| 001
TODAY (place, weather) |
Barmston school fields
muddy and soggy
accidents on the radio
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| 002
SPRING (flower) |
__brown in the middle
__smooth soothing sunflowers
|
| 003
SPRING (holiday, day off) |
have a feast
fall into deep sleep —
two weeks off
|
| 004
SPRING (bird) |
__swans peck at
__bread in the water
|
| 005
SPRING (river) |
shiny river –
liquid flows
down the bank way
|
| 006
SPRING (moon) |
__the suffocated fluffy moon
__lights up the city
|
| 007
LUCKY BAG |
scarred-head
black-shoed
magic boy
|
| 008
SPRING (clock’s changing, light evenings) |
__clock arrows turning
__the sun’s up longer
|
| 009
HOLIDAY (Easter Holidays) |
our delivery bunny –
lots of chocolate,
never get hungry
|
| 010
FESTIVAL (Good Friday, Easter Sunday) |
__hold crosses
__dance down streets
|
| 011
SPRING (animal) |
lambs bounce,
chicks hatch,
chrysalises crack
|
| 012
SPRING (wet things) |
__raindrops kiss –
__I jump in
|
| 013
SPRING (clothes) |
a thin light coat
on an orangey tree stump
smells of freedom
|
| 014
SPRING (blossom) |
__pink wedding blossom
__flows over the fields
|
| 015
SPRING (Insects) |
first bee buzzes
round its home
looking for its children
|
| 016
SPRING (travel) |
__jets take off
__in the air__ twist
|
| 017
SPRING (food) |
sweet Sunday’s dinner
cutting into tall leeks
lamb chops frizzle
|
| 018
SPRING (F.A. Cup Final) |
__green grass trampled by Man U,
__treaded by Arsenal
|
| 019
MOON (milk moon, planting moon) |
milky moon
tide rises,
planting seeds
|
| 020
LUCKY BAG |
__big fat people
__weigh down the plane
|
| 021
LOVE (family) |
singing Mam
in the pub
talks to her boyfriend
|
| 022
LOCAL HILL |
__tall Penshaw Hill —
__sister falls out the buggy
|
| 023
LOCAL CASTLE |
haunted castle
full of ghosts,
the bed moves
|
| 024
LUCKY BAG |
__Stadium of Light —
__the line to get in’s massive
|
| 025
EXAMS |
brain-sucking test —
a few books of maths
wait for our grades
|
| 026
WORLD WAR TWO |
__Winston Churchill
__sinking Hitler
|
| 027
END OF SCHOOL YEAR |
non-uniform day,
free choice round the school
go to different classes
|
| 028
SUMMER (blue moon) |
__the blue tennis ball
__bounces round the court
|
| 029
SUMMER (film) |
hot outside
jumper off,
cold in the cinema
|
| 030
SUMMER (Blackhall Rocks, beach) |
__reflections on the water
__run for cover
|
| 031
SUMMER (clothes) |
sandals flip-flop,
multicoloured shirt,
flashing sunglasses
|
| 032
SUMMER (sunburn) |
__red raw skin
__sunblock doesn’t work
|
| 033
SUMMER (paddling pool, water slide) |
hey you kids!
stop going crazy
on my lawn
|
| 034
SUMMER (foreign holidays) |
__Florida virtual simulator
__big screen – chairs move
|
| 035
SUMMER (rainforest) |
anacondas
squeeze you tighter
than Mum at your wedding
|
| 036
SUMMER (fruit) |
__irresistible coconut milk
__runs down my face
|
| 037
LOVE (missing friends) |
tears on the way
to the airport,
I feel lonely
|
| 038
LOVE (visiting relatives) |
__Dad does a daftie dance
__acts Frankenstein
|
| 039
SUMMER (postman, postcard) |
postcards from far away,
the postie gets a cuppa,
leaves in his red van
|
| 040
LUCKY BAG |
__bird’s eye view —
__down below tiny people
|
| 041
SUMMER (shops) |
buying sunglasses,
air conditioning
blows in my face
|
| 042
SUMMER (colours) |
__sunny showers
__rainbow reflections
|
| 043
SUMMER (bees and wasps) |
silky wings whizz by
in the bright sky –
nectar collectors
|
| 044
SUMMER (garden flowers) |
__honeysuckle over the roof
__sunflowers to the top of the wall
|
| 045
SUMMER (meadow flowers) |
mice alert!
scurry through burdock
and thin poppies
|
| 046
SUMMER (strawberries) |
__devil red strawberries
__‘nowt else to eat’
|
| 047
SUMMER (Wimbledon, tennis) |
old ladies at full volume —
straight faces concentrate,
ball hits the net
|
| 048
SUMMER (farms and fields) |
__salty pellets shoot by,
__trespassers will be prosecuted
|
| 049
MOON (corn moon) |
in front of the moon,
old man with muddy fingers
grumpy at the fox
|
| 050
DREAMS (dream, nightmare) |
__when he woke up
__all his tall corn was gone
|
| 051
AUTUMN (school uniforms) |
on the chair he finds
a blue jumper
and grey trousers
|
| 052
AUTUMN (new school year) |
__get ready for school
__brush your teeth and go
|
| 053
AUTUMN (young kids at school) |
you should help the little ‘uns
tie their laces,
play mini-basketball
|
| 054
AUTUMN (cats or dogs) |
__dogs jump
__leaves fall
|
| 055
AUTUMN (mist, fog, cloudy weather) |
foglights on the road –
I can’t see around me,
I can see just below me
|
| 056
LUCKY BAG |
__long Tyne Tunnel with no windows
__cars lorries and all sorts go through
|
| 057
AUTUMN (new football season) |
Sunderland against Newcastle —
players skid down the pitch,
ref struggles badly
|
| 058
AUTUMN (local travel) |
__on the bus to hospital
__feeling sick
|
| 059
AUTUMN (conkers or nuts) |
frozen conkers,
take them out
and fight with them
|
| 060
ANCIENT GREEKS |
__Hercules shows off
__with his six-pack
|
| 061
AUTUMN (blood moon) |
bomber crashes —
blood spurts
under the moon
|
| 062
AUTUMN (Halloween) |
__come, monkey
__you’ve lost your head
|
| 063
AUTUMN (fireworks) |
sssh! run! zoom! boom!
spitting fireworks
storm off in a hurry
|
| 064
AUTUMN (food or cooking) |
__I crunch apples
__Granny Smiths
|
| 065
AUTUMN (family, home) |
orange juice
at my Nanna’s
and hot soup
|
| 066
LOVE (loneliness) |
__everyone dickies off,
__girlfriends go shopping
|
| 067
AUTUMN (leaves) |
in the garden centre
cleaners pick up
fallen leaves
|
| 068
AUTUMN (clocks changing) |
__Mum changes the clock
__without any numbers
|
| 069
AUTUMN (spider) |
in the loft
cobwebs in corners
daddy-long-legs flies to the light
|
| 070
AUTUMN (shiny things) |
__rainbow oil-spills
__on the tarmac
|
| 071
AUTUMN (lifeboat, ferry, fishing boat) |
old man fishes
by the red flag,
leaves empty-handed
|
| 072
LOCAL (bridge) |
__the Queen Alexandra curtsies
__as the cars go by
|
| 073
FESTIVAL (Divali, Hindu new year in November) |
ladies in India
dance and leap
jingling their beads
|
| 074
PLANET/STAR |
__planets orbit
__in the midnight sky
|
| 075
LUCKY BAG |
in the hall
we sing so loud,
high and low
|
| 076
AUTUMN (dentist) |
__mouth numbed
__noodles hard to eat
|
| 077
FROZEN FOOD |
melty vanilla ice-cream
crusty pizza
my warm tongue
|
| 078
WINTER (hungry animals) |
__clinging to the hillside
__woolly sheep starve through winter
|
| 079
WINTER (clothes) |
on the bench Shearer’s jersey
half-pink, half-white -
cold air blasts his face
|
| 080
WINTER (indoor heating) |
__feeling weird and lovely
__radiators behind the settee
|
| 081
WINTER (snow falling) |
flakes quiet on my window
one on another
snowfights in the square
|
| 082
LUCKY BAG |
__sweet sounds come rough
__from the saxophone’s throat
|
| 083
WINTER (illnesses, runny noses) |
icky medicine,
barf everywhere
so stay away
|
| 084
WINTER (watching TV) |
__tissues out of the box
__I see the Snow Queen
|
| 085
WINTER (slush) |
fall from the sky
on dangerous roads
blue and red slush puppies
|
| 086
WINTER (playground) |
__from the monkey bars
__down to the amphitheatre
|
| 087
LOVE (best friend) |
friends ever
new friends
scared to come
|
| 088
WINTER (a winter story) |
__open back of wardrobe
__put on hats and gloves and go in
|
| 089
WINTER (Christmas tree) |
green and prickly
spiky and stumpy
tall with a star on top
|
| 090
WINTER (Christmas cards) |
__covered in snow
__a very wet envelope
|
| 091
WINTER (school special activities) |
winter discos
in the night
slippy in the doors
|
| 092
MOON (cold moon, ice or snow moon) |
__ice cold and breezy moon —
__I can’t move till the sun comes
out
|
| 093
WINTER (Christmas songs) |
the only thing that is not white –
tweetie sweetie robins
collect food
|
| 094
WINTER (birds) |
__gadgies come to the door
__singing carols, la-la-la
|
| 095
LUCKY BAG (Dr Who) |
Dr Who bursts open
as the Daleks shoot lasers
shouting ‘exterminate!’
|
| 096
WINTER (getting up in the dark) |
__eyes open into darkness
__only tree lights to be seen
|
| 097
WINTER (footwear) |
pink and black
soggy Nike trainers,
big cosy boots
|
| 098
WINTER (prints in the snow) |
__sledge-marks and small footprints
__that lead to the sweet-shop
|
| 099
WINTER (presents) |
I can’t sleep
when presents are falling
loudly down the chimney
|
| 100
FLOWER (snowdrop) |
__Santa’s beard is shaved –
snowdrops
__pulled through cracks in the fence
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| |
Alec Finlay Lead Artist
Ira Lightman (master)
Ken Cockburn (master)
Subhadassi (master)
Linda France (master)
Beth Rowson (master)
and the poets of Barmston Village Primary
School |
