Walt Whitman

This morning we were introduced to the poetry of Walt Whitman. After our discrimination topic of last term, many felt a connection to him around his poems about slavery. Many of his ideas came from the American Civil War, and Abraham Lincoln was his hero.
Find our more about him here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman

 

 Tremendous Trees

Sam C

Trees wave

Rustling over the land

Looking oddly sick

The colour of lime.

Exquisite leaves,

Fingering the air

Perishing in the breeze,

Wilting in the wind.

Conquering the earth,

Bent over,

Like a gnarled tree root

Caressing the grass.

 

Glitter

Evie

Glassy glitter eludes the ground

Looming over streaks of green

Preventing growth.

Gnarled hands flow up

As the sun's eyes peep over the hills

Life appears in a flourish.

Frost cowers

Weeping in the warmth

Soaking away...  

 

Miracle

Sam D

Mist floats above the streets

Sun beams through piercing the mist

Mist rises up forming a cloud.

Sun beams down

Gradually forming a coloured archway

The mist fades away. 

Nature's Wonders

Conal

Glittering coldness startles the land  

As the wall of ice lives

Weeping in the warmth of the day

Sunlight returns.

Full with power

The sun is strong

Glaciers helpless

Growing smaller

Betrayed.

Glaciers are nothing

Just gentle, lapping water

Filtering the sand

Sparkling, sparkling.

The trees bathe in the shallows

Dancing to the tune of the wind. 

 

Miracles

Madoka

As the mist clears

Opening the way

Opening the way for mother nature's painting brushes

To dance in the open space.

Gently dabbing their heads in seven coloured pallets

Then stroking their hair on the turquoise sky

Forming a coloured artwork

That curves over the land.

The sun's rays fall to the ground

As she gently wraps her hands around earth

Sharing energy with everyone.