Liz Brownlee
@lizpoet.bsky.social
I'm a children's poet, I love writing animal and shape poems, and the children's poetry world! National Poetry Day Ambassador. Assistance Dog Owner. Book reader. Coffee drinker. Friend. Between Bristol and Bath.
Happy National Poetry Day, on the theme of play! Here is my playing with words squirrel - the most playful of woodland creatures!
October 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Happy National Poetry Day, on the theme of play! Here is my playing with words squirrel - the most playful of woodland creatures!
Being Me is in Books for Keeps' list: Ten of the Best: books to inspire young poets! Thank you, books for Keeps! booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/ten-...
September 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Being Me is in Books for Keeps' list: Ten of the Best: books to inspire young poets! Thank you, books for Keeps! booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/ten-...
I once started typing a search snd had to stop to take a photo… and laugh!
March 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I once started typing a search snd had to stop to take a photo… and laugh!
Poetic Word of the Day: Indefeasible - not to be erased, annulled, made void. Today is International Women's Day today.
March 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Poetic Word of the Day: Indefeasible - not to be erased, annulled, made void. Today is International Women's Day today.
Poetic Word of the Day: Mutability - changeability, inconstancy. Today is National Love Your Pet Day. Here's a poem about a changeable pet:
February 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Poetic Word of the Day: Mutability - changeability, inconstancy. Today is National Love Your Pet Day. Here's a poem about a changeable pet:
Poetic Word of the Day: Kindness - the act of being benevolent, helpful, empathetic. Today is National Random Acts of Kindness Day. Here's a poem about kindness:
February 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Poetic Word of the Day: Kindness - the act of being benevolent, helpful, empathetic. Today is National Random Acts of Kindness Day. Here's a poem about kindness:
Poetic Word of the Day: Creation - to bring something into being by making it or by imagination. Today is World Lego Day! (I present a robin)
January 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Poetic Word of the Day: Creation - to bring something into being by making it or by imagination. Today is World Lego Day! (I present a robin)
Poetic Word Day: Glacier - a mass of ice that slowly slides downhill, fed from snow on a mountain. Today is international environmental Education Day. Poem from Be the Change, written by me, Matt Goodfellow and Roger Stevens, Macmillan.
January 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Poetic Word Day: Glacier - a mass of ice that slowly slides downhill, fed from snow on a mountain. Today is international environmental Education Day. Poem from Be the Change, written by me, Matt Goodfellow and Roger Stevens, Macmillan.
Writers, including Roger McGough, reflected in a foxed mirror.
January 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Writers, including Roger McGough, reflected in a foxed mirror.
Poetic Word of the Day: Ouzel - archaic name for a blackbird. Today is Big Garden Birdwatch Day.
January 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Poetic Word of the Day: Ouzel - archaic name for a blackbird. Today is Big Garden Birdwatch Day.
Poetic Word of the Day: Penguin - mainly black or bluish and white birds that use their wings to swim not fly. It's National Penguin Day!
This poem is in Apes to Zebras, an A-Z of Animal Shape Poems, Bloomsbury.
This poem is in Apes to Zebras, an A-Z of Animal Shape Poems, Bloomsbury.
January 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Poetic Word of the Day: Penguin - mainly black or bluish and white birds that use their wings to swim not fly. It's National Penguin Day!
This poem is in Apes to Zebras, an A-Z of Animal Shape Poems, Bloomsbury.
This poem is in Apes to Zebras, an A-Z of Animal Shape Poems, Bloomsbury.
Night Heron
Liz Brownlee
Night heron unhooks
his hunch to seek
lucent-eyed fish
dark blind and sleek
precise as starlight
steps the creek
sharp, crimson eyes
with black, knife beak
reflectionless
he’ll slice the deep
fish stunned then
swallowed, still asleep.
Liz Brownlee
Night heron unhooks
his hunch to seek
lucent-eyed fish
dark blind and sleek
precise as starlight
steps the creek
sharp, crimson eyes
with black, knife beak
reflectionless
he’ll slice the deep
fish stunned then
swallowed, still asleep.
January 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Night Heron
Liz Brownlee
Night heron unhooks
his hunch to seek
lucent-eyed fish
dark blind and sleek
precise as starlight
steps the creek
sharp, crimson eyes
with black, knife beak
reflectionless
he’ll slice the deep
fish stunned then
swallowed, still asleep.
Liz Brownlee
Night heron unhooks
his hunch to seek
lucent-eyed fish
dark blind and sleek
precise as starlight
steps the creek
sharp, crimson eyes
with black, knife beak
reflectionless
he’ll slice the deep
fish stunned then
swallowed, still asleep.
Poetic Word of the Day: Drift - floating; to be floated along; driven into heaps. Today is World Snow Day.
Here is a snow poem - first published in Be the Change, Macmillan, by me, Matt Goodfellow and Roger Stevens.
Here is a snow poem - first published in Be the Change, Macmillan, by me, Matt Goodfellow and Roger Stevens.
January 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Poetic Word of the Day: Drift - floating; to be floated along; driven into heaps. Today is World Snow Day.
Here is a snow poem - first published in Be the Change, Macmillan, by me, Matt Goodfellow and Roger Stevens.
Here is a snow poem - first published in Be the Change, Macmillan, by me, Matt Goodfellow and Roger Stevens.
Poetic Word of the Day: Bibliophile - a lover or collector of books (usually both, I think!). Today is National Library Shelfie Day. Take a picture of yourself with your books!
January 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Poetic Word of the Day: Bibliophile - a lover or collector of books (usually both, I think!). Today is National Library Shelfie Day. Take a picture of yourself with your books!
It's National Bird Day! Here is a wren - the most common bird in British gardens. Possibly the loudest singer in British gardens, for its size! This poem is in Apes to Zebras, an A-Z of Shape Poems, Bloomsbury.
January 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It's National Bird Day! Here is a wren - the most common bird in British gardens. Possibly the loudest singer in British gardens, for its size! This poem is in Apes to Zebras, an A-Z of Shape Poems, Bloomsbury.
Me and Paddy poodle paws today
December 9, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Me and Paddy poodle paws today
Available in Wonder, The Natural History Museum Poem Book, Ed. by Ana Sampson, Macmillan.
December 5, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Available in Wonder, The Natural History Museum Poem Book, Ed. by Ana Sampson, Macmillan.
My pupper, Paddy poodle.
December 1, 2024 at 2:28 PM
My pupper, Paddy poodle.
Sun dog in Bristol this morning
November 28, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Sun dog in Bristol this morning
There’s a fair amount about me in this picture.
November 26, 2024 at 10:17 PM
There’s a fair amount about me in this picture.
Paddy tried to become a snail once but I think he needs more practise.
November 21, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Paddy tried to become a snail once but I think he needs more practise.
#worldmentalhealthday #Edusky Give your children a voice to express their feelings!
October 10, 2024 at 3:29 PM
#worldmentalhealthday #Edusky Give your children a voice to express their feelings!