Showing posts with label Sousuke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sousuke. Show all posts

Monday, 14 October 2019

Anthropozine

The Anthropozine is an Aotearoa-based online magazine dedicated to sharing the voices of our communities in an effort to inspire climate action and appreciation for the environment in the face of climate change. They publish a variety of creative works; including poetry, short stories, articles, podcasts, videos, photography, artwork, etc. by individuals and groups of all ages. 

Over the past year, many of Aotearoa’s youth have been active in school strikes, protests and other initiatives to become active in the conversation about climate change. Their upcoming issue is dedicated to the voices of Rangatahi/Youth. The Anthropozine wants to help empower youth by sharing their thoughts and initiatives through this platform. 

The editors of Anthropozine invited all youth (up to the age of 30) to share their perspectives, relationships with the environment, engagement in climate activism and initiatives. 

Some of our Russley writers submitted work for this special issue. I am delighted to announce that seven of our students have had their poetry accepted for publication in Anthropozine.

Congratulations to:

Reuben Veenstra, for Heaven on Earth
Yathindra Kulathunga, for What is Happening to the World?
Ella-Rose Evans, for Beautiful Vision?
Sousuke Feng, for Pandas are Gentle Giants
Sirennah Moses, for Beautiful Beach
Lily Ghobrial, for The New Zealand Forest
Brooke Hillsdon Tootall, for The Forest

Their poems will be published in the next issue of Anthropozine, due for release on 19 October.

Rachel Lewis, editor of Anthropozine says, "Aotearoa’s young people, along with youth all over the world, have made an impact and governments are listening. We are excited to support them in their mission and to help all young people feel hopeful about the change we can inspire towards climate action."

Congratulations to all our Russley Writers! 

Monday, 16 September 2019

Space Poetry

A Wasteland of Beauty

shimmering stars
as far as the eye can see
raging sun invades the night 
colossal craters scattered across  planets

darkness
engulfs me like a warm blanket
black holes stealing stars
sweltering mars like an infinite desert 

determined rockets hurtle into the abyss
mysterious  creatures scuttle across earth

space 
a wasteland of beauty


- by Reuben Veenstra age 11 


Aliens

I saw the glimmering moon 
shiny in my glass eyes. 
The night sky is mesmerising 
black holes sucking things into the dark pit.
The galaxy is wonderful…

But… I have a few questions about aliens.

Are aliens real? 
If so are they grey or white?
Are aliens humanoid or big fat blobs? 
Are there other species of aliens?
Where do get aliens food? 
Maybe they come to earth and get grape jelly.

- by Sousuke Feng
age 9yrs


Space to Earth 

Glistening oorte cloud
 and a child's teary eye

Deep black hole 
and a mysterious forest night

Multicolored  supernova 
and a hypnotising tv screen 

Fiery neutron star pair
and rage filled eyes

Sprinting stars
and a child racing in the moist morning  field

- by Bella Folesi (Age 11 )



My Spacey Memory

Dangerous Jupiter just in sight
Spinning meteorite plummeting to earth

Multi-coloured Saturn chatting to friends
Freezing Pluto, an icy freezer

Twinkling stars, hot like lava
Fiery sun burning like an oven

Greedy black hole slurping up light 
Glowing eclipse, mysterious in the sky

This memory plastered in my head 
Forever.

by Ella-Rose Evans age 11


Space as We Know it           

The shining moon like glittering art 
Saves us in the night like a hero’s heart 
Microscopic Mercury, shining bright
Orbiting the sun, a spinning light.
Sweltering Venus whirls like her twin,
Through the blank sea of night she gracefully swims.                                                            

But far away I glimpse the soul          
Of a sucking, massive jet black hole.
No matter how they shine today
In the end, they’ll be sucked away

- by Yathindra Kulathunga, Age 12


Bright Sun, 
burning like fire

rocky Mercury, 
tiny like an ant

a globular cluster,
 like a shiny disco ball

sparkly Ganymede
black and yellow like a bee

the mini pulsar 
shaped like a friendly stingray

Boiling Venus as hot as lava
and clouds as thick as 
a dictionary

- by Taliah Lesatele, Year 7