Student poems
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Wallumarra
By Ryan (Year 9, Engadine High School)Beyond the path
A subtle depression
A kingdom untouched
Always unseen -
Our Meadow
By Sophie (Year 11, Toorak College)Trees whispering secrets
of times long ago,
dancing lithely in the breeze.
Animals lounging, laying, lazing -
In The Thicket
By Maadhurya (Year 4, Darcy Road Public School)In the thicket
Silence breaks
Sparks of colour
Swift but still slow -
Nature is alive - forever
By Alaina (Year 4, Blackheath Public School)Each blade of grass has a life,
and every tree.
A tree can hold a nest.
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We Are Not The Devils
By Gabriel (Year 8, Launceston Church Grammar School)My home has been destroyed
Where all my things belong
The humans call us devils
But they did all the wrong -
Ocean
By Sasha (Year 7, Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School)In oceans deep, where secrets lie,
A world unknown, beneath the sky.
Majestic waves, in endless motion,
Whisper tales of life's devotion. -
Devastation
By Alessia (Year 8, Sacre Coeur (Sacré Cœur))The bushes intertwined, strongly hugging the vines,
but that was years ago.
The trees stood tall, never to fall,
abundant in leaves swaying low. -
The Mountains
By Austin (Year 5, Newcastle Grammar School)Below the bright life-giving Sun,
Tall blue mountains stir,
covered in a blanket of eucalyptus trees
like a tall man with his head in thick clouds. -
Oh, Night Sky
By Isla (Year 5, Hillcrest Christian College)You make me feel like I am one of your stars.
Your stars are like glitter in the sky in the sky.
Your moon shines bright as the sun.
You make my heart twinkle. -
Save Dingoes
By Winston (Year 3, Kangaroo Island Community Education - Parndana Campus)We need to save dingoes!
By not shooting them for meat
they are very fast and
they live in the desert -
Nature, taken for granted.
By Gabriel (Year 7, Patrician Brothers' College Fairfield)Close your eyes and imagine the most beautiful nature could ever be.
Now look outside and tell me, what do you see?
You may hear the life around you calling to you, pleading for help.
Its pain is unendurable, its life slowly being drained. -
sharks
By Wael (Year 3, Blacktown North Public School)sharks shuffling their tail all around the place and they dive in the shadow to see more shuffling sharks.
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Earth
By Oli (Year 7, St Ignatius' College Athelstone)Semi-spherical,
Imperfect, a living rock
The Earth, breath of life.
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A Whale's Wings
By Marley (Year 6, West Launceston Primary School)Coastal cliffs, lit-up lighthouses, floral fields, the surface.
Deep in the eerily silent ocean, is whale's haven.
Unlike the surface, where the waves leap, dive, splash.
A world beneath ours. -
My nest ones home now prison
By Regan (Year 5, Cedars Christian College)l am alone
Can’t
Move
My body stiff -
Tasmanian devils
By Abbey (Year 6, Knox Gardens Primary School)Oh fierce and fiery Tazzy Devil.
With liveliness you truly revel.
In the vast lands of Tasmania's Isle.
Your presence lights up every mile. -
Toongari Reserve
By Lukas (Year 7, Barrenjoey High School)The sound of
Bunnies running,
Birds hunting,
Balls bouncing -
A place called paradise
By Sebastian (Year 5, Mount Ousley Public School)I see a massive mountain, nature at its best
The leaves sway on the branches, I see a place called paradise.
The mountain is as green as tropical trees.
The trees talk to each other as they wave in the air. -
Northern Lights
By Mary (Year 5, Mount Eliza Primary School)Twisting, twirling, seemingly moving glowing green surrounded by a halo of tiny diamonds.
Light reflecting on the glassy water below I watch as it slowly consumes the night sky.
Mountains grasping at the emerald sky while it dances around the stars on an inky black backdrop.
Green lights prance like whisps of smoke and as it turns the landscape green… -
Rockpool
By Ava (Year 5, Abbotsleigh Junior School)Far away, in a place I knew
Rocks sunbathed in teal waters
Hermits in dog whelk shells scuttled along.
But as a ripple passed through the water
