Student poems

• Down by the River
  By Isobel (Year 3, Footscray City Primary School)

  Down by the river the kookaburra calls,
  down by the river the willow tree falls,
  the rushing river, the white gum trees,
  beautiful flowers, and buzzing bees,

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• Secret River
  By Viktor (Year 3, Footscray City Primary School)

  That monumental cave, the one by the sea.
  Sea spray spits salty sand at see-through glowworms.
  As you walk in, you sense a wry rock.
  It spins, spirals, and swirls.

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• Nature and Earth
  By Laraib (Year 3, Footscray City Primary School)

  Nature and Earth are types of life 
  You can smell rich wind, nature and Earth are like siblings and Earth is older by ten million years.
  Gardening helps bees (who are going extinct) pollinate the flowers as the pollen sticks on their feet
  Did you know that bees eat pollen to produce perfect delicious honey?

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• Back Beach
  By Beau (Year 3, Footscray City Primary School)

  Waves, waves washing the sand away
  ragged rocks scattered over the beach. I try to collect 
  them but they're out of reach.
  Sea salt storms up my nostrils like a speed boat,

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• River Valley
  By Matilda (Year 3, Footscray City Primary School)

  Down in the river valley the water keeps on going.
  Flowing. Flowing faster, faster, faster, faster.
  The river will not stop. Trees waving, leaves falling.
  People run, danger's come.

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