In Celebration of Poetry
We are proud to share some of the poems written by our pupils this week for National Poetry Day 2020.
Autumn is Here
by Oraia, Form I
Say bye to the sunny days, Autumn has come
The cold weather has me feeling numb.
The colours that I see are brown, yellow and red
The darkness makes me want to go to bed.
Autumn means it is nearly Halloween
There are children in their costumes with their faces painted green.
See It Like A Poet
by Snow, Upper Thirds
Shh! There is a poem in a quiet secret,
Quick! There is a poem spread out on a jet black music stand,
Look! There is a poem curled up in a book from the library
There! There is a poem in a wrecked tissue box.
Aww! The is a poem in a puppy’s ear,
See! There is a poem on the piano in a music room,
Hey! There is a poem on the stage of the JK theatre,
Woah! There is a poem tucked in a wallet in Ms Green’s office.
Brr! There is a poem on the freezing cold astroturf,
Yum! There is a poem in my favourite meal,
Phew! There is a poem hanging from the netball post,
Yikes! There is a poem on the edge of the diving block.
Great! There is a poem rolled up inside a trophy,
Yes! There is a poem look with care,
Cool! There is a poem on the reception desk,
Wow! There is a poem and it’s inside ME!
The Way of My Mind
by Aliza, Fourths
Walking into prep, thinking I know what’s what but when I step
inside the hall my mind is wiped
I assure you that place is jinxed
All the things I thought I knew, gone
As I log onto my laptop, waiting for it to load
my brain is whirring trying to remember what I learned that day
Once signed into Classroom I don’t know what to do
The instructions laid in front of me but I can’t make out what they mean
Looking at the blank doc I created as white as freshly fallen snow
Everyone’s busy working and getting engrossed in their homework
While I am just sitting there in my hard uncomfortable chair
My eyes beginning to strain with the bright light staring back at me
As still as a statue but my mind is hard at work
Come on brain anything will do
Becoming distracted by the faintest footstep
I can't concentrate
Then when I finally think of something, it is a foriegn language
making no sense at all
My work ends up being washed away and my page is blank once more.
See It Like A Poet
by Zara, Upper Thirds
The tree outside is tranquil, (so tranquil),
At peace with the world, (at peace with the world),
It’s so chilled, (so chilled),
Not knowing that inside there is chaos, (chaos, yeah there’s chaos),
Today was pretty stressful, (quite stressful),
But I was okay, (yeah I was okay),
Uppers is hard, (hard, yeah, hard),
But I know I’m doing alright, (alright alright),
Just like that tree, (just like that tree),
I’m standing through the tough times, (yeah, yeah, yeah the tough times),
That brick wall outside, (that brick wall outside),
Stays strong for years (for years and years)
Even with the moss growing, (even with the moss growing),
It holding up, (yeah holding up),
I’m holding up, (yeah I’m holding up too)!
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