Poetry from Australia

Clifton Creek Primary School
Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia

The following poems are from Grade 4 and 5 students in Australia.

 

The Mystery of the Sea

Why are there waves?

Why do the waves crash onto the shore?

Why does the sea make a noise?

Why does it have so many mystery creatures?

Why does it leave so much of a mess of sea weed

on the shore?

Why a mystery I'll never know.

 

Cara Mathewson (Grade 4)

 

 

 

My Past

Who was she?

Was she beautiful or ugly?

Was she normal or different?

Was she popular or did she have no friends at all?

Was she teased for her name?

It was an unusual name.

So different that anyone now would be teased.

But maybe it was different back then.

I'm sorry she's gone.

Princessa Violeta.

My great grand mother

 

By Sally Ireland (Grade 5 )

 

 

STARS

I wonder why the stars are so bright at night

are they lights up in the sky or are they angels

or are they signs to show us the way

I wonder I wonder I wonder why

 

By Kara Bowden (Grade 4 )

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Girl

Why why did my girl go away?

Her hair like a falling river of gold.

Her face is as sweet as a flower

Why did my girl go from me?

Her eyes like a beauitfull lake.

Why did they take her from me?

 

By Lauren Cornall (Grade 4)