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National Poetry Day Message Poem by Bernard Young
Liz Brownlee ♦ October 6, 2016 ♦ 5 Comments
To The Great Provider . Dear Great Provider, This is to thank you for the delicious cheese you so thoughtfully provide. Thank you. . However, (and I do hope this doesn’t seem ungrateful) would it be possible to place it by the side of our hole and not on the spikes of the thing that …
National Poetry Day Message Poem by Pie Corbett
Liz Brownlee ♦ October 6, 2016 ♦ 6 Comments
Message for the Mosquito who shares my bedroom. . I’m fed up with the way you keep me awake. . You wait till I’ve just turned out the light and settled down for a good night’s zizz before starting up your irritating whine, announcing, ‘Mister Mosquito is out for a bite.’ . At any second …
National Poetry Day Message Poem by Alan Nicholls
Liz Brownlee ♦ October 6, 2016 ♦ 2 Comments
This amusing poem arrived about an ant! . Dear Ant, . you bit my ankle, your half-back bit my calf. So when I squash you dead, you bug! Excuse me if I laugh. . © Alan Nicholls
National Poetry Day Message Poem by Jill Townsend
Liz Brownlee ♦ October 6, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
To the Panamanian Gold Frog . You gesture with a little wave to see off any new arrival – other male frogs as brave as you, who gesture with a wave. But now the situation’s grave: a fungus threatens your survival. Your gesture with a little wave may not see off this new arrival. . …
Gerard Manley Hopkins Poem read by Chris Packham for National Poetry Day
Liz Brownlee ♦ October 6, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
The Windhover: To Christ our Lord by Gerard Manley Hopkins, read by Chris Packham
A tanka and haiku for National Poetry Day Message poems by Pris Campbell
Liz Brownlee ♦ October 6, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
a tanka . sewage fills the river my tears accompany the dead fish on their last journey home . . . three haiku . . hazy day soot falls from the sky like rain . baby sea turtle bright condo lights lead him astray from the moon . wildflowers gone from where once I climbed …
National Poetry Day Message Poem by Joey Andrews
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To Humans – Message from a lone wolf . Why humans, Do you come to me, Separate my pack, Lock me in a cold cage, Wear my family off your backs? . I sit there in that lonely cage, But Nay! A friend arrives, Behold yet it’s an empty shell, For as your coat it …
National Poetry Day Message Poem by Charlotte White
Liz Brownlee ♦ October 6, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
Message to an Iceberg . Dear Iceberg . I have to tell you, it is us we are making all the fuss . We know you’re melting however people are belching out with smoke . We know you’re meant to be cold and we’re way to bold . It’s not right that you are dying …
National Poetry Day Message Poem by Darcey Frankland
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Message to the Rainforest – I Will Try . Dear rainforest, I will try to stop them cutting you down, it won’t be easy, people treat you like a clown. I will write to the government, king and queen, even if you are starting to lean. . I will try to let the birds have …
National Poetry Day Message Poem by Rupert Gibson, Ardingly college Prep.
Liz Brownlee ♦ October 6, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
Message to a Tree . Tree, I’m really sorry For cutting and beating You down to your knees We’ve done bad things to our world But we’ve done worse We’ve cut down forests and devastated landscapes But now we’re doing worse… . © Rupert Gibson (12)
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