I am excited to get on the moon.
I open the hatch. I jump down.
I jump and jump and jump until I see an alien.
(My mummy corrected the spelling as I spelt alien (ailiean) and excited (ixitid)
Runner-up. Well done.
From Earth on a clear black night
You see it shining bright
You say to yourself
You want to go out,
You want to go to the moon one night
One very strong-armed man
Accomplished this very great plan
He went up on a ship
With oxygen tanks above his hips
Flying to the moon
When the little capsule landed
He stepped one foot out,
The surface dusted
With gray stardust flying everywhere
The zero gravity effect
So fun to play in
The horizon blurry and shiny
So fun gaze at
From Earth on a clear black night
You see it shining bright
You want to go out
Just because you can’t out, don’t pout!
You see it out without a cloud in sight!
WINNER
I’m beautiful up in the sky,
I’m magical yet I cannot fly,
to people I bring luck,
to some people, riches.
The boy at the end
does whatever he wishes
What am I?
A rainbow!!!
You saw me where I could not be.
yet, often you see me.
What am I?
Reflection
Reaching stiffly for the sky, I bare my fingers when it’s cold.
In warmth I wear an emerald glove and in between I dress in gold.
What am I?
A tree
WINNER
Oh yes! It’s me ,
I have seven colours,
I shine like a vibrant group of colours
In the sky,
You can see me in the day but never in the night,
I am not a circle, but I am half of it,
I am not a colour box, but I have lot of it,
You jump when I come out,
You go around and shout,
Guess whom are we talking about?
Yes it’s me, a Rainbow!
WINNER
You loved the smell of forest fires
Sometimes, you would run out
into the open air
and inhale insatiably.
When the fires were milder
You would drag me with you
to the edge of the outback
to show me the stray flames
licking at the bark
barbecuing it like an infernal feast.
I cried each time
not because it hurt me
but because, I thought that
maybe my tears
would extinguish the embers.
I never forgot to look up at the sky
to relieve my pupils of the fiery hues,
where an ash tree loomed over
telling me, the graveyard wasn’t full yet.
That day, I could smell the cinder
As you flung open the windows.
I trudged along the dirt road with you
till we reached a clearing.
I looked up, expecting the ash tree.
Something very similar greeted me:
a pile of ash.
We walked to the hospital after that.
‘At least he doesn’t smoke’,
the doctor said,
handing you a nicotine patch.
ashtray
WINNER
Now you’re stuck in a scary cave
You don’t know what to do.
Just follow my advice
It will definitely help you.
A riddle
WINNER
Fast a lightning
Runs as smooth as ice
Colourful spotted skin
Creeps up on his pray, quieter than a mouse
Blends in so well no one can ever see it
Chases and kills anything that crosses its path
It is so fast that you only get a very small glimpse of it and sometimes you never see it go straight past you
Cheetah
WINNER
Sing,
Chirp,
Melody fly,
Wings flap,
As I glide,
Tweet,
Whistle,
Sing a song,
Swoop,
Loop the loop,
Can you guess what I am?
Silk sewn petals,
Smooth at the touch,
Intricate colours colliding much,
Delicately shaped and in a bud,
Opening only to the sun’s love,
Opening to the rain’s care,
Opening to the fresh air,
Pink, lilac and pretty,
The flower.
A small fish in the deep blue sea, the dotty nose,
Red, yellow, white, with fine dark spots,
A huge candy in a fancy dress, icy cold eyes,
A gentle smile and, snowflakes in the background
Awesome wings and a pink rose in the middle,
Hanging in my hair,
A piece of pink meat, like a triangular prism,
Pink, purple, and yellow inside,
Attached with the yellow long string,
A purple cover swinging on my shoulder,
Pointy yellow edges on a pink surface,
Irons my hair,
A greenery of knowledge, with a bed of ants,
A pink brick, checks my mistakes with black ink spilt on it,
I notice all the expressions of faces,
I feel their feelings,
Tiny words with big circles for balancing,
The bus rides through the streets,
A green soft soap without bubbles,
Cleans my body and my mind,
My vast imagination, and my small world of erasers.