Hello, hello I’m a tree ,
I wish you humans never cut me down.
I feel crushed, I feel dead ,
I feel like I am going to die.
I have seen my friends broken down to dust,
I see your houses, I see your glee.
I close my eyes hoping I could fly ,
To some place that I would never die.
I wish you had time to be grateful,
I dream you were not so hateful.
The one who leaves me behind.
I’m left on the streets.
You just walk by.
I just can’t interpret your mind.
And all the loves lost.
The heart beats.
The sound fades.
I lose hope as it goes away.
The fate is there,
On the ground.
I just don’t have the energy to get around.
Take a step,
Fall down.
Get up again and you push me to the ground.
The heart beats.
The sound fades.
I lose hope as it goes away.
Look up, I’m stared at.
Bending down you give me a piece.
Then walk away in peace.
I Look at it as if it were a diamond.
The precious piece is stolen.
I glared at him, with all the glory taken away.
The heart beats.
The sound fades.
I lose hope as it goes away.
As a storm breaks out,
There’s nobody on the streets.
My clothes are wet, I’m in half-sleeves,
All I can do is call out for the one who is complete.
I miraculously made it through the night.
Open my eyes to see the light.
Unlike last night the streets were full of fright.
The heart beats.
The sound fades.
I lose hope as it goes away.
Everything is calm.
Just as you stroll along.
You take a step back and exclaim “You stink!
My tummy’s grumbling for I haven’t eaten.
It grumbles again and I start to feel the pain.
People peeping at me with silence that is plain.
The heart beats.
The sound fades.
I lose hope as it goes away.
And it goes away for eternity.
WINNING POEM
Walking down the street
Happy in my feet
Looking forward with glee
At a fish and chip tea
Seeing Rainbows as we walk back
Chips on a plate in a great big stack
Yum!
I was on my way to a brand new home
But to get there I had to take risks
I thought about how my life was before
And knew I had to push on.
I had to walk 5 miles, maybe 10, maybe 20
But I could see a path up ahead
This would be the last challenge I faced
But maybe, maybe I could survive.
The chronicle said I would face certain death
But perhaps for once it was wrong
I summoned up all my courage and jumped
And fell.
I fell into what seemed like an abyss
But landed in the arms of a stranger
Who told me about their life and dreams
I realised I had found my place.
Dream is a friend,
She’s happy and kind.
Nightmare, to be dream, pretends,
He’s horrid and lives in the subconscious mind.
One cannot exist without the other,
So must live in harmony.
Although they are visions,
They’re stronger than we can imagine.
What is happening in the town,
People wearing masks
And looking all around.
We all have a task to keep everyone safe,
In this time of Coronavirus.
We all have to create,
Bubbles which will help us keep our distance
From others who are fighting as part of the resistance.
I love the rough waves of the sea
The way the wash of the waves
are like horses, galloping
Racing fastest just as the waves crash down
But slowing until nothing is left
As the wave hits the shore
The way that the deep blue of the sea and sky
Contrasts with the yellow sun and sand
And the white of the fluffy clouds and wash
Like a peacock showing off
its many colours
Displayed like a perfect painting
The way that the sea holds life
Like a giant house for most of Earth
With turtles and fish within
With waves for giant bodyguards
Stopping you from swimming
too far from your boat
The sound of the sea
is like a lion, roaring
As the thundering waves
Crash down, water sprays
And keeps on going
Until the wave hits the shore.
I always think about my Great Nanny Bridget,
I like it when i can go and visit,
My Great Nanny Bridget is 90 years old,
She has a heart full of gold.
I see what’s happening
I see what’s bad
I see what’s good and the things that are sad
I see a world full of lots of different feelings
Good, bad, crazy, scared, happy, excited, confusing
I see hope when I watch plants grow
I see nature
Birds and bees, spiders and snails
I see trees, they help us breath
We must look after nature
The planet can’t survive is nature isn’t alive
I would like to see a world with peace, good health and hope
When things get hard, I look for people that can help
WINNING POEM
When it is raining,
and the moon is shining just like the sun,
maybe the stars will form a rainbow
shining the colour of the night sky.
No one knows if it will.
You could see one in the sky
at night.
Tell me if it is colourful
or not.
It might be shiny
or it might be pale.
Tell me in the morning if you do,
or if you don’t.
I have seen it.
Maybe you have too?
If it doesn’t come out at first,
just wait.
If it shines like the sun or the moon
will it light up your room?
Like a flower shining in the night.