Student poems
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Tree drops
By Arianna (Year 8, Elderslie High School)Water falls from the sky
Covering all nature in its way
The tree's leaves whimper
being pummelled by rain -
Lionesses
By Amelia (Year 6, St Jude's Primary School)A lioness’s freedom,
Is a worthy thing to boast.
Their grace and pure muscle,
Their gorgeous sandy coats. -
Animal Farm
By Johnnie (Year 3, St Patrick's Primary School)Kangaroo here, kangaroo there
Kangaroo everywhere
Hip hop here I come chasing
Them is so much fun -
The Place to Be
By Jermone (Year 1, Holy Saviour Primary School)The sky is dark,
The trees have rough bark.
The leaves sound like waves in the ocean,
So many different greens, like a magical potion! -
The forest and the trees
By Ada (Year 4, West Ryde Public School)The forest trees shook as one, their crispy red leaves falling
A tiger tearing through the trees like a baby bawling
The rabbits eating sweet berries
A group of crazy and chaotic children coming to pick cherries -
Our Happy Place
By Tiana (Year 9, St Margaret's Anglican Girls School)The anchor is released from the sand below the ocean, engine revving while the waves manoeuvre the boat back and forth, we ride past the islands that stand alone as the water gets deeper and bluer. The water jumps up hitting against my lips, making my lips salty, a satisfying taste. The breeze runs through my thick curls as I look around in awe. T… -
The forest secret
By Bridget (Year 5, Golden Hill Steiner School)I walk through the forest with a twisted canopy above me.
The leaves sway in the wind as if they were dancing.
Up above the blue sky is hidden by a mess of tangled branches.
The meanings within are tangled up in branches that seem to spiral forever. -
Family Nauture
By Chase (Year 6, St Joseph's Catholic School)Beautiful flowers, calming waters and majestic trees
Rolling greens, the birds and the bees
Wild winds and sunny days
So much beauty in diverse ways -
The rain forest
By Braxton (Year 3, Alexandria Park Community School)Once there was a rain forest and a bird named Boris. He had a brother named Morris. And they loved being brothers even know they would fight all the time with each other.
All the animals ate peas and sneezed all the time .And that's a bit weird for animals to do that. Does your animal eat peas and sneeze all the time because the answers probab… -
life goes on
By Gabrielle (Year 7, Strathfield Girls High School)To a vigilante the area might have looked peaceful, quiet even,
But there was one who knew the truth.
Throughout all the chaos there was one that stood till the end,
After years of destruction one remained to see the light of the next day. -
Nature
By Kyle (Year 9, Clarence High School)The trees in the wind
The coloured creatures within
The apex of life
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She-oak Tree
By Charlotte (Year 3, Montmorency Primary School)She-oak needles
Crawl with beetles
Growing along the river
The wind makes the tree quiver -
Bottle Brush
By Elsie (Year 3, Morphett Vale East School R-7)Bottlebrush trees with red flowers that can’t hurt you.
In the fresh air all the red colour like silks blow through your hair.
The bursting colours can make you fall asleep.
Picture the tree in your mind, -
Special Seasons
By Evie (Year 2, Stanford Merthyr Infants School)Blooming breezes, fluttering bees
Trembling, waving, thumping seas
Crackling, crunching, cracking trees
Shaking, shivering, freezing knees -
Depths of Ocean
By Annika (Year 6, Wollongong Public School)Waves, frothy, white like snow
Turning, tumbling, down I go
Dragging, hauling, snarling at me
Fading light the last I’ll see -
Beauty of a Beach
By Akshay (Year 6, Quakers Hill East Public School)The beach is cool,
much better than the pool.
It's full of good vibes,
with people swimming in the rough tides. -
Water
By Archie (Year 6, Manly West Public School)Water, running, evaporating, falling,
Key to our survival,
Water, moving, vapourizing, descending,
The cycle, -
Rocks
By Ristan (Year 5, Dulwich Hill Public School)Ragged and romantic
Once molten
Crawling into every crevice of nature
Klutzy shapes and sizes
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The ineffable feeling
By Sofia (Year 10, Yule Brook College)I wish to run to the tree
Feel its roots and slump on the dancing grass
I amble through the door
The bark tickling my palms as birds whisper -
Family
By Gayelene (Teacher, Yarram Oaks Primary School)We were so sad, we left our houses to live in a tree.
Of course we were together, our limbs tangled,
our breaths breathing in each other’s bodies.
The tree told us we could only be temporary.