Our World

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by Colette aged 12

We live on this world all together,
And we’ll live on this world nearly forever.

We need to keep this world clean,
We need now to keep it green.

We are the future, this is us,
You don’t have to be a wuss.

Everybody, everywhere,
It’s all right. It IS fair
That everybody does their share.

It’s not hard to pick up litter,
Come on now, don’t be bitter.

You can do it by yourself,
You don’t need to have a lot of wealth.

The world is dying but it’s not too late!
All we have to do is to cooperate.

Poverty is Wrong

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by Gabri aged 7

Are poor people not worthy?
Should those un-wealthy
Stay hungry and thirsty?

Let’s forge a society,
Where we can all be unified as one,
A place where all,
Men, women and children alike,
Can have a roof over their heads.

So,
Help me uplift this endless blanket of inequality,
For our future,
For our prosperity.

Lost In The Desert Race

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by Ahmad aged 12

I was doing well in the desert race,
Again and again I went, PACE, PACE, PACE
But still in my struggling will
I felt nauseous and soon fell, exhausted,
And when I woke up in that barren land,
Almost all I could see was just sand.

I chose a direction, and started walking,
And for a while, nothing shocking,
But soon enough, night fell,
The water in my bottle, not doing well

And there I saw, running at me,
A hyena or two, at full speed
So I started running, as fast as I could,
And hid under, a random piece of wood

I could hear them snarling, wanting to eat,
But luckily, I wasn’t their meat
And as I should, after that fright,
I slept under that wood, into the night.

The next day I woke up with energy,
But still the hunger had got to me,
So I ventured on and saw an oasis,
And oh, I was so ecstatic, I felt I’d won the races

So I ate the fruits, drank the water,
Until no longer I was starving like a cat,
But I recognised this oasis,
And looked at my map, and sure enough,
It was near one of the roots of the race,

So again I was running, without a thought,
Never thinking I would ever be so near the end,
And when I left that barren land, full of sand,
I decided I would never again be competing,
IN THE DESERT RACE.

A Piece of my Dream

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by Aoife aged 12

A piece of peace we pursue and chase,
to find a world where we have place.
Without rebellion, ruckus and race,
this world I hope, one day to embrace.

After a fall, a fight or a fright,
to be united is to bring light.
A world that’s beautiful, brilliant and bright,
is right in front of us, not yet out of sight.

These idealistic fantasies may be my pointless phantasies,
my naivety, my immaturity, I’m blinded by fallacies.
But still I try, even as I tire,
to bring hope, to bring light, to ignite a fire

We are separated by the oceans, connected by the seas,
connected like a cloth, ripped by the seams.
Connected by love, separated by hate,
and yet, do not fret, it is still not too late.

Because like the sun, we will always rise,
in the daring dawn, with the cerulean sky.
Because like the moon, we control the tides,
in the darkening dusk, creating ties that bind.

Us Children

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by Isla aged 12

if us children are not educated right,
this world of ours will not be as bright,
for if you leave our brains to rust,
our earth will turn to dust.

we can be the first to hope and to heal,
we can be the last to suffer and to feel,
pain should not be what we seek,
as pain is what makes us all so bleak.

we go to school every day,
just so we can learn to find a way,
us children will be the ones to practice and preach,
so this is why we need people to tell and teach.

The Ocean

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by Amay aged 11

Tidal waves crash into the shore while crabs scurry across the floor
For ocean pollution there is always a solution
The ocean as endless as space.
The divers dive while the fish thrive

The coral reef colorful, beautiful and wonderful.
The ship on the ocean moving with motion.
Deep, deep, deep in the twilight zone many fish call it home.
Many big fish like the great white fish thrive while small fish try to survive.

Equal Rights

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by Michal aged 12

We need equal rights
for women and men, boys and girls
So pull up your socks
and tell the government
We will fight our way
until we get equal rights
Then we
will be
HAPPY

No War

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by Abeeha aged 12

The war must stay outta here,
peace must linger in here.
Why war? Why not peace?
Hearing shooting and screaming,
hearing guns and bombs
houses destroyed.

Starving for food
dying for water,
not able to live
not able to eat bread
dead bodies all around
blood everywhere.

All alone
with no one else
children cry
no parents by their side
my heart sinks
to see it like this.
Would you like to be in a
place like this ?

The Wrench

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by Dara aged 12

On a broken bench a spare wrench lay.
A lift and a few screws, the bench was as good as new,
but the wrench was done and through.
Now as it lay on the new bench the broken wrench stuck.
With no suspense it lay to rest in vain.
Wishing that it could be used again just like that day.

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Games We Play

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by Daniel C. aged 12

Games like Roblox
Are pretty fun to play
Games are things we play every day
Fortnight, Minecraft
Among Us and more
Games are things
That people live for
Some games are healthy
like hide’ n ‘seek and tag
Some games are not
Like ones with a red flag
From kids to adults
They all want to play
Because games are things
We play in every way