Standing by the window ~ by Luisa

This week we have been continuing our poetry reading. 
We read Journey through the stars by Alan Bagnall (SJ P4 N2 2004). 
It's a charming poem about looking down at the stars. Yes, down. The author wrote it from the perspective of a boat in the middle of the ocean. Looking at the reflection of the stars in the ocean. Following this we tried creating our poems with hidden meanings.

Read Luisa's poem Standing by the window
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Holidays - By Sean

This week we wrote poems using the five senses and a colour to describe our holidays. 

Read Sean's poem about the holidays, or more of Sean's work on his blog. 

HOLIDAYS.

Holidays are blue  like the shining sky

Holidays taste like warm dinner on a dark night

Holidays smell like no school the next day

Holidays look like freedom away from school

Holidays sounds like nature all around me

Holidays feels like smooth air on my skin

Holidays.

By Sean.

The Kitchen - by Honey

 This week we have been writing poems. Some of us read a poem about Aliens (from School Journal 
Part 4 Number 1, 1992 page.18) The aliens were coming and we needed to mess up the bathroom to prepare for their invasion. We then tried to make our own similar poems about the kitchen using irony. Read Honey's poem below. 

The Kitchen

Eat your food and don’t clean the mess

Try your best to not impress.

Don’t clean your dishes

Don’t scrub them too

incomes my  mother “ I’ll clean the mess for you!”

Leave the cupboard doors open, for sure they will close

It will attract your pet’s attention, lead by the nose.

“Bang!” shouts  the pan as it drops on the floor

As you can see, your mess has spread more!

Don’t worry, it’s not as much of a huge problem

It just makes you feel awesome.

Set up a soccer set inside the kitchen,

you don’t need to ask your parents for permission.

You get a soccer ball made out of cheese,

don’t be careful if you have lost the keys.

-Honey

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