Student poems

• The Connection
  By Jacob (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  The front is as smooth as glass
  The back is as rough as wood
  It is as fragile as a pinkie bone
  It’s as smart as Einstein

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• Birthday!
  By Pavan (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Happy Birthday!
  I ran over and hid behind my mum.
  She opens the door and lets them in.
  I take the presents and walk over to the table.

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• Memories
  By Jennifer (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  A canvas filled with memories
  My mind shows me lies
  But deep inside I know the truth
  Behind these faded lines,

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• Once Upon a Scout
  By Nathan (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Hanging in my cupboard,
  Waiting for a Thursday night
  Red cord upon left shoulder
  A coloured scarf, encased in the collar,

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• Lucky
  By Tenzin (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Everywhere I go, I'm lucky,
  Showing immense signs of being plucky,
  Why, many ask?
  Answering. that is my task,

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• Sonic Screwdriver
  By Sean (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Sonic Screwdriver,
  Sonic Sound, Screwy Driver,
  But Designed as a Pen, with Ink and All,
  Light like a Laser, Sound like Sonic,

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• Off/On
  By Nathan (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  The phone BANGS, and CRASH:
  Hits the wall in like a flash
  Once it slams the ground
  It’s like a boulder rolling down a hill

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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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• 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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• Guitar
  By Unga (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  My first strings played sounded like peace
  Every time that I played my guitar
  I felt like the happiest person alive
  Every song I played made me do all the things today

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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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• 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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• A Token
  By Ashleigh (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  It may not seem to be something of importance
  Just a stone with no purpose
  Perhaps it will not even catch your glance
  But to me this blue stone is a symbol of divergence

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• Jewellery
  By Elena (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Wearing it all night and day
  I wouldn’t take it off someday
  I love my jewellery all the time
  Rings, necklaces and bracelets

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• My Golden DiAYAmond Earring
  By Mika (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  "Where is my best friend, my other half,
  helping me cross this crazy path?"
  I hear it say to me again and again
  It's sandy, crystallized and snow white

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• iPhone
  By Liam (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  The phone is in my bag
  Safe from harm. The
  Rain pours down I
  Shelter my phone.

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• Nostalgia
  By Mataya (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Nostalgia of my childhood,
  The locket I hold in my hand,
  Secrets engraved in the cracks,
  Shiny grey like the shimmer of the moon.

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• 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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• From Day One
  By Tara (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Placed into my plastic crib,
  You have been there all my life.
  Memories of tight squeezes and long nights,
  Are in every bead in your body.

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• Broken Car
  By Joshua (Year 8, The Forest High School)

  Pushed on the carpet, racing along
  Speeding past the imaginary racers
  The wheels speeding around
  Chasing the other racers like a bloodhound

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