Cosmic writing from Shona and Nathan

Space Beast

in deep space lurks 

a savage beast

consuming everything 

in its path

every cell

every atom

it stands

speechless

invisible

ready to devour

its next victim

the fascinating

afterlife

of a dead

star

By Shona Beedie 

The Sun is a lightbulb and the Moon is a disco ball

Dangling from the dome, that is known as the sky, Sun floats over. The grass shines.

Sun grows tired, he’s been on all day. Sun gently switches himself off. And now Moon attends to life.

 Shimmering, Moon leaps up. Her shining craters flash the world in a darklike colour.

We watch Moon, as she soars higher and higher. Now fun can begin. Dance, drink, eat. Moon is our reason to be happy.

Sun, happily rested up, slowly stalks onto the dome. Sun springs up and grabs the cord, and shakes Moon off.

Many people stand in shock, how could day come so soon? The world wakes. The grass begins to wave. Willow trees swish in hysteria.

A shadow looms below Sun.

Clouds cover the sky, Sun grasps the edge of the dome, slowly being swept away

Sun gone, Moon kicked out. The darkness marches on.

Darkness forever...

Until Sun and Moon can return once more.

by Nathan Hobbs

Year 8

The Sea Loves to Dance, by Nathan

Wave, by Ahmed Abdelfadil

THE SEA LOVES TO DANCE
Nathan Hobbs

It waved.
The sea loved to wave.
For some reason, it loved to dance too.
It did the shimmy.
It did the disco.
It did the waltz.

The sea loved dancing
and when the wind felt wild
they both did their favourite…
the tango.

Congratulations Ahmed and Nathan!

Congratulations to newly published authors, Ahmed and Nathan. You can find Nathan's poem, The Greenhouse on page 38 of Toitoi 16. Ahmed's poem Fear is published on page 106.

Nathan's poem is about a childhood memory. He describes playing an imaginary game in the greenhouse, pretending he's "blasting aliens through the greenery". Can you think of an imaginary game you used to play when you were younger? Maybe you had an imaginary friend? Did you like dressing up, or pretending to be an actor or rock star. Perhaps you could write a poem or short story describing this? 

Ahmed wrote a powerful poem describing fear. He used the five senses; sight, sound, taste, smell, touch. What are you afraid of? What are some fears other people might face? Try brainstorming a list of fears. Choose one particular fear to write about. Here are some ideas:

Spiders

Snakes

Dark

Clowns

Public speaking

Storms

Heights

Rats

Shadows

Try using the five senses and without naming the fear, see if you can give enough clues for the reader to work out what the writer is afraid of. Some of our Russley Writers' Club members tried this yesterday, so I will post some of their poems here soon!

A Dancing Sea Poem by Nathan

THE SEA LOVES TO DANCE

It waved.

The sea loved to wave.

For some reason, it loved to dance too.

It did the shimmy.

It did the disco.

It did the waltz.

The sea loved dancing

and when the wind felt wild

they both did their favourite…

the tango.

Sea Week Poem by Nathan H

RISING POPULATION

It swirls through the pipes

falls into the water

sinks, sinks,

and sinks further

It hits the floor with a small bump

It joins its million other siblings

and then the news…

Plastic bottle number 3,260,876,193

has arrived to its ocean home.