These poems are written after Mary Oliver’s, A Summer’s Day.
In her poem Oliver asks big questions of the world and all the wild souls that inhabit it. She describes a Grasshopper as if in slow motion.
We have chosen an animal we know well and tried to do the same, asking big questions and describing small details.
Jemima, aged 12, has also done this with her poem, Kitten. You can hear influences of Mary Oliver and Jemima in our work below. Thank you to both poets.
- My Kim
- Tell Me Every Thing.
- My Lazy Gerbil
- THE WILD WOLVES
- the mighty wasp
- Venison is so good
- THE BLACK JAGUAR
- grasshoppers and kittens my EVIL cat
- emerald eyes
- Animals Earth
- Dogs And Chihuahua’s
- Our Walter
- The Dog In The Forest
- Without Him
- My Bear Monty
- my tiny dog ive
- Big, Hairy Dog
- Why Do People Not Like Dogs?
- One small dog, One gigantic universe
- This Dog
- Along the Grassy field
- Golden Retriever
