Vivid portraits

Poetry is a wonderful way to connect with children and their lives. These vignettes form such  vivid portraits I feel as if I now personally know the 'characters' who my students love!


My Grandma
I see my Grandma jumping into a tree and coming back down again.
I hear amazing singing
I smell beautiful lipstick
I feel soft blankets wrapping around me.
I taste lemonade with ice.
My grandma makes me laugh!
-Georgia K

My Dad  (there were lovely lines written about Mum and Louis too!)

I see the wheels moving on my Powerwing

I hear the stones on the concrete rattling

I smell the dust fling behind me

I feel happy and contented.

I like jogging with Dad.

-Lauren

My Monopoly Champion Dad
I see him fixing the car
I hear the engine burning
I smell the gasful fumes
I feel the hot car
I love fixing the car with Dad.
-Jake


My Cousin
I see her running to me
I hear her heart when I put my ear to her chest
I smell hot cookies when I cook with her
I feel happy when she picks me up and spins me around.
I love my cousin.
-Georgia S


My Dad
I see my Dad on his DS ixl
I hear my Dad fishing
I feel my Dad giving me a hug
I taste the dinner made by Dad.
My Dad is fun to play with.
-Jordie


My Dad
I see my dad swimming
I hear my Dad cooking
I smell my Dad making cookies
I feel happy.
I like to play games with him!
-Aidan


My Dad
I see a hermit crab
I hear the waves
I smell fish and chips
I feel the wind
I taste lobster.
I love going to the beach with Dad.
-Patrick

My Pa

I wonder if this beautiful poem will stir up your emotions as it did mine?

My Pa
I see trawlers coming in over the dieselly sea
I hear the sound of pawn nets clipping on the trawlers
I smell delicious fish from the shop
I feel the sharp rocks.
I love going to Morgans' with Pa.
-Luke

The proof that children are natural poets

By Ashley

By Haley

By Georgia K

By Lauren

By Luke

By Sean

Did you ever see a pig?

pink colour

mud lover

big grunt. (By Jake)

Did you ever see a snake?

long body

no legs

sometimes venomous. ()

Did you ever see a dinosaur?

ferocious teeth

terrible claws

hard tails

now extinct. (By Georgia S)

By Jordie

Did you ever see a flesh-eating demon?

eye-squirting

flaming hair

fire-filled body. ()

Did you ever see a dragon?

sharp horn

white teeth

long tail. (By Joel)

Did you ever see a giraffe?

sausage ears

wide eyes

sharp teeth

fluffy-frilled tail

spotty nose. (By Bella).

Did you ever see a puppy?

fluffy puppy

barking softly

friendly mannered

cute body. (By Amber)

By Yeju (The cat's sign says 'Finish').