The Fox and the Hen.

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by William Weir aged 7 1/2

One hundred years ago there was a hen who lived in a pen.
Now in the pen there was a very big den that the hen
loved so much that he slept in it every night and never
slept in his coop! Then there was the hen’s gloopy food
which was called ticer that slopped over his bowl.
The hen liked his den which, was of coarse in his pen.
One day, the hen decided to go out of the farm to collect
some more sticks for his den. On the way there, he met
a fox. Then the fox took the hen to his home where he
ate up the hen.

Africa

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by Prisha aged 12

Oh Africa, how beautiful you are
What generosity and beauty you have
all from a small part of the land
But why don’t people appreciate your beauty
why always the flaws?
why not the positives?
why only negatives?
Is it because you are still not completely developed?
Is it because most of the population is black?
Or is because people think that there are wild animals roaming all around the places?
Why don’t people appreciate you?

The real Africa is the one they never show.
The real one is hidden beneath all the poverty and death
but that is not what it has
It has more
The memories that you have made
the wonderful animals running all around in the wild,
the cold and soft breeze running though face,
the beauty of sunsets, Sunrise and silhouette.

Africa has all the beauty you can ever see
sooner or later you will be one of the most loved Continent of all
You are the most special Continent of all
and one day people will love to come and visit you every single day.

I LOVE YOU AFRICA

Solar Eclipses

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by Iliana aged 10

A Solar Eclipse isn’t just a time in space, the sun and moon meet,
The grace in the movements as they approach each other,
The moment as one meets another,
The event of a solar system celebrating as Sun and Moon reunite.
It’s too great to just be nothing.

The Sun was the giver of light,
So generous, so warm.
The Moon was ever so lonely,
Just a rocky surface with circular craters…
But fate pulled them together,
And the first Solar Eclipse was born,
Life could never be so sweet.

And ever since then,
After all of these wondering years,
The Sun and Moon still unite,
The Sun was still the same glowing radiance as before,
And still the warm-hearted, alluring beam of light
The Moon however, didn’t feel as alone,
As the Sun stained him with her shine,
And warmed his heart forever.

So tell me,
Is a Solar Eclipse just a moment in life where it’s worth looking into the sky?
Or is it a reunion, a celebration, and a love story in one?
Is this what love feels like?
Maybe it’s just space,
Or perhaps it’s something more,
The look of adoration,
The start of a friendship,
And love beyond infinity.

The Baby that was Zero

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by Mia aged 9

There was a baby
that was zero
He helped people
so he was a hero
and his name was Leo,

Leo was a hero
because he saved Theo
from Romeo

In the Garden

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by Maggie aged 10

In the garden ,
there was a bunny
eating honey,
that was funny

The garden ,
said Pardon?
His name was
in Latin

Love

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by MinJae Kim aged 8

Love is never simple
But tragic and bittersweet
Love awakens emotions
Faster than the heart can beat
Thoughts larger than the oceans
Even strength has to bow to love
Sometimes it drives people crazy
True love of not.

Equality

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by Harshita Das

All voices which grace the earth have meaning
They have a person behind them, a human life
With all their breathing lungs and hearts beating
With their experiences, their hardships and strife

Every human on these lands has a voice,
A right to keep being, to have their cries be heard
So why is it that the sound of money drowns out all other cries?
How can our tiny incoherent shrieks ever compare to the one person with a loudspeaker?

We can only stand on equal ground
Once you do not have those mountains of cash looming over us.

The Moon

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by Sophia aged 9 almost 10

The Moon is a thin cat’s whisker,
A tiny sliver of light,
The Moon is God’s monocle,
Shining on the blanket of night.

The Moon sighs softly,
As the wind blows by,
It’s a bowl of milk,
On the blanket of night.

The Moon shines its glory upon us,
with moonbeams ever so bright,
The Moon shines, shines,
Glowing on the blanket of night.

The Moon is like a silver orb,
Illuminating everything in sight,
Its calming light will guide us home,
Smiling on the blanket of night…

The Stairs

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by Oliver aged 11

The stairs go so high
nearly reaching the sky
towering on top of me
making me an ant

The stairs go so high
towering on top of me
making me scared of the height

A Poem of Collective Nouns

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by Zac Olorenshaw aged 11

A tower of pizzas
A mountain range of camels
A meadow of brushes
A melody of doorbells
A jingle of coins