THE ELECTION - poems

I am writing this in anticipation of the results of the American Presidential election. In today's workshops, I asked students to imagine would they would do if they were in charge of things. Here are a couple of poems that resulted (the first one is by me)

If I Was Prime Minister

If I was Prime Minister

walks would be compulsory –

at least an hour a day.

If I was Prime Minister

all we’d ever do

is run around and play.

If I was Prime Minister

fetch would be

our national sport.

If I was Prime Minister

question time would be

very short. (And loud.)

If I was Prime Minister

I’d put all criminals

on a tight leash.

If I was Prime Minister

I’d growl a lot

and bare my teeth.

If I was Prime Minister

I’d be big and bold

and bad.

But will I ever be

Prime Minister?

You must be BARKING mad.

 I Will by Sathana (Year 9)

I will introduce a system called ‘No GCSEs’

I will have every front door decorated with bluebells

I will

I will vanish homework

I will make people sell fruit smoothies

at the end of each road

I will

Vote for me and I will promise to you these things

Vote for me and life will be so much easier

Vote for me and I’ll find ways to improve society

for everyone

I will

Everyone has zeal

Everyone has potential

So why not me?

Why not you?

Why not try?

Not trying to be quarrelsome

Just trying to make a slight difference

And also remember

That I will.