & be kind. Everyone enjoyed reading Albert's Tree by @jennidesmond.bsky.social & then talking about what they would do if they were a bear. It was perfect.
June 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
UPDATE: Nine excited pupils & two even more excited staff turned up. She talked us through the rules first, which were very simple: read books & be kind. Everyone enjoyed reading Albert's Tree by @jennidesmond.bsky.social & then talking about what they would do if they were a bear. It was perfect.
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Grateful to have two new poems for kids flying on The Dirigible Balloon website 🎈
Thank you to @northernjim.bsky.social for lifting up children’s poetry! Here’s one of mine.
#poetry #poetrycommunity
Thank you to @northernjim.bsky.social for lifting up children’s poetry! Here’s one of mine.
#poetry #poetrycommunity
June 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Grateful to have two new poems for kids flying on The Dirigible Balloon website 🎈
Thank you to @northernjim.bsky.social for lifting up children’s poetry! Here’s one of mine.
#poetry #poetrycommunity
Thank you to @northernjim.bsky.social for lifting up children’s poetry! Here’s one of mine.
#poetry #poetrycommunity
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The books we love when we're young are the ones that make us readers. They shape us at the deepest levels, and they stay with us forever. So whatever else you do - please never stop reading books with kids, and encouraging them to read. Please never stop changing lives! #literacy
June 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The books we love when we're young are the ones that make us readers. They shape us at the deepest levels, and they stay with us forever. So whatever else you do - please never stop reading books with kids, and encouraging them to read. Please never stop changing lives! #literacy
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Poetry & Percussion show for children, and for the child in every adult. If you are in the Battle/Hastings area, do come along and say 'Hi.' There will also be an after show book signing session. RTs appreciated. Catch a glimpse of my show here: youtube.com/watch?v=qxSX...
May 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Poetry & Percussion show for children, and for the child in every adult. If you are in the Battle/Hastings area, do come along and say 'Hi.' There will also be an after show book signing session. RTs appreciated. Catch a glimpse of my show here: youtube.com/watch?v=qxSX...
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Thank you to @litkidsmagazine.bsky.social for giving me the chance to share about my creative process in this interview! Honored to be featured on their awesome blog 😊✨
Poet and artist, @stefankarlsson.bsky.social, chatted with us about his creative process and the value of self-doubt for creative growth. Thank you for your wisdom, Stefan! Please follow him and share his interview far and wide. Keep shining! ✨
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May 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Thank you to @litkidsmagazine.bsky.social for giving me the chance to share about my creative process in this interview! Honored to be featured on their awesome blog 😊✨