Category Archives: Australian children’s poetry
“Its not a lot of Rubbish” Mary Serenc
Leave a commentIt’s not a load of rubbish.
No matter how much we ignore it,
No matter how much we look away,
Rubbish is part of our society
It’s sadly here to stay.
So don’t wrinkle your nose up,
Don’t just say ‘I quit!’
It’s time we took more control
And learned to manage it.
We need to remember
There are but few places it can go,
In the air, in the earth,
Or in oceans and waterways below.
So organise your garbage,
Recycle what you can,
Steer away from ‘disposables’,
And give excess packaging a ‘ban’.
Re-use that wrapping paper,
Give that compost heap a go,
Learn to live with less
And think more about what you throw.
“A Green Queen” by Kate O’Neil
Leave a commentA GREEN QUEEN?
Should one consider ‘going green’
if one’s lot is being Queen,
and majesty’s one’s thing?
Should one think of steps to take
to change one’s ways for the planet’s sake?
or would one choose to cling
to royal extravagance, glamour and show
as part of one’s deal, so mere Joe Blow
must be the one to care?
Should Royals have to do their bit?
Pull their weight? Show true grit?
Wouldn’t that be fair?
Kate O’Neil
“Oi, Turn the Lights Off!” by Chris Owen
Leave a commentOi, Turn the Lights Off!
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder where you are!
Hidden by the orange glow
Of the city far below.
Curse this wretched light pollution!
Can’t we find some bright solution?
Chris Owen 2019 (with apologies to Jane Taylor)
“Perpetual Trophy” by Monty Edwards
Leave a commentPerpetual Trophy
It stood there in the cabinet:
The cup we all desired,
Engraved with names of winners past:
The stars we all admired.
Now watch us train with fierce intent
To match, then beat their best
For striving for that lofty goal
Will help us top the rest.
But if our team should fail the tests
On which success depends,
There will remain a greater prize:
A lasting group of friends
“Space Dust SiO2” by Celia Berrell
Leave a commentA man-made material
Silica aerogel
recently travelled in outer space
collecting the particles
shed by a comet’s tail
bringing them back to a NASA base.
A frothy glass matrix
of mostly air – sandy mix
lighter than feathers and stronger than steel
is brittle-snap crazy
and seems smoky-hazy.
When rubbed on a surface it gives out a squeal!
This stiff-sponge sensation
has great insulation
preventing the passage of heat through its layer.
Like a piece of blue sky
that is crisp, light and dry
its edges look fuzzy, like snap-frozen air.
Space Duster SiO2 by Celia Berrell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfUIc6efV3w
Lawrence Livermore Quest Lab video