One of the things I love about running poetry workshops is the fact that they can produce really meaningful snippets of writing in an extremely short space of time. It can take ages to edit a poem, but it needn't take a long time at all to produce a collection of really poignant lines and ideas. With this in mind, I'd like to share two 'mini poems' that were penned during my visit to Whitchurch Primary, Berkshire, last week. I asked Year 4 to think of an emotion, and then to jot down a few lines describing what that emotion means to them. Here is a pair of Lovely Little Poems that were produced in only ten minutes:
Worry
I hate you worry
You turn my feet into lead
You make sad thoughts
Whizz in my head
You are the taste
Of my salty tears
I hate you worry
Love
Love is a baby monkey
on the tip of your finger
Love is my dog
sleeping in my arms
Love is my mum
hugging me goodnight
Love is my friends
opening the heavy door for me
Love is eating M&S pizza
Love is everywhere.
