The following Russley writers have had their work chosen to be included in a poetry anthology by Paula Green. The book will be published by Penguin Random House, and released next year. MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS to these very talented students.
You can read their poems below. They were written in 2019, in poetry workshops with Russley Writers' Club.
Spiky Moon
by Jade Holmes, (age 11)
The moon is a grey dog
playing with a white shiny bone
The moon is a black computer
doing tiring homework
The moon is a white piece of paper
ripping in the dark spooky night
The moon is a glowing tooth
under my pillow
PĪWAKAWAKA
- by Eabha Dalton (age 11)
My fluttery tail and swishy wings help me fly
I can snatch little bugs straight out of the bright, blue sky
My brother is charcoal and I am chocolate
and when people whistle, I will come right away
My nest isn’t made of hay,
I am piwakawaka, every single day
THE BRIGHTEST NIGHT
- by Benson Lee (age 10)
I ruffled my feathers
in the rough stormy weather
dim-lit sky withered
evening smells slithered
puddle water glimmered
as last light shimmered
Kiwi's Features
- by Liam Bond (age 9)
long beak scavenging for grubs
tiny wings to tuck his beak in
when he goes to sleep
fast legs bolting from predators
a kiwi's shrill call
like my brother's shriek
PARTY IN THE SHED
- by Eliza Sellier (age 10)
There’s a party in the shed!
There’s a party in the shed!
The humans will be sleeping
the fantail will be tweeting
the cicada will never stop screeching.
There’s a party in the shed!
There’s a party in the shed!
The kea is coming
the kaka is coming
even the kiwi will make its way.
There’s a party in the shed!
There’s a party in the shed!
The little blue’s bringing the fish
the Kererū is bringing berries
even the bellbird is bringing the worms.
As the sun rises
we know we must leave
for now the world is waking.
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