ANCIENT EGYPT - POEM FOR ST LUKE'S PRIMARY, ISLINGTON

On my website there is a little-known clause which states that, if I am booked by a school to run a workshop on a specific theme, I will write a poem, on that theme, especially for them. Tomorrow I am visiting St Luke's Primary, in Islington. With Year 3 we are going to write poems on the theme of Ancient Egypt. With that in mind, I have written the following little poem.

What the Sphinx Thinks

The body of a lion

The head of a man

He sits and he watches

Over his land

Never a murmur

A twitch or a wink –

Who knows

What the Sphinx thinks?

Carved by chisel

Hewn from rock

It harbours a riddle

You cannot unlock

Never a shudder

A breath or a blink –

Who knows

What the Sphinx thinks?

A creature cut

From the hardest granite

Has it come from

Another planet

With secrets written

In ancient ink?

Do you know

What the Sphinx thinks?

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