I am the loneliness of outer space,
I am the blue of the sky,
I am the nightmares in the back of your mind,
I am a bee’s sting,
I am the tears rolling down your face,
I am a rainy day’s beginning,
I am the cut on your knee,
I am no summer’s day,
I am sadness.
(inspired by Roger Steven’s poem ‘What’ s my name?’)
I saw them take some newspaper
lying on the road and roll it up
into a giant ball. They covered it
all up with a plastic bag, taped it
up and got ready to play with it –
soccer/football – anything you
want to call it. They don’t have a
goalpost. They use two trees
for the boundary of the post.
You can hit it as high as you like, though
it’s never too high. I saw them,
the children play and it made me sad.
I felt sorry for them.
If coughs were made of diamond
And sniffles were made of gold.
I’d be really, really, really rich,
As I think I’ve got a cold!
It’s early in the morning
And I can’t stop yawning.
But later on today
I’ll be going out to play
And I won’t be tired at all
When I’m playing with my friends.
The lions
The monkeys
The zebras
They are from
The Savannah
The parrots
The colours
They are vibrant
They are cool
So bright
They light up the day!
The trees
The leaves
They fall on Autumn days
The grass is all dried up
Because it’s so hot!
The golden sunrise
It’s so beautiful
Like the sunset
The animals go to sleep
At sunrise
They wake up
They shake up
They’re active
They’re cool
They are noisy
And they are cute
I love
The Savannah.
You’re the peanut to my butter
You’re the star to my burst
You’re the fruit to my loop
and the best to my friend
Please don’t walk in front of me
Or behind me, just walk beside me
and stay here,
just like how a circle never ends.
That’s how long
our friendship should be.
Sometimes I wonder –
what is a best friend?
Then I remember.
It’s someone you would share your last cookie with.
I have a mantelpiece
I don’t want it to stop
It’s basically part of the fire
And keeps things on top
I have a piece of wood
It doesn’t take up much space
It stands on the mantelpiece
And keep things in place.