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
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- 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?
- 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
- May 26, 2020
- 1 min
Pause
this was all a rift
in space time
- Apr 23, 2020
- 2 min
A Walk along Breakneck Road
We’re going on a walk along Breakneck Road
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Dec 28, 2019
- 1 min
How to make a desert
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...
- Dec 21, 2019
- 1 min
Dear Friday
HONOURABLE MENTION FROM WRITE ON ISSUE 53 BY LUCY BARGE, YEAR 11, MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL Friday, are you satisfied yet — Your hand...
- Dec 8, 2019
- 1 min
We Can Do This
BY CLARA LANGLEY, YEAR 7, RAWHITI SCHOOL Charging around the track jockey perched over his withers crowds cheer commentator talks fast as...
- Nov 24, 2019
- 1 min
A Breeder in Burwood, 1893
BY ISABELLA HARNEISS, YEAR 9, AVONSIDE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL Swampy waste land rimu on the edges Mr George King looks down at fluffy chicks...
- Nov 10, 2019
- 1 min
Margaret and Her Sister 1933
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...
- Oct 27, 2019
- 1 min
A Strike For What’s Right
BY JEMMA BRINGANS, YEAR 8, CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL COLLEGE People standing for a difference trying for a change you’ll die of old age and...
- Oct 13, 2019
- 1 min
Marriage Then and Now
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...
- Apr 6, 2019
- 1 min
Millennia
BY SANURA LOKULIYANAGE, YEAR 6, 2019 Blue water curled up accelerating forward pushing the rocks screaming at them to move, screaming for...
- Mar 24, 2019
- 1 min
Stone Ducks
By Mia Sutherland, Year 12 2018
- Mar 11, 2019
- 1 min
Kererū
By Connor Armstrong, Year 8
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