Following on from our success with getting third place in the JDP Recycling Four Seasons competition (Well done Lucy and partner!), we have created poems for the Power of Poetry Competition. We worked on using techniques commonly found in a range of poetry e.g. alliteration, metaphors, similes, personification, rhythm and rhyme and linked this to our current topic. We have picked a few to share with you.
All because of Global Warming…
Ice melting like it was never there
Greenhouse gases drifting through the air.
Rapid rivers will soon disappear.
All because of Global Warming…
Petrified penguins screaming help
Are we not able to hear their yelp?
They can’t write so they can’t spell help
All because of Global Warming…
No more rainforest trees
No more monkeys swinging with ease.
No more big strong breeze
All because of Global Warming…
So next time don’t use the car
Even if it’s not that far.
Just listen to the words we’ve said…
“All because of Global Warming…”
Amy and Aaron
Life is Beautiful
As the resting Redwoods doze,
To the beat of the wind,
As the plump peaceful panda
Eats bamboo in its paradise
We applause the apple trees
For their sweet, sour gifts
As the beautiful bees make the honeycomb hives with huge honey pots.
As the gas destroys our sheltering shield
We cannot live in this harmful heat
Try to save some fossil fuel
Help us end this deadening duel.
Griffin and Jack
Global Warming
The pulse of the earth is slowly dying
While we want it to be more satisfying.
We need to think of solar
Otherwise there will be no Polar.
We take trees for granted
But more need to be planted.
The air as fresh as bread
As people need fed.
Animals as soft as pillows
Stop cutting down willows.
The homes we live in
Is what we’re given.
Stop using fossil fuels
Treat them as jewels.
We need to care about this air
Or all the trees will be bare.
Keep the green grass, keep the clean air
Show you care.
Nina and Cara
Our Earth
The sun is shining
Water is flowing
Stars smiling
Air brightening
Protected pandas
Yummy bananas
Trees falling
Greenhouse gases groaning
Fossil fuels are dying
People are crying
Global warming
Is a warning
We can all start
If we play our part
So please don’t drive
Keep this earth alive.
Gregor and Grant
