Student poems

• Mr Bininee
  By Tyler (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Roses are red
  Violets are blue
  Mr. Bininee is more important than both me and you.
  Even if we are separate

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• Eagles of Serbia
  By Filip (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Crowned like a king
  Treated like a god
  The eagles of Serbia
  Two heads and a shield

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• My Koru
  By Jackson (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  An object made of bone
  Handmade by tribe members
  An item respected by many
  By race, colours and genders

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• Love Ring
  By Laura (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  The ring that shows meaning.
  To me it’s important and no-one else.
  Not the ring but the affectionate meaning.
  Rough at the top.

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• My Talisman Poem
  By Kyle (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  As I turn my necklace between my fingers
  I get taken back to the day I got it
  I am on the beach with the breeze in my hair
  And the trees growing alongside the beach

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• Heirloom
  By Gina (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Although you live half a world away,
  This part of you is always with me.
  This ring shines brighter then a full moon,
  Sparkling like the rings of Saturn.

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• Pink Bear
  By Mia (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Pink bear,
  broken, battered and busted after a decade of use.
  Your presence taking me back to a time when I was unaware of the chaos around me.
  Your presence taking me back to a childhood

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• My Bat
  By Lucas (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Rough woody toes,
  Rough woody edges as rough as sandpaper,
  Worn off yellow paint,
  More cracks than a dry volcano,

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• To My Bat
  By Emma (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Unwrapping you on Christmas morning,
  My heart filled with so much pride.
  Feeling your cold metal in my hands,
  My happiness I could not hide.

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• Whats hidden within
  By Jeremy (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  The lid opened and awakened me,
  A blinding light launched into my eyes,
  I scramble up the chest of my beholder,
  My arms latch and intertwine around her neck

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• Titanium
  By Chris (Teacher, The Forest High School)

  It’s known as a transition metal
  Resistant to corrosion
  Lustrous and indestructible
  She appeared to me through alchemy

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• The Black Upright
  By Jacqui (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  My ebony upright piano,
  88 keys, 3 golden pedals, and 2 hands.
  It's the years of arms aching, hands cramping, and the contemplation of quitting.
  Yet it's the sunlight on a Saturday morning hitting the keys,

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• My Kenpo Black Belt
  By Stephen (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Stained black from years of training,
  Black as starless nights.
  Long and thin like a panthers tail,
  Wrapped around my waist.

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• My Ceramic Doll
  By Ellie (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  She stands gracefully upon my desk
  The ends of her ballet slippers resting on the roses below
  Her white feather tutu reminds me of my great ma-ma's white curly hair
  The matching pink of the ballerina's tutu and the flowers

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• The Boyz
  By Harrison (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  “Yes yeah nice yeah nice yes.”
  Are the cheers I hear?
  The joy in the air runs free,
  And it’s very clear.

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• The One Ring
  By Aiyana (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Two silver mountains, separated by a river of gold,
  Whispering stories yet untold.
  Like a crown for regular people,
  Sitting on my middle finger.

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• Nan's Bell
  By Oskar (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  I am a few months old
  Sitting on my Nan,
  I notice an object around her neck,
  I start to hit it from side to side

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• Not Just a Toy
  By Tom (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Confiscated and given back
  A daily routine I have come to know
  Tapping it on the table
  Banging it on a book

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• My Gemstone
  By Eric (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Teal like the Australian summer sky
  Strength, intelligence, focus
  Keeping me calm and relaxed through pain
  Small like the phalanges of your finger

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• Bozo Blueberry
  By Sineada (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Thirteen years ago, a distressed mother
  With a baby girl who suffered a broken heart
  Buys a little monster
  A teddy with a smelly belly

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