National Poetry Day

October 8th 2021

Year 7 girls wrote botanical character poems this week in their English class, in celebration of National Poetry Day. Here are some of the poems:

Summer
written by Alice G 7L
Summer was as soft as a daisy.
She was nothing but a lovely sweet girl.
Summer was as happy as a sunflower,
And as pretty as a rose.
Her hair was as silky as a butterflies wing,
And her hair was as orange as a painted lady butterfly,
Summer was as light and dainty as a gladioli,
Her hair was as neat as a tulip,
And her dress was as yellow as a daffodil.
She stood out like an orchid,
And she ran like the wind.
She was a glowing firefly,
And she glittered like glitter.
Now you must have guessed that Summer is not an ordinary girl,
She is nothing but a Fairy.
Her wings were decorated in patterns made out of a spider's web.
And she was loved by all the animals out there.

Coral
written by Chloe M, 7L
Coral is fragile, gets hurt easily.
Nasty people come and break her.
Coral is pretty and colourful,
loud as fireworks with beautiful bright uplifting neons.
Coral is giving and protective, spreading kindness and joy.
Coral is loyal, permanent like the sea bed.
She will never leave you and you always know where to find her.

Botanical Poem based on the Sally Poem
Annabelle W 7L
She is a tulip,
Open, bright and beautiful.
Her eyes gleam in the sunshine.
Calm as a butterfly,
Free as a dahlia, open and wide,
That’s on good days, when she walks with pride.

But on bad days,
She is a weeping willow tree,
Drooping her head as she walks.
Clinging to whoever is near
lightly with her fingers
As she lingers.

Rose
written by Amina
She was a rose kind of girl
Leaping through dark times with grace
Nothing without a rainbow.

Tall like a willow
She never feels fallow
Always has a glow
As her stem of courage grows
Keen to learn
The brightest girl you’ve ever seen
Always serene
A rose girl called Irene.
Notes
My character represents lovely little girls who is always growing and learning. They are pretty nice smelling and clever. A good girl, a ‘goody two shoes’ who likes everyone; graceful, only rude when angry.
A rose represents my character the most, as the human traits of a pink rose are: purity, innocence, grace, gentleness. A rose has some thorns so that would explain why she is mean sometimes.