I recently added some Summer poems to the website, and since then I have sent some, typed up, to various schools around the country, including a couple specifically written for all the Junior School, Year 6 leavers. I am including them here, and I wish all of you the very best of luck and happiness in your new Senior School adventures:
SUMMER LEAVER
You’ve done it.
You’ve made it.
You’re a hero, yes you are!
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You’re a leaver.
You’re a newbie.
You’re a wonder, you’re a star!
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Senior school is beckoning,
it’s time to say farewell,
to your primary and junior years,
the ones you’ve known so well.
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But, don’t worry.
Be happy.
Life’s just moving on.
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Everybody does it
and we tell them all
be strong.
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You’ll make it.
You’ll love it.
You’ll rock it there, for sure.
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And next year, you’ll be the senior
watching YOU
come through the door!
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END OF AN ERA DAY!
The end of term.
The end of year.
The end of school is drawing near.
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It’s been such fun.
It’s been a blast.
But Junior school has gone so fast.
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We’re leavers now.
We’ve made good friends.
We hope those friendships never end.
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We’ve learned so much.
You’ve helped us be
resourceful, independent as can be.
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We’re going up.
We’re moving on.
We’re grown-ups now – we will be strong.
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But summer’s here.
We’ll laugh and play
and just enjoy each endless day.
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Until September
brings the new.
The brief unknown, for me and you.
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A new school calls
to welcome us in.
The old one’s gone, let the new begin!
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And here are a few more Summer related poems:
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DRAGONFLY WORDPLAY
The dragonfly
swings and rings
around the ponds
above the fronds of leaves.
Soars and tours
across the waving
reeds and trees.
Swoops and loops
over the blackberry
blossom seen in green
meandering hedges
around the edges
of bee buzzing
grassy meadows
where towers
of flowers
grow and blow
where the swooping
looping dragonflies
come and go.
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And last but very appropriate for our UK weather right now:
SUMMER SIZZLE
Sizzle go the sunbathers,
lying on the sand.
Sizzling in the summer heat
across the sizzling land.
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Sizzle go the sausages
on the barbecue.
Sizzle go the burgers
and the people in the queue!
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Sizzle go the flowers.
Sizzle go the trees.
Sizzle go the city streets
without a cooling breeze.
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Sizzle goes the heatwave
sizzling the earth.
Sizzling you and me for all
the sizzling sun is worth.
HAPPY SUMMER!