Poetry Month in the Junior School

August is Poetry Month, and in the Junior School we have our annual Poetry Recitation Competition held to coincide with this celebration. Classes also learn about classic and contemporary poets and poetry, as well as write their own compositions. Year 3 have been focusing on onomatopoeia, similes and metaphors in poetry. Below are some of their poems about nature using these poetic devices.

Snow
by Alexander S

As soft as silk, as light as a feather,
melting as soon as it reaches your palm.

Snow is a universe, small and crowded,
at the edge of destruction in my fiery palm.

It is a liquid, a solid, a gas,
floating slowly down, down, down,
just waiting to reach the earth.

As the snow slowly soaks into the ground,
it helps every plant grow,
turning into H₂O.

Lightning
by Ellyn C

Above the skies,
A heart of stone.
A raging storm awaits alone.
With a flash at the speed of light.
Does not fear to freely fight.
Does not fear to strike the bone.
Now shock the others alone.

The Icy Battlefield
by Archer A

As I fall down, I hear sticks slap, and then I hear a clap.
As I fall, I hear it hit iron, and after that, a roaring siren.

Snow sneaks quickly like a snow tiger.
Snow is a drop of water falling from the sky.
Sometimes it looks like a cry.

Snow, snow, snow!
Snow is like a bag of flour raining down,
and when you see it, you never frown.

Lightning
by Orlando L

Zap!

Bam!

Thud!
The lightning lurks loudly on the floor.

As dangerous as a hungry hippo.
Smells like smoke sizzling out of the ground.
As fast as a peregrine.
As loud as a lion’s roar.

The lightning lurks loudly on the floor.
Zap!
Bam!
Thud!