Students on the paradigm

shifting with the circus

conversion rates adjusted

muster the courage for the purpose

 

Step up to the moment

take up the stage 

speak your truth

lay the rage

 

let the fire from your breath

push the facts and figures

to the crew

other kids will listen to you

society has a bright future

only if you can be the proof

 

Bad kids got the most talent

bored and rather talk in the back

success can easily

slip between the cracks

 

I almost did

but two friends disappeared 

we thought we had it made

until we made our graves 

and laid the fear 

 

thought we'd make it anyway

cocky as hell

jokes made the days pass

until the laughter 

decided to melt.

 

snow on the mountain

peeks that we chase

you can be the best

just don't engage in the race

 

go at your own speed

let them know you are a king

 

tell them you're a Queen

no one can take your dreams

 

Hear your future in the breeze

feel love in the trees

high fives with tomorrow

catch and kiss with memories

 

 

Thanks to a generous donation from a local Illawarra resident, The Red Room Company ran a special series of poetry workshops at Dapto High School throughout 2014. 

The first workshop featured Australian spoken word poet Zohab Zee Khan, who visited the students of Dapto High School on 17th February, 2014, to work through selected poetry activities from the Toilet Doors learning resource. Students watched Zohab perform his poetry and learnt about his own writing processes before composing their own poems. They then explored various guerrilla poetry publishing techniques, such as creating matchbox poems and scribing their works on the school's windows, transforming their hallways into aisles of poetic inspiration. You can read their poems here.

The second workshop was facilitated by celebrated performance poet, Luka Lesson, on 17th June, 2014. Luka performed for over 1000 students as part of the weekly assembly, before running instive writing and performance sessions with Year 7. Students created and performed their own poems inspired by the Red Room's Poetry + Music resource. You can discover the students' poems here and click here to check out Luka's poem, "Success".

The third workshop was held in September with local spoken word poet, Lorin Elizabeth