Poetry from Week 2

Yellow like a blasted hot sun

like wild fire.

Tastes like spices burning all the way down.

Tastes like burnt tomatoes.

Exploding overcooked cheese balls

and smoked suns burning

out of my nose.

Zeus is the god of the sky

like an eagle watching from up high

Poseidon is the god of the sea.

like a seagull hovering above the sea

to find a feed.

Athena is the goddess of tragedies

like me trying to find a way

to get rid of my peas.

Baby blues soft like the bright sky.

Speeding waves crashing though

the rocks.

Freshness spreading through the whole

of Auckland

hearing the wind swishing past.

Anger is red like living hell

raging through my veins

and crashing everything

in it’s way.

Homework Week 3

One of our reading groups has been reading about Māori kites and suggested kite making for homework this week.  

1. Read some of the websites.
2. Make a kite.
3. Write instructions on how to make it for others.  

Websites

Did You Know?

A kite site with lots of design ideas.

More kite ideas.

Speed kite.

Poetry of Colourful Emotion

Room 5 have been exploring poetry of colour and emotion.  Here are some of our first attempts.

Crying is grey like heavy rain
falling from the sky.
It makes me feel like there is no one to turn to.

Shyness is baby blue
like the sea rocking gently 
also like a bird flying high
into the baby blue sky.

Joy is yellow
yellow like the sun shining on me.

Sorrow is blue like the cascading waves 
and also like the water dripping down.
It slowly slides through my body
It reminds me of the time 
I fell and scraped my leg,
It makes me feel sad
like a lonely boy
It makes me want to cry.

Depression is grey
like dusty old cobwebs
like the empty grey sky
on a rainy day.