Subject Stars: Year 7 Poetry
By Isaac
Ms. Murphy has personally selected the best of the best poems from her Year 7 Grammar group. All of them were tasked with writing a poem about our great city of London. The results will take your Breath away.
Ms Murphy said about the poems: "The pupils studied the poem London by William Blake and were set the task of writing their own modern day version of London! They had the choice to create a positive, negative or balanced view of London and, as a stretch it task, were challenged to make their poem rhyme."
Ms Murphy went on to say, "A huge shout out to Sophie whose poem was chosen even though she was absent the day we studied William Blake’s poem. She created this work in the time that everyone was writing up their final draft! I really liked the personal touch of London as a part of Sophie and the important places and images for her. It was also great to see her stretch herself to including rhyme too!
"Bianca’s poem creates such strong imagery of London for me – I really enjoyed her balance of the less positive sides of London: litter and pollution, to ending on such a positive note of looking ahead to sunnier days! I think Bianca has done a fantastic job of re-creating William Blake’s work with a modern twist."
All of these poems are so so amazing! Everyone here at The Bark is very impressed. And here they are:
LONDON
London's a place with a high population
London's a very famous location
Home of buses, houses and shops
And small places where people grow crops
Underground trains, footballs to kick
A large range of sports: so many to pick
London Eye and Big Ben
Basketball games held in a pen
London will always be
A large part of me
By Sophie
LONDON
In London every street is full of bin bags
tins, wrappers, masks, and plastic
packets spread around the roads and
pollution that makes you choke and
bright lights at night
and sky-scrapers of great height
lots of dogs taking walks
people talking
and I see raindrops
on window panes
thinking of sunnier days.
By Bianca
LONDON
London London, a broken city
The empty streets, a grimace of pity
The horrid sound of engine’s roar
Masks and cigarettes, littered on the floor
The people walking on their phones,
Teen boys kicking over traffic cones
I see a pigeon not so far
Dead on the road, run over by a car
All curtains closed in the windows and door
You'd think they were out well think some more
Depressed kinds hanging in the park
Better hurry home before it gets dark
Criminals, vandals lurking around
Families aren’t talking, not making a sound
Our community has gone down the drain
Now hurry home before it starts to rain
By Coco
LONDON
Created in an ancient time,
London is a place of change innovation and creation,
A place of wealth with many a station,
Although a past of starvation,
Modern solutions have increased the happiness of the population,
At times London has had a few problems,
With pandemics and the environmental crisis,
The world a place of devastation,
But London still thrives,
Cars and tech belonging to the population,
Whilst others on the street begging in desperation,
London is different for everyone,
For some their livelihoods,
Others a place to stay,
And for many people London is home.
By Max
