My Little Man

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by Eliza Rutherford aged 6

There is a little man
Who lives inside my head
No one can hear him
But I can hear him loud and clear

He tells me to be naughty
But I know that is just not right
I love my little man
Because I can see him in the moon

Three Young Men!

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by Luliana aged 9

Fifty years ago you see
three young men set off their leave
unaware of this amazing sight!
Could it be that one night
three young men set of their leave?

Light in the Night

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by Nishat aged 10

Little times you see me
I see you all the time
Gravity here is less
High up in the sky
Tide is who I control

Moon Landings

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by Jessamie Riley-Ennis aged 5

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)

On the Moon’s Horizon

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by Olive aged 9

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!

Riddles, Oh Riddles

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by Hanshika aged 10

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

In the Sky

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by Samaira Pareek aged 8

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!

Guess What?

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by Iona Mandal aged 12

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

 

How Can You Escape?

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by Blessing aged 9

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

What Is It?

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by Jasmine aged 10

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