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    Palliser Bay
    • Feb 18
    • 3 min

    Palliser Bay

    A winning Seaweek Poem from 2019 ( First published in Write On Issue 52) by Pieta Year 9 Palliser Bay The ocean whispers. The sound of a ...
    The Ocean Gallery
    • Feb 4
    • 3 min

    The Ocean Gallery

    a winning poem in the 2019 Seaweek Poetry Competition. ( First published in Write On Issue 52) by Anna, Year 8. The Ocean Gallery We are ...
    Sandcastle Rush
    • Jan 17
    • 2 min

    Sandcastle Rush

    Here is one of the winning poems from the 2019 Seaweek Canterbury Poetry Competition. For information on Seaweek 2021 see here: https://www...
    Boggle Translate: Nursery Rhymes!
    • Nov 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    Boggle Translate: Nursery Rhymes!

    Teaching tip: Looking for some end of year fun and nonsense? Give groups an old nursery rhyme ( don't expect them to know them!) and a t...
    Stories Encountered at The Arts Centre, Christchurch
    • Nov 2, 2020
    • 4 min

    Stories Encountered at The Arts Centre, Christchurch

    Our team had a marvellous two days guiding 48 young writers at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora in Christchurch as part of Christchurc...
    Fly wings
    • Oct 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    Fly wings

    ink webs pen-drawn across glass midget specks dust of dead stars scattered across a spun atmosphere veins weeding across the wing cracks ...
    Up and Down
    • Aug 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    Up and Down

    Pine trees tower over me and through the branches small pockets of sunlight cascade...
    Imagination spurred by art.
    • Aug 3, 2020
    • 1 min

    Imagination spurred by art.

    I bite other people and turn them into werewolves like me.
    Gryffindor Dormitory
    • Jul 28, 2020
    • 1 min

    Gryffindor Dormitory

    In Gryffindor dorm you might find A talking red fireplace Ron’s shoe lace
    Lockdown Alphabet
    • Jun 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    Lockdown Alphabet

    Write a diary poem about 26 days in Lockdown.
    Ode to a Pandemic
    • Jun 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Ode to a Pandemic

    An ode is a short lyric poem that praises an individual, an idea, or an event, so in this case you will be praising (or condemning) COVID 19
    Lockdown List Poems
    • Jun 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    Lockdown List Poems

    We love using lists to get ideas down quickly for writing. But did you know that a list can become a poem?
    How to... in a lockdown
    • Jun 2, 2020
    • 1 min

    How to... in a lockdown

    One of the flexible formats we love engaging with is the Instructional Poem. This allows you to play with language and ideas
    Pause
    • May 26, 2020
    • 1 min

    Pause

    this was all a rift in space time
    A Walk along Breakneck Road
    • Apr 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    A Walk along Breakneck Road

    We’re going on a walk along Breakneck Road
    Erasure poem: Introduction to Buddhism
    • Mar 13, 2020
    • 1 min

    Erasure poem: Introduction to Buddhism

    BY LEROY SLOAN, YEAR 10, HILLMORTON HIGH SCHOOL Commentary: this poem brings attention to the power that certain people hold in our lives...
    Statue of a Dog at Lyttelton
    • Feb 2, 2020
    • 1 min

    Statue of a Dog at Lyttelton

    Sometimes I wish I could run in the snow again, gnaw on bones again. But I can’t. I wish Master could praise me again.
    A creek in the bush
    • Jan 26, 2020
    • 1 min

    A creek in the bush

    HONOURABLE MENTION FROM WRITE ON ISSUE 53 BY RORY PALMER, YEAR 7, AMURI AREA SCHOOL Frost water flows through me Cold, smooth, free and w...
    Winter Visitor
    • Jan 11, 2020
    • 1 min

    Winter Visitor

    HONOURABLE MENTION FROM WRITE ON ISSUE 53 BY MIA JOHNSON, YEAR 6, GOVERNORS BAY SCHOOL Last night Winter visited us she tripped and left ...
    
How to Walk Among Gamblers Unnoticed
    • Jan 4, 2020
    • 1 min

    How to Walk Among Gamblers Unnoticed

    HONOURABLE MENTION FROM WRITE ON ISSUE 53 BY JADE WILSON, YEAR 9, KAIAPOI HIGH SCHOOL When the sun starts to glisten on the rims of the e...
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