Take Flight
They don’t need barbed feathers
or aeroplane wings
They don’t need propellers
or kites on a string
They don’t need a spaceship
or hot air balloons
They don’t need coned rockets
on missions to moons
They do need devotion
and holding on tight
and regular dusting
for dreams to take flight
or aeroplane wings
They don’t need propellers
or kites on a string
They don’t need a spaceship
or hot air balloons
They don’t need coned rockets
on missions to moons
They do need devotion
and holding on tight
and regular dusting
for dreams to take flight
This poem is copyright (©) Mark Bird 2025
About the Writer
Mark Bird
Mark Bird is a children’s author and teacher. He was born in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire and now lives in London. His debut picture book, ‘Halloween Date From Hell’ came out in October 2022 followed by ‘The Klangaroo’ in 2024. Mark has poems published in several anthologies including Ana Sampson’s ‘Heroes and Villains’, Gaby Morgan’s ‘Cosy Poems’, Brian Moses’ ‘The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems’, Kathryn Beevors’ ‘Peak Poetry’, Jonathan Humble’s ‘Sky Surfing’ and in Gill Education’s ‘Over The Moon’ series.
He also has poems featured in two 2025 anthologies from Macmillan:
‘Space - Royal Observatory Greenwich Poetry Book’, and ‘You’re Never Too Much - poems for every emotion’. Many more of Mark’s poems can be found on his website: www.Dreambeastpoems.com.
