Student poems

• Poems
  By Jade (Year 6, Meadows Primary School)

  I love the poems of Shakespeare,
  Which are not to create fear,
  It's light and full of love,
  Exactly like a dove,

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• Casuarina
  By Dashiell (Year 5, Erskineville Public School)

  Casuarina towers up in the sky, 
  An eerie glow, a look of sci fi. 
  The bulbous spiky seeds rest up in the leaves, 
  A cannon, ready to fire with a slight breeze. 

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• White Gums
  By Adrienne (Teacher, St. Michael's Collegiate School)

  At its base, a clasp of bark like a ragged crown
  or hula skirt, the trunk a stem polished palest pink.
  Straight and strong, limbs like outstretched arms,
  thin bark peeling to the colour of mangoes and sand.

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• Skyfire
  By Samuel (Year 4, Wideview Public School)

  The inflamed air,
  From the raging dragon of the Earth.
  Shooting different colours!
  Interlocking shades,

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• Bushfire
  By Jasmine (Year 5, Thornton Public School)

  Fire burned in the reflection of his eyes,
  He couldn't escape, no one could,
  Little koala was in danger and no one was there to help!
  A little siren from a long distance away,

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• Winter
  By Natalie (Year 5, South Hobart Primary School)

  Snowflakes slowly sinking into the soft grass,
  Kids playing down below,
  The sound of axes cutting trees ricocheting through the tough oak pines,
  Winter.
  

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• Gumnuts
  By Emma (Year 6, Brunswick South West Primary School)

  In the everywhere forest
  a gumtree          older than time   cares for his little gumnuts.
  Summer heat turns into autumn warmth
  and he knows      he has to let go.

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• The King of the Jungle
  By Asliraf (Year 6, Greenacre Public School)

  You may know me as The Mighty Lion,
  While others may know me as beast,
  But my true name and one true name alone
  Is The King of the Jungle.

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• The Woods
  By Maxim (Year 5, Shell Cove Public School)

  Coming to the woods,
  Observing rabbits scatter,
  To then find new homes.
  

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• Nature
  By Maxwell (Year 3, Strathfield South Public School)

  Roses are red
  Violets are blue 
  Waves splash and
  Birds go doo doo. 

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• Everything Turned to Dust
  By Cody (Year 8, Reddam House)

  Nothing on my mind,
  Sunset ghosting my vision
  Light escaping through my fingertips
  Friends turn to shadows, then dust

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• Water
  By Nikeisha (Year 4, Wallaroo Primary School)

  Water
  Blue, bright
  Shiny, sparkly water
  Waves reflect bright light

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• Don’t destroy our planet
  By Amy (Year 8, Wanneroo Secondary College)

  Climate change is destroying our beautiful planet
  This is becoming a really bad habit
  I am very annoyed at all of this
  Nobody cares so they just sit 

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• Golden Hour
  By Hannah (Year 8, Clarence High School)

  A gentle breeze flutters through leaves.
  A warm golden light illuminates the glade.
  The open sky turns a light orange, speckled with clouds.
  Lush emerald grass sways as the wind nudges it lightly.

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• The Wattle Corpse
  By Ni (Year 9, Mitcham Girls High School)

  The leaves rustle in the wind, whispering secrets to those who bother to listen.
  They tell of a clearing, deep within the forest's heart, where the warm sunlight shines and the dust particles dance like little grey ballerinas in their spotlight of gold.
  There lies a serene corpse, flesh all but amanitas and chantrelle.
  The life of a young one, dr…

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• The Gum Tree
  By Nixon (Year 5, St Peter's Primary School)

  Oh remarkable rain,
  you fall graciously like the soft snow.
  Making my leaves move in the wind and blow.
  Radiant, extraordinary, helping me grow,

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• Kangaroo Poem
  By Shreya (Year 6, Abbotsleigh)

  Bouncing like a ball, it swiftly jumps
  As it soars through the air, with huge skips
  It’s a piece of elastic that bounces, skips and hops
  It’s constantly on the move, but when will it stop?

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• Step in
  By Odette (Year 8, Burwood Girls High School)

  I inhale,
  this clean grass,
  these fresh fumes of the air,
  This sound of grumbling pebbles rumbling under my feet

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• My Country
  By Margot (Year 6, Abbotsleigh)

  The water circulates the dam,
  Glistening in the sun.
  The trees, shrivelled and ancient,
  Swaying in the breeze.

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• The Clearing
  By Sean (Year 7, Oxford Falls Grammar School)

  Wind rustles around my hair, whistling through the canopy of light.
  The clearing is small, but is full of joy and though it’s cold, I don’t feel the wind’s bite
  Birdsong echoes around the old trees proudly standing as tall as mountains.
  I touch the calloused bark of a tall warrior, who is still battling and overcoming the elements

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