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Jubilee Pool
Illustration by Toby Morgan from Once Bitten: new children's collection by David R. Morgan
Jump in
Underwater
Bright
Improve
Loungers
Exercise
Enjoy
Peaceful
On the Promenade
Open to the public
Leap right in
William
Change
Eleanor Leonne Bennett, age 16
Create
Help
And don’t let down
Never
Give up to help change
Everyone can, everyone should!
Phoebe
The poems by William and Phoebe were sent in to me by Angie Butler in Cornwall and came out of a writing project with eight to eleven year olds.
For My Grandfather
Oh Dadda I wish you never died.
I am worried, I wish you were here.
Eleanor Leonne Bennett, age 16
Daddy will take you out for a beer.
Today is your birthday and I miss you lots.
Have you even got some spots?
Are you having a nice time in heaven?
Is it as nice as the sea in Devon?
© Isabella French
Aged 6 years
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The Robin and the Tree.
Eleanor Leonne Bennett, age 16
Anna and Nora were excited.
They had just put an angel on top of the tree.
The dog Maple leapt at the Christmas Tree
sending it crashing to the floor.
Anna Nora and Mum saw the angel broken.
Mum said. Sorry girls but I can’t fix it’.
The girls were sad.
When the girls had gone to bed
the Robin flew down and fixed it.
© Isabella French
Aged 6 years
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Warning
Eleanor Leonne Bennett, age 16
Cat, cat, don’t go into the garden,
because there is a wolf
and he might eat you
Cat, cat,
Beware.
© Lexi Lou (age 5)
Sunset by the River
A fluttering breeze
By the sunset.
Dim light
© Image Azadeh K Taj: "Swan Family Sonata," Acrylic on Canvas
Silent.
Peaceful.
Birds flying to the sun
Like a dim lit candle.
So beautiful
I feel so small.
© Eesha Thaker
Eesha Thaker is 7 years old and goes to 2nd grade class of Ms. Susan Buck at Dows Lane Elementary School in Irvington, NY. She loves nature and outdoors and carries a notebook around to write about her observations of nature.
What do you Hear?
What do you hear outside your window?
Trembling and frightened,
Trembling and frightened.
Let’s go outside
Of your front door,
your front door,
Eleanor Leonne Bennett, age 16
What do you see?
What do you see outside?
Out jumped a fox –
Looking for its tea.
She ran back inside
Trembling with fright
Trembling with fright
”˜What’s the matter?’ her mother said,
”˜What’s the matter Lucy?’
There’s a fox outside,’ she said.
Trembling with fright.
© Lexi Lou (aged 5)
Sue works with young writers in schools through Threshold Prize.
