Year 5 & 6 Poetry Competition
Hello all!
It is competition time again. First of all, I feel I should offer huge congratulations to Yi-Sheng for winning the funny story competition and bringing glory to our class. This does mean that year 6 will be really wanting to win the next competition and so we should redouble our efforts.
This time we shall be writing a structured poem. It can have any rhyming structure and be about anything that you want. Once again you should email your entries to admin@westgreen.haringey.sch.uk and the rules are as follows:
- All entries must be emailed to admin@westgreen.haringey.sch.uk
- Must be sent by Tuesday 28th of April
- Winner will be announced on Wednesday the 29th by Jenny!
- It must be at least two verses long
- It must rhyme and have one example of repetition
- It can have any rhyming scheme that you choose
- Other features you can use to bring it to life – alliteration, personification and onomatopoeia.
- Remember, its very difficult to overuse description – you want the reader to escape and see what you see.
Here is an example that we actually read as a class. As you can see, the stanzas are short but it has a clear ABCB rhyming structure and a nice rhythm.
A In the Arctic summer
B the cloud-grey fox
C listens for prey
B in the low shrubs and rocks
grizzled and still
as the permafrost ground
his senses vivid
with scent and sound
when lemmings are hidden
under the snow
the wild geese are flown
and biting winds blow
a horizon-less white
shrouds the Arctic fox
in clouds of snow fur
from tail-tip to socks
he haunts frozen sea
as thin as the air
hoping for scraps
missed by polar bear
or curls in his tail
from the star-cold white
chewing on hunger
through long Arctic night
and waits for spring sun
and pale Arctic day
to melt tundra snow
and his white coat away
I feel that I should also say that this is set class work and so I expect to see a poem from everyone! We got too few entries last time which was a shame. You showed with your Invictus poems that you are all fantastic poets and so I very much look forward to seeing your work!
Speak to you all soon,
Patrick
23 Comments
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Patrick Creane says:
Excellent Sophia! Very poignant and heartfelt.
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Just on a separate note- did you post that on here because you weren’t sure how to use the email? I just want to get an idea of how many of us might be finding it difficult!
Once again though, thanks for your poem!
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Sophia says:
Yes I did.This became the only option I had.
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Fair enough. I’m just glad you sent it; it’s brilliant!
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Tianna says:
That’s an amazing poem Sophia
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If you can then please email it to us. Have you spoken to your parents about using theirs like I mentioned above?
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Alright, well give it a go and if you’re really not sure how then send it on the comments. I’m looking forward to seeing the poem!
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I have also had quite a lot of problems and couldn’t really find a solution.So I had no choice but to put it here.
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abdulhalim says:
I don’t know were to write my poem.
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Email it to admin@westgreen.haringey.sch.uk or respond to the email that I sent your report in
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davmie says:
Deeper
As i’m digged in,
trying to find the correct pin,
don’t feel like it’s time,
but i won’t give up even if someone committed a crime.those people say they want to know me DEEPER,
but i know,i won’t, even if i catch a fever,
Coronavirus is here,they sneer, but i try not to fear.
going deeper in oceans, isn’t just one of the potions,there’s a way to go eternally further
Made officially by Davmie Emoji
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That’s lovely Davmie. I have put it in with all the other entries!
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My mum found out how to do it somehow
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Did you manage to email the poem in Tianna?
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Good one Davmie !!!!!!
Here’s my poem.
The NHS:Dealing with COVID-19
We thank the NHS,
for helping us at this most difficult of times,
although they haven’t always been successful,
they tried to solve cases everytime.
We mourned the loss of our loved ones,
we clapped for all our heroes,
the NHS are doing a great job,
who knows what they’ll be solving tomorrow?
Although there have been some highs,
there have also been some lows,
because this crisis has gone worse,
many places have come to a close.
We know this might be hard,
at the moment the cure is unknown,
but in order to save many lives,
just please stay at home.
Sophia