Student poems

• The Ways Of The Sea
  By Liam (Year 6, King Street Public School)

  The serene sea sits silently.
  Then the country of clouds encloses her
  like an army poised to attack.
  She grows weary as the rain falls on her flesh - splash!

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• The Green Turtle
  By Layla (Year 5, Caddies Creek Public School)

  Faster than a cheetah in water
  He slowly swims towards the jellyfish
  It stops
  So does the Great Green Turtle

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• Crystal Clear Trees
  By Aarav (Year 6, Trinity Grammar Preparatory)

  The light in the sky shone brightly, everlastingly,
  The one object in a world deprived of sunny feelings.
   
  The sun that was reflected across the high seas beamed everlastingly, 

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• Our Land
  By Daniel (Year 6, Trinity Grammar Preparatory)

  The cool breeze brushes my hair
  Clouds flood the air
  The red rocky land
  The warm sand

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• Blue Mountains
  By Oliver (Year 5, Caddies Creek Public School)

  The leaves rustle as the wind blows.
  The birds chirp and the sun shines.
  More peaceful and quiet the higher I go.
   

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• Flowers
  By Aaliyah (F/K, Kyeemagh Public School)

  Flowers
  bright, pink
  blooming, picking, growing
  The flowers are pink.

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• The Waterfall
  By Lyla (Year 6, Byron Bay Public School)

  The cold, mysterious breeze blows the slim branches,
  The crunchy leaves fly around giving everything a fragrant, perfumed smell.
  Water splashes like a volcano about to erupt.
  Gently accompanied with a whiff of salty air,

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• The day I lost someone
  By Marvin (Year 6, Trinity Grammar Preparatory)

  Feeling grief linger around me like a cloud,
  Raining heavy hail stones of cold dread.
  Hearing the rustle of nature as I walk by,
  These are the memories that drift past and force me to smile.

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• Kangaroo
  By Shanviya (Year 1, Karwan Primary School)

  Kangaroo has a baby joey
  You can see the kangaroo's baby
  The baby is born a kangaroo
  The baby kangaroo is trying to jump

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• Poor Plant
  By Sophie (Year 6, Illawarra Christian School)

  Enjoying the lush green rainforest,
  Looking at the beautiful trees,
  Hearing the birds singing,
  3 by 3 by 3.

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• Emu
  By Panav (Year 5, Blacktown North Public School)

  Emus are strong swimmers.
  They give me the shivers.
  They live 25-28 years.
  That surprised my peers.

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• Fearless Fire
  By Harry (Year 5, St Joseph's Primary School, Bulli)

  Plants drinking nutrients,
  A still, stone sky.
  Dry bark, not a single spark.
  Some plants too hurt, too burnt.

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• Pyromaniac bait
  By Caitlin (Year 12, Erindale College)

  Sisters come in sets of three,
  branches intertwined like threads of fate.
  Our triad of old trunks,
  huddled together like hunched crones.

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• sugar gliders
  By Ryan (Year 6, The Anglican School Googong)

  The wind rustles through the leaves 
  as a silhouette glides through the night 
  from tree to tree it jumps in the darkness
  it turns to 

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• Australian nature
  By Aryan (Year 7, Newman Catholic College)

  Australian nature, unique and beautiful.
  The divine rainforests filled with species that are amazingly fanciful.
  Platypus, crocodile, kangaroo, koala and emu.
  These are amazing species that inhabit our bush

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• The Outback
  By Phoenix (Year 6, Ross Park Primary School)

  Spiky spinifex all around, But soon to be pulled out of the ground. Tall gentle gumtrees, so amazing to see, But soon to turn to ash. A relaxing river that is soon to dry up, You can hear it sizzle… SSSsSsSSss! Buzzing bees near the bottlebrushes, gathering nectar for Mother Nature. But the brushes will fall. Beautiful birds with so many colors, f…

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• The Forest
  By Ally (Year 5, Candelo Public School)

  The sky fades into darkness as the trees feel alive 
  The crunchy bark falls off the trees 
  As I seek the trees they find me
  I search through the forest 

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• The River in the Eye
  By George (Year 12, Narrabundah College)

  In the river, in the eye,
  a slash of silver caught her mind.
  It lasted but a moment,
  and again the river was black.

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• Childhood Memories
  By Myles (Year 7, Vincentia High School)

  Rays of light flow through the glass,
  As I remember all these memories from the past.
  I skipped around on the ground,
  When I almost never frowned.

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• Bee
  By Nora (Year 3, Kyeemagh Public School)

  Big, busy bee.
  Easy as can be.
  Excellent queen.
  She's working all day long.
  

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