Competition Entry

Chocolate that’s melted and brown
Chocolate that’s crunchy and round,
Chocolate that’s white and dark,
Chocolate the colour of bark
Chocolate that’s sugary and toffee
Chocolate that tastes like coffee
Chocolate that’s soft and hard
Chocolate that’s on a card
Chocolate that’s in an Easter egg
Chocolate that’s on a gingerbread man’s leg
Chocolate in the made up word parlottei
Chocolate in me, Charlottei

Concealer, foundation, blusher,
Am I good enough now?
Bs and A*s
Am I good enough now?
Rings, Designer Clothes, an expensive phone,
Am I good enough now?
Mansion, riches, diamonds,
Am I good enough now?
Blue contacts, a blonde wig,
Am I good enough now?
I changed for you.
ARE YOU GOOD ENOUGH?

Leksi is a brilliant dancer
Has just done a handstand
He has a kind family,
Can do a cartwheel,
Can go on Poetry Zone,
Can fly like Wonder Woman,

Unicorns shine
They glimmer in the sun
Their horns shoot out rainbows
Then dance on the clouds and have lots of fun

The flowers are growing from the ground,
Bees are buzzing all around,
Bunnies coming out of their burrows,
Hopping all over the fields that belong to farmers.
Lambs being born,
Chicks are hatching too,
The Easter bunny,
Hiding eggs,
Bright colours all,
This is Spring!

Droplets of dew sit on thin blades of grass,
morning sun rises to spread an even glow,
The cloudless sky makes room for the sun,
Sent up in silence among the secrets whispering between the trees…
Warm breezes hummed past blankets of tulips
Telling tales of daffodils
Sweet aromas of jasmine wafted through the air
Lavenders and daisies smelt like exotic perfumes
Bought for the finest
Swarms of bees gathered to collect nectar,
Butterflies showed off their extravagant coats,
As they confidently fluttered away,
To their next destination
Starlings sung harmoniously in a choir,
Alerting passers-by that summer was creeping in the air
During the afternoon, children cheered
Whilst playing their games
Sun kissed faces, hugged by beams of sunlight
Ripples of ice cream was enjoyed by all
As an affordable delicacy
Adults ambled without a care
Setting sun, streams of red purple and orange,
Created dancing ribbons in through the dimly lit sky
The landscape changes for now
Another sun, another day

It took me a long time
to think of this poem.
But now I
recite it to you.

To all little children,
I have to say.
To all poets,
Well done!!!!

If I could fly, I’d go to the moon,
If I had a wish, I’d give it to you,
If I were invisible, I’d steal you a flower,
If I were famous, you would be too,
If I were rich, there would be nothing too new,
If I could say something to the world, it’d be thank you!

As a child I was so excited to have a doll,
well obviously I was four or five,
like what do you expect from a toddler?
Oh, I know what you wanted from me,
you thought I would learn my times tables
and be a smarty pants
but time went by quickly
and I was a child
and I could think about was how I would pass my SATS?
But once again time passed and I was a tween
and all I could think of were I-phones,
but once again time passed and I was a teenager
and all I could think of were boys.
Now I’m an adult and worry about stuff,
like who will take the kids to school?
But you’re lucky because you’re a kid
and you have all the time in the world.
Hopefully you will have the same ambition
and dreams
and you will go to a great university
the best of wishes
Samira.

I love fireworks because fireworks are bright
They are my light
Fireworks shine throughout the night
Hopefully the fireworks make their way to the light
Even if fireworks pass by a kite
People might not have good sight
When a firework passes everything’s all right