Clarence the ridiculous clown

Clarence the ridiculous clown Always was the laughingstock in town. But then Clarence fell Down a deep, deep well And after that everyone wore a frown.

A girl named Miss Muffet

There was a girl named Miss Muffet, Who kept on eating her buffet. But then down came a spider Who drank all her cider And also ate her freshly cooked mullet.

A foolish girl called Jane

A foolish girl called Jane Was once stuck in the drain. An old man was accused of murder And said he, while holding a girder, “I’ll be thinking she was very insane!”

Autumn

Leaves crunching under my feet Cold, chilly wind brushing my face Wet rain soaking me The cool air nips my hands Sudden changes in weather Wearing warm clothes everywhere I go Trees almost bare from the falling of leaves Sun covered by clouds shines weakly at me Autumn

Books

E-books are easy to access. E-books are on computers. But books you can get just as easily from libraries too. E-books you can scan through. E-books are like PDFs.But books actually exist for you to hold. E-books weigh nothing. E-books don’t take up room. But books always make a space more home-y!

What … is the Moon?

What … is the Moon? The Moon is a white ball on a dark blue blanket It is a Cresent-shaped smile pasted on a child’s face The Moon is a white bottle cap floating in a shallow puddle It is a semi-circle waiting to be seen with its other half The Moon is a peeled […]

The Mysterious Figure

One dangerous and dusky day To a squalid, sorrowful street Came a clattering, clanking carriage. From the clanking, clattering carriage Stepped a facinorous, false figure Carrying a casual, coarse case. The facinorous, false figure Glanced at all the distinctive and dirty houses With a sly, sharp stare. Then this sneaky and spooky someone Returned to […]

Eyeing Aotearoa

A karoro glides with their friends in the sky. It sees human-shaped figures at po, then flies away. There are happy children making little stick people with their fingers and hair on the windows. It notices some female birds that are going to hiki a baby karoro in a new egg. In the sky, there […]

Springtime

The winter snow melts as spring arrives. Seedlings sprout. Flowers pop up. Everything wakes up from their eternal sleep. Squirrels scurry around. Foxes sneak. Rabbits hop about. The temperatures rise. Rain falls. Trees regain leaves lost from winter. Everything is mild, wet and sunny. Spring is here.

Winter

In winter, gusty winds nip your fingers and toes. The air becomes more chilly and the once-cool temperatures of the autumn drop down, down, down to bitter, freezing winter temperatures. The summertime visitors have flown away and the winter wraps Earth in a cold embrace. All is waiting, waiting until the warm spring arrives. For […]