Year 8 have been working on poetry for National Poetry Day. The theme was “Vision” and we wanted to share with you some of the poems which Mrs Atkins, Head of English, has been most impressed with.
A Vision of the Past?
By James W
The world is divided
Not everyone provided
With resources they need
To Survive it
The rich and the poor
The black and the white
People treated differently
And that just ain’t right!
I see slaves being whipped
People being shipped
I see war and the poor
Being thrown in the ditch
Why can’t we be fairer?
Why can’t we be kind?
Why allow prejudice?
It’s a poison of the mind.
Let’s make it easier
Let’s make it right
Everyone is equal
No matter, black or white.
When it Ends
By Felix SJP
For a while now I have been thinking,
When will this virus end?
I‘ve got so sick and tired
Of watching people trying to defend.
Or even make a dent.
All this keeping away,
Has been so stupid and tiring.
It has ruined people’s days;
All the moaning and the sighing.
SO what will it be like
When the pandemic’s over?
Will it ever be the same?
Or will it stay forever?
The virus may as well
Have been a supernova!
The year is nearly done.
All we can do
Is twiddle our thumbs.
Waiting for the cure
Is it even coming?
Nobody is sure.
Walking in Winter
By Hermione SJP
The squelch of leaves wet with rain,
The clouds dancing with the sun,
The cold wind playing with the trees.
Winter is on its way.
Sticks breaking at every step,
Frost forming on the lush green grass,
Birds swooping from tree to tree.
Winter is on its way.
Ice slowly taking over,
Nature beckoning winter on,
The birdsong is dying down,
Winter has come.
Sky
By Emmy R
I love the sky
So blue and so bright.
A beautiful vision
For human sight!
I like to lay beneath the fluffy clouds
And watch them all fly by,
Hearing the lovely chirping sounds
And seeing the pictures up high.
What a wonderful place,
To watch the birds beneath us,
Flying around with such beauty and grace,
And think of important things for the human race.
Laying on the lush green grass
I pause to take a moment.
Looking at the sheep clouds pass,
I knew I was my own opponent.
I needed to think of the things that matter:
My family, my friends and more.
My whole life was crazy
I was as mad as a hatter,
Needing to take a step through the right door.
So from this moment on, I will really try
To look after the ones I love.
I love the world, and thank you sky
And all that lays above.