Student poems
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The Rainforest
By Lulu (Year 5, Templestowe Park Primary School)Living giants reach beyond the forest canopy
engulfing me in a murky blanket plunging the
forest into darkness.
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Seed of the end
By Ryan (Year 8, Chatswood High School)The barren land run down by machines
Roots ripped out by heartless humans
Rain comes trickling down
In hope that a new life can be found -
Panda
By Paige (F/K, Perth College)Panda
Black, White
Piggy-Backing,
Pulling, Walking, -
Connected Souls
By Max (Year 4, Jamberoo Public School)Lush green leaves
Created with tiny white veins
Calling each other
Like connected souls -
Nature Always Wins
By Arlo (Year 5, Jamberoo Public School)The fire has been here for three days now
But it still rages on
An orange fungus growing rapidly -
Waterfall
By Imelda (Year 5, Jamberoo Public School)As the water rages its way down
A flock of birds come out of the mist
It looked as if they were going to drown
Then I saw a platypus come out chasing an otter -
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Joy and Fear
By Hanna (Year 5, Jamberoo Public School)A flock of birds
swoop swoop swoop
My feet touch the ground
crunch crunch -
Gone
By India (Year 5, Jamberoo Public School)Smoke fell over the Gum Trees
Burning, Killing, Destroying
The blaze; a deep orange colour
Letting nothing escape -
The Wind
By Rose (Year 4, Port Kembla Public School)Swish swoosh! The leaves are flying away,
Rising from the ground no longer they stay,
The wind has come,
The birds start to hum, -
A, Bee, C
By Ryan (Year 8, Chatswood High School)A factory of workers in
The thick gooey castle
With sweet delicate chambers
Full of potential and growth -
Escape to Safety
By Ella (Year 4, Jamberoo Public School)Fire will spread everywhere
Watch out!
The inferno is approaching
Warn everyone in the town -
Stream of songs
By Ryan (Year 8, Chatswood High School)Following the trickling stream
It feels as if I’m in a dream
The whimsical nature of this kingdom
A place of critters as well as wisdom -
Cheetah
By Daisy (F/K, Perth College)Cheetah
Yellow, Dotty
Pouncing,
Growling, Running. -
Little Magic Parrot
By Ella (Year 4, Jamberoo Public School)Little magic parrot,
Oh how much you mean to me,
Soaring through the summer air,
Thought to disappear but they're still there, -
The Colours of Nature
By Beau (Year 3, Jamberoo Public School)Green leaves swaying on the tree
Red leaves ready to fall
Brown leaves crunch on feet
Yellow sun shining bright -
Sanctuary
By Kiara (Year 3, Jamberoo Public School)Rustling leaves, birds singing,
swaying trees stretching across
the big blue sky
the clouds look like -
crow culture
By Fig (Year 12, Diamond Valley College)i am a crow dark and hollowed out
having forgotten how to whisper i call to you (poet of the night as
predisposed to the sorrow and gentle loneliness as unkind
and bound for the sky the big light on like a moon while you sleep) -
The beach
By Kye (Year 6, Fairy Meadow Demonstration School)The beach is my brother I waddle into the salt air
The sand as hot as coal and yet soft as a pillow
Sand falling through the tips of my toes
The water crawling up the sand, touching my toes, washing the sand away -
The land
By Amy (Year 6, Mount Ousley Public School)Beautiful trees on the land, where we are today, we take care of the land, respect the trees, please!
Nature is slowly dying, one plant at a time
Its life, now gone, tree leaves shake like shiny bracelets,
Please just protect the land, we live on the land.
