Visit from a real live poet!!

Paula Green is a New Zealand poet who has written lots of awesome poetry. We were lucky enough to have her visit our school a few weeks ago and she came and took a poetry workshop in our class. She challenged us to write poems with 10 words or less. She helped us achieve this goal. Here are some of our poems. What do you think?

Hippo

Dirty teeth

Slow movements

Grey, brown, big

Heavy body.

By TL

Flamingo

Stand on one leg

They are tall

Pink like marshmallows

By QH

Meerkat

Running fast

Hiding in my burrow

I’m a meerkat.

KT

Flamingo

Marshmallow soft

Gliding on water

Curved neck

Tall and pink.

By BW

Flamingo

Marshmallow soft

Gliding on water

Curved neck

Tall and pink.

By BW

Rhino

Sharp horn

Angry charge

Rock hard armour.

By KM

Elephant

Big, humungous elephant

Swishing tail

Flapping ears

Stomping feet

By AM

Giraffe

Tall neck

Brown spots

White and brown

Slow walking

By TT

Rhinoceros

Rhinos eating

Running and grunting

Wrinkly and crackly skin

Heavy leather.

By JS

Sea lion

Sitting as straight as a statue

Speeding fast as a flash.

By ZF