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@annelipton.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 9:11 PMReposted by @thetoypress.bsky.social

#PoetryPrompt #horse
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Text of poem on background of a photograph of blue sky with scattered clouds:

My Trusty Steed

Galloping beneath blue skies,
you toss your mane against the flies.
You race the wind and will not lose,
upon hooves shod with shiny shoes,
running rings around rainbows,
flying faster than your foes.
You seldom shy and rarely rear
unless an arrow should appear.
I brush your coat and buff your horn
and ride no horse, but unicorn.

–Anne M. Lipton

Photo credit: Anne M. Lipton

@shaunjexauthor.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 4:19 PMReposted by @thetoypress.bsky.social

Thanks as always to @thetoypress.bsky.social for a new #wordoftheweek. Here’s my poem based on the prompt.

#poetrycommunity #writingforchildren #kidlit

The Barn Hand
(for Kara)
She had three socks and a star
The beautiful bay who nibbled
Baby carrots and lumps of sugar
From the palm of my hand
On muggy summer afternoons—
I could have stayed there forever
But there were stalls to muck
And fresh bedding to lay
Before the stable master returned
© Shaun Jex

@ianbrownlie.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 8:55 AMReposted by @thetoypress.bsky.social

Thanks @thetoypress.bsky.social

#WordOfTheWeek #Horse #WritingCommunity #WritingForChildren #PoetryForChildren #PoetryCommunity

Horse

He coughed and neighed and said ‘No, no,
I'm too small for this course!’
She replied, ‘Here, have a throat lozenge.
you're just a little hoarse.’

@thetoypress.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 5:54 AM

Hello, here is your #wordoftheweek!

#writingcommunity #writingforchildren #writingprompt #PoetryCommunity

@annelipton.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 10:54 PMReposted by @thetoypress.bsky.social

#PoetryPrompt #super
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Text of poem in Comic Sans font on sky-blue background:

I wish I were a superhero

I wish I were a superhero,
above, and soaring high,
or swooping down to save the day—
no one would call me shy.

I wish I were a superhero,
then I could disappear
and not be told to raise my voice
“so everyone can hear.”

I wish I were a superhero,
clever, quick, and fast.
My presentation would be done,
and I’d sit down—at last!

–Anne M. Lipton

@nimblewitlit.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 6:50 PMReposted by @thetoypress.bsky.social

For Day 3 of #LitMagWeek we’re sharing other #KidLit magazines! please tell us if we missed someone!

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@thetoypress.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 9:56 AM

It's #NationalPoetryDay tomorrow, and the theme for this year is WONDER.

To celebrate, here are a few wonder-filled poems from past editions of The Toy!

Happy reading and enjoy poetry day!

#NationalPoetryDay2026
#PoetryCommunity
#Poetryforchildren

@ianbrownlie.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 9:48 AMReposted by @thetoypress.bsky.social

Not so Super for @thetoypress.bsky.social
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Not so Super

Common Mario Brothers
Normal-star
Usual-duper
Moderate-car

So-so-califragilisticexpialidocious
Ordinary-fan
Standard, general, mid-bowl
Regular-man!

@shaunjexauthor.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 4:19 PMReposted by @thetoypress.bsky.social

There’s a new word of the week from @thetoypress.bsky.social . The word is “super” Here’s my poem!
#kidlit #poetry #writingforchildren

It’s a bird! It’s a plane!

Sometimes
I like to imagine
I’m the Lingít Superman
Powered by fry bread
And fresh g̱áax'w

Just think!
If I could soar
Through the blue sky
Like the mighty Kal-El
I’d be a basketball star

Never afraid
To take my shot
As the clock ticks down
And the whole game
Is on the line

I’d never
Get picked last
Or sit on the bench
But I might end up with
My photo in the paper

Of course
I wouldn’t brag
When you’re a hero
You just let your work
Talk for you

© Shaun Jex

@imanicv.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 12:39 PMReposted by @thetoypress.bsky.social

Like, l am SUPER happy
or that was SUPER fun
I saw a SUPER beautiful
morning sun

SUPER is a word
when no other word will do
Like, I think that you are SUPER
and I'm SUPER proud of you!

@thetoypress.bsky.social
#wordoftheweek #super #writingcommunity #writingforchildren #poetrycommunity

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The artist of this painting is the French contemporary painter Patricia Radix-Perrier.

Her signature style heavily features warm ochre-yellow clothing, texturized palette knife techniques, and emotive, semi-abstract figures of women and children interacting dynamically against cool-toned backgrounds.

The image shows an expressive, semi-abstract painting of an older child or figure in a mustard-yellow dress holding the hands of a smaller child who is lifted and swinging joyfully above a reflective surface.

@johndredge.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 2:05 PMReposted by @thetoypress.bsky.social

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@thetoypress.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 7:30 AM

Here is your #wordoftheweek

#writingcommunity #writingforchildren #writingprompt #poetrycommunity

@thetoypress.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 2:47 PM

Always nice to pop into the National Poetry Library in London to see The Toy on display! All past editions no less!

@thetoypress.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 3:17 PM

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@thetoypress.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 3:16 PM

We have just taken delivery of our latest print edition and it looks turtle-y awesome! This edition is filled entirely with creators under 16 and there are some truly talented children out there! Help us share their work far and wide - you can purchase copies online now.

@annelipton.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 7:43 PMReposted by @thetoypress.bsky.social

#PoetryPrompt #fox
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Poem with purple text on a nature photo described below:

Text of poem:

Boreal words to define
An evergreen tree is a pine.
To prowl like a fox is vulpine.
To howl like a wolf is lupine,
but also a flower: lupine,
a sweet mountain bloom—that’s alpine.

–Anne M. Lipton

Photo: Purple lupine flowers, green pines, and green deciduous trees with a distant blue mountain range under a pale blue sky dotted by a couple of small white clouds.

Poem and photo by Anne M. Lipton

@imanicv.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 7:59 PMReposted by @thetoypress.bsky.social

Furry fox with friends at play,
having fun on a sunny day
They laughed beneath
the green oak trees
and feasted on honey
from the bees!

#writingcommunity #writingforchildren #poetrycommunity #poetryforchildren
@thetoypress.bsky.social #wordoftheweek #fox

🖼️ Katrina Sarap / KaterinaArtsFR

@shaunjexauthor.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 9:05 PMReposted by @thetoypress.bsky.social

I LOVED this week’s #wordoftheweek from @thetoypress.bsky.social . Here’s my poem.

#writingforchildren #poetry #kidlit

The Fox

She looks like a bit of flame
Creeping her way through
The tall summer grasses
To the edge of the creek
Where she will gaze longingly
At the flock of water fowl
Dabbling on the far bank
Dreaming of a feast
So close, and yet, so far away

© Shaun Jex

@thetoypress.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 7:45 AM

Hello, here is your #wordoftheweek !

#writingcommunity #writingforchildren #poetrycommunity #poetryforchildren

@ianbrownlie.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 8:36 AMReposted by @thetoypress.bsky.social

This week I would like to present a representation of the inside of my brain in poem form.

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