Student poems
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Untie The Shoes
By Scout (Year 11, Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School)There is a beating against what was
Sit still in silence. In silence!
It shatters, falls apart, crumbles at your touch.
My sneakers the blue ones. Yes. You know the pair -
There is a painting in an antique shop that reminded me of you
By Grace (Year 11, Ormiston College)No bigger than a walnut,
Framed in a tiny slice of weathered glass
Cork back pressing it to the screen
I look at you through the pane. -
Pop’s Knife
By Theo (Year 7, Marist Regional College)Swish!
Swish!
Swish!
The blade swings down held in hand by youth and life -
Four-Leaf Clover
By Zarlia (Year 6, Morphett Vale East Primary School)Hearts circling each other,
Endlessly spreading, as if it was spilling honey.
Smells like the freshness of mint,
Looks like a mini forest for tiny insects. -
Fairy Godmother
By Phoebe (Year 8, Balmoral School)A while back we got a gift,
It was magical, powerful,
A protecting goddess,
She waited till we fell asleep, -
Keep on Dreaming
By Aira (Year 11, Takapuna Grammar School)What is your dream?
Who are you, what do you see in the mirror
Walk your own path, even if there are thorns
Be what you want to be even for one day -
Mother of Pearl
By Sophie (Year 7, Russley School)My thumb rubs against its lumpy shell
In the sun it shimmers like gold
It’s solid like a rock
If I lose it I'll crawl in a ball -
Husky
By Taika (Year 4, Woodlands Park Primary School)Two small eyes like coal buttons
A golden bell hangs around his neck
Stitches
He brings back memories of adventures with my family -
Greenstone
By Cheya-Leanne (Year 4, Manurewa East School)As green as the grass, or a lily pad.
Part of nature, sways with the trees.
My eyes are reflected in them, the same green.
My dad gave it to me, happy is my heart. -
On Considering The Stapler
By Tom (Year 9, Christ Church Grammar School)Fangs pointed; teeth bared,
Prey oblivious; ready to be snared,
A single push, a crunch, a wait,
Resistance comes much too late. -
Sticker Dot Doxology
By Blake Nuto (Teacher, St. Michael's Collegiate)I have this reel of golden stickers
And I place them like God, the galaxies.
When I was a boy
Making delicate, deliberate offerings -
Barbed Wire
By Joy Reid (Teacher, Gippsland Grammar)Does barbed wire resent its role
eternally racked between two posts
or does it relish the thought
of scorpion tails poised to strike? -
Midnight clock
By Akira (Year 7, Lyneham High School)tangible stillness
you’re
stuck
midnight -
Foundation
By Lourdes (Year 10, Villa Maria College)A small ornate bottle
Filled with a solution
A solution to many girls biggest fears
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The Clock
By Nechama (Year 7, Beth Rivkah Ladies College)The clock is sitting on the mantle.
Tick tock, tick.
The clock is watching me.
Tick tock, tick. -
A whiteboard marker
By Hakea Hustler (Teacher, Broome Senior High School)The whiteboard marker,
Marked the hearts and minds,
Of many open book,
For everything she gave, -
Binoculars
By Rose (Year 10, St Scholastica's College)My eyes belong to the ocean
To the infinite plateau of blue
Where whales bathe barnacled bellies in the sun
And break tails on soft waves of sea. -
My Snow Blue Husky
By Drishya (Year 5, Manurewa East School)My snow blue husky is as fluffy as a cloud,
As white as snow and adorable like a kitten.
My snow blue husky is blue like the sky on a sunny day,
It smells like candy and the eyes are my favourite part. -
Talismanic poem
By Jake (Year 8, Balmoral School)I have a special object, that only belongs to me.
It's very common, but mine is different.
My object has travelled New Zealand.
My object has survived many wears, years and tears. -
PS4
By Byron (Year 9, Lake Illawarra High School)Geometric white rhombus
Fresh new plastic skin
A jet engine roaring to life
Hot and rough
