Welcome to the fifth Maamulaha Poetry 2013 Course.
You will be studying a poem a week for 5 weeks in class and sharing your ideas and thoughts on this blog with one another.
At the end of the course you will be able to enter a poetry competition. Every pupil who enters will have their work published.
Each school will have its own Poet of the Year while one student will become the FutureZone poet Laureate of the Year.
Click on the Poet Laureate tab to see previous winners.
The new moon. Shine
(ing)
The new moon. glisern
(ing)
Conkers. Fall
(ing)
Conkers.Rott
(ing)
Rain. Dripp
(ing)
Rain. Sparkl
(ing)
Leaves. Crunch
(ing)
Leaves. Red
yellow gold
Hi Tamira,
I enjoyed reading your poem. I like your use of line breaks and your consistent use of bracketing (ing) provides a consistent rhythm.
Wind. Whisper
ing
Birds. Sing
ing
Leaves. Fall
ing (Red Yellow Gold)
Trees. Sway
ing
Branches. Snapp
ing
Leaves. Fall
ing (Red Brown Orange)
Autumn? Autumn? Autumn?
Hi Jodie,
I like your use of the rule of three it provides a contrast to the use of two words in the other lines.
Keep up the hard work.
The Rain Poem
(Th)e
rain
(F)(loor)(ing)
down
(F)rom
(Th)e
(S)ky
(I)t
(l)ook
(t)ears
(c)oming
do(wn)
By
Theresa
Bopufo
Boyenge
Hi Theresa,
Thank you for sharing your poem with us.
I really like your expression “flooring” down. It makes the rain sound torrential and flattening.
Rough (seassss)
Mist coveressss
the land
of vibrant colours and becomes a
land of swaying treessss
and ferocious
howling winds
Rain (pourssss)
of rooftops
and
dri
pssss.
Dri
pssss
away.
HI Moresha,
It’s encouraging to see you experimenting with different line lengths. I also like your use of the sss sound. It creates onomatopoeia… (when words sound like their actions).
Keep up the hard work.
London
Tall trees and grass and scattered leaves
like a carpet and tall buildings
And birds and rain and rush hour
Fit for eager tourists
Claude Mckay uses a range of different fellings in his poetry and describes how he is felling really well in his writing. I really like the poem ‘The Tropics of New York’ because while he is reading the poem he leaves your brian to go wild because your trying to figure out what he means.
Hi Moresha,
Firstly I think you can be very proud of your poem. I think you have a good ear for sound … I like the “es” sounds in the first line and the way this leads into a very effective simile. I find your last line very powerful too.
I’m glad you enjoyed McKay’s poem. What did you think he was trying to say by his poem.
PS… try to post your poems in “The Poems” and the correct week from now on.
A Night in stars
I was freed from jail today,
Children singing and dancing,
I went to the local charity today,
And gave them a some goods to buy a yard,
I lying in my rough yard,
People sneering all around,
But I just knew to look at the stars
Now I saw the biggest star.
A night looking at lasers
In a hot city,
I sneer across the railings
Where the sea shines
Marina Bay is wonderful
But their hotel is better,
You do have to be brave
To stand the top floor,
The top floor is held by 3 pillars,
It’s lights open all the time,
The swimming pool is on the top,
Just like stockings near a fireplace,
A city you would say “I want to stay here!”
Near the tip of India,
The foreign bit,
Bad people want money,
So they say “Care for the charity!”
Do you know what I’m talking about?,
It’s a beautiful place,
For tourists and visitors
To admire the place.
Singapore
Sn (mil)
(lions) ow
flak (of)
in
g (tin)
del
(y) icately
(fr)
(agmen) (ts)