Student poems
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What the eye forgot
By Shehzin (Year 6, Casula Public School)From the iris in our eye,
To the soil beneath our feet.
Have you ever paused to see,
What dreams beneath the forest? -
Rising Moon
By Avalon (Year 3, Lansdowne Crescent Primary School)Lake as still as a rock
sleeping, slowly moving, as the
moon you can barely see, rises
up, up and up. -
Spring
By Daisy (Year 3, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School)I am a beautiful tropical rainforest located north of Australia
I am a home to these different species of plants and animals.
Ferns and young trees grow along my forest surface -
Way Under
By Savannah (Year 3, Mentone Grammar School)One little seed alone waiting to sprout,
Out in the open where the soil is soft and moist.
One root after another slowly forming life,
Way under. -
The Platypus
By Michelle (Year 1, Glebe Public School)Unique.
A bill,
webbed feet,
fur. -
An Understory Story
By Maurice (F/K, Blackmans Bay Primary School)The trees are super tall,
like they are reaching outer space.
But under them it is darker, -
Not Yet Finished
By Su (F/K, St Dominic's Priory College)The trees don't ask if it's worth it to keep growing.
They reach, even when the sky offers nothing back.
Some days, the ocean forgets how to glitter.
The waves still return. -
World of Fungi
By Huxley (Year 5, John Colet School)All my life
I’ve walked the gardens
for the peace and tranquility it harbours
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dangerous
By Aria (Year 6, Giralang Primary School)Delicate drops like soft glass quickly turn into tiny glass spears.
Hurring back home it gets faster, faster, faster and faster .
All drenched, looking outside it looks like the world is slowly drowning.
Sitting as it is still raining so heavily. -
Understory
By Revel (Year 6, St Joseph's Primary School)Beneath the boughs where shadows lie, The understory breaths a silent sigh. A quiet world, both dim and deep, Where secrets of the forest quietly sleep.
The mossy floor, a velvet bed,… -
Creek
By Layla (Year 6, Calrossy Anglican College - William Cowper Campus)When I walk through the bushes I come across a creek.
I hear heavy wind, birds chirping and singing to each other.
I see the cold, clear water and I see the little insects and animals.
The water is as fresh and as clear as spring water. -
Glow of life
By Julien (Year 4, Sydney Church of England Grammar School North Sydney)Filtered sunlight spills like gold
Through leaves that flutter brave and bold.
It dances down in quiet streams,
A painter brushing forest dreams. -
Biliirr
By Adon (Year 5, Stanwell Park Public School)Biliirr lay dead still in her nest,
As early dusk dew soaks the grass like a swimming pool,
Biliirr, my alarm clock,
With a sweet symphony of chirps. -
Coveted Country
By Zoe (Year 6, St John's Primary School)Once, Buzzing with life,
whimsical wilderness,
tranquil trees.
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The Beach
By Kendal (Year 6, Ross Park Primary School)One day me and my cousin finally
went camping at the beach and
we could smell the saltwater
breeze and the sand was so soft -
Nascence
By Annabelle Gervaise (Year 4, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School)Wriggle… wriggle, wriggle.
Poke, poke. Crack.
A beam of sunlight rushes in,
And with it the sound of splashing and Mama. She coos. -
Torment in Grief
By Isabella (Year 6, Mount Ousley Public School)The comforting warmth of a beast
A cozy fireplace we all fear
Millions of crisps turned to ashes
Lives lost in an instant -
My Sunflower Will Always Grow
By Mila (Year 6, St Mary's Anglican Girls' School (Inc))I planted a sapling beneath the trees,
In a hidden patch kissed by the breeze.
I wished upon a shooting star that one day it would grow,
I gathered all my ingredients and lots of hope, working under the sun’s warm and mighty glow. -
The green that breaks crowns
By Manha (Year 8, Blacktown Girls High School)Underneath the canopy of braided limbs,
Where sunlight dies fractured shards
The forest hums with secrets that we don’t know
Ferns spill like inks of shadows -
The Ultimate Tax
By Shelby (Year 9, Tumbarumba High School)The forest ground,
Covered in leaves
Bugs and creatures yet to be found
In the white gum trees
