Talented authors published

Published authors: Micaiah and Keziah 

Micaiah and Keziah received their copies of Toitoi (A Journal for Young Writers and Artists, issue no.3).

I love the way the publishing team at Toitoi bring together writers and artists from different schools all over the country. Our Russley School writers have had their work illustrated by artists from other schools. It's really exciting to see how the illustrators interpret the poems and we were delighted with what they came up with!

Micaiah's poem Diwali Senses features on page 26, beautifully illustrated by Ava Leong. Keziah's The Keziah Veer Poem can be found on pages 48-51 with gorgeous illustrations by Jasper Rerekura-Peters (hard to believe he is only 11 years old!)

Ex-Russley pupil, Monica, had her poem Mum and illustration of a lion published in pages 18 & 19 of this same issue.

Congratulations to all!

Lion by Monica Koster

The Moon is a Cold Frown

THE MOON IS A COLD FROWN - by George Grundy

The moon is a cold frown 

sailing through the night.

The moon is a despised 

piece of cheese.

It is a checker piece 

cowering in the back of the army.

It is a watch ticking 

and ticking,

timing its rising.

THE MOON - by Lucas dG-T

The moon is a bright glowing ball,
lighting the world down below.

The moon is a cricket ball
gilding across the world.

The moon is a juicy orange
wolves leaping to grab it.

The moon -

by Keziah Veer

The moon is a gliding soccer ball

on a field of black


It is a shimmering pin

held in a dark room at night


It is a small pebble

sinking deep into the sea


It is a bright yellow lamppost

faintly lighting up a long dark tunnel


It is a shiny hairpin

in masses of black hair


It is a clock

telling you its night time

on the shadowed hotel wall

The Silver Moon - by Anna Boulton

The moon is a silver button 

shimmering on a dark coat.


It is a glimmer of blue sky 

on a rainy day.

It is a white jelly-fish dancing 

in the deep blue ocean.


The moon is a large grey mushroom 

in a field of little flowers.

It is a shiny pin 

on a raven black wall.

The Moon - by Sacha Wilkin

The moon is a round cheese placed on 

             blue picnic blanket 

It is a beach ball, forgotten and left to

        float across the dark ocean

It is a button sewn to a shirt at, at the

           bottom of the drawers 

The moon is a tattered soccer ball flying

    across a field of soccer players

The Shining Moon, by Ryan Selinger

The moon is a 

fierce boomerang striking 

a kangaroo in the grasslands.


The moon is a wrinkly boat

surfing on the waves.


The moon is a colourful beach ball

bouncing off sweaty hands.


The moon is a bowling ball 

coming out of hands going down the lane.


The moon is a baseball, 

slipping out of a tough glove.


The moon is a blunted tyre

on a car going down the road.

The great big moon - by Madeline Hann

The moon is a bright balloon tied to a bunch

 of constellations.

It is a cricket ball getting smacked

 by a meteor.


It is a dolphin frolicking

 about in the inky blackness.

It is a bowling ball hurtling 

towards the pins.


It is a silver scythe slicing

up the galaxy.

It is a full stop surrounded by a 

whirling snow blizzard


It is a ball of gum getting churned

 around by big black holes.