I bite other people and turn them into werewolves like me.

In Gryffindor dorm you might find A talking red fireplace Ron’s shoe lace

Write a diary poem about 26 days in Lockdown.

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

We love using lists to get ideas down quickly for writing. But did you know that a list can become a poem?

One of the flexible formats we love engaging with is the Instructional Poem. This allows you to play with language and ideas

this was all a rift in space time

We’re going on a walk along Breakneck Road

BY LEROY SLOAN, YEAR 10, HILLMORTON HIGH SCHOOL Commentary: this poem brings attention to the power that certain people hold in our...

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.

HONOURABLE MENTION FROM WRITE ON ISSUE 53 BY RORY PALMER, YEAR 7, AMURI AREA SCHOOL Frost water flows through me Cold, smooth, free and...

HONOURABLE MENTION FROM WRITE ON ISSUE 53 BY MIA JOHNSON, YEAR 6, GOVERNORS BAY SCHOOL Last night Winter visited us she tripped and left...

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...

HONOURABLE MENTION FROM WRITE ON ISSUE 53 BY BEN DE RUYTER, YEAR 8, GLENITI SCHOOL First of all hunt down a large area. Divert all rain...

HONOURABLE MENTION FROM WRITE ON ISSUE 53 BY LUCY BARGE, YEAR 11, MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL Friday, are you satisfied yet — Your hand...

BY CLARA LANGLEY, YEAR 7, RAWHITI SCHOOL Charging around the track jockey perched over his withers crowds cheer commentator talks fast as...

BY ISABELLA HARNEISS, YEAR 9, AVONSIDE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL Swampy waste land rimu on the edges Mr George King looks down at fluffy chicks...

BY ROSIE ARRILLAGA, YEAR 8, SOUTH NEW BRIGHTON SCHOOL Burning up, as hot as fire. Bathing suits and tight swim caps. Hot sand, we’re...

BY JEMMA BRINGANS, YEAR 8, CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL COLLEGE People standing for a difference trying for a change you’ll die of old age and...

BY OLIVIA KINGI, YEAR 10, AVONSIDE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL 1, 1958 The man barks hurry up, you’re late The woman irons his grey flannel shirt...