Fantastic Poems From My Lunch Club

I am very pleased to be back working at Plashet School, having worked there last year as a Spoken Word Educator. I ran my first lunch club of the term yesterday, and was delighted that almost all of the following I had gathered last year decided to return. In a testament to the skills they have acquired, I didn't need to give them many writing prompts or to set up elaborate activities; after a brief discussion about what they got up to during their holidays, I let them loose on the writing. Some girls decided to write about an activity they undertook during the holidays, and others just, well, wrote about whatever they wanted. Here are two fantastic examples:

Rollercoaster by Leila

Ready to step on

Staff patrolling

Checking if it’s safe

You can hear the people

AHHH!

As soon as they get off

People come eagerly rushing

To get on

You can hear the man saying

Are you ready?

YESSS! They scream

It’s too late to get off

WOOO! They scream

As it goes down

Faster than a motor bike

AHHH!

Then it’s all over

 

All About Me by Dina

I am like a mango birthday cake

Exploding with flavour

One fact is anger and happiness are my best friends

But now tasting the cake I feel bitter and characterless

The cook book about me is opening

It’s begging

It’s time, get ready

Embracing my life for new, fresh ingredients

Here they are:

100 grams of fun exploding with anxiousness

2g of sadness: a pinch of salt

200gs of British attitude and language

Poetry, drama and history gives my cake a boost

Sugar and milk

And one thing I love is ice cream

This is my life

What is yours?