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Tuesday, 13 June 2023

MORE (for schools, and pupils)

We’re more than just a number

We’re more than just a grade

We’re more than just the ‘outcome’

As we’re measured, probed and weighed


We’re more than sets of data

We’re more than means to ends

We’re more than just receptacles

For all their latest trends


We’re hopes and dreams

And silent screams

We’re love and pain

And sun and rain

We give our heart

We give our art

We nourish, nurture and sustain.


We’re more than just a letter

We’re more than just a test 

We’re more than pinpoints on a line

That runs from ‘worst’ to ‘best’


We’re more than someone’s judgment 

We’re more than what they think

We’re more than what they rashly write

In streams of scathing ink


With courage, care

And flash and flare

In rainbow light

And spacious night

We give our blood

And through the mud

We proudly march. We stand and fight.


Joshua Seigal