List Poetry

After a great Healthy School Week, Class 4 have returned to poetry and experimenting with form. We have been creating list poems. A list poem is one of the oldest forms of poetry. The same word or words or class of words start each line. Each line is different, so that the lines create a different effect on their own.
'The Door' attributed to a Czech poet Miroslav Hulob translated by Ian Milner and George Theiner

The Door by Class 4

Go and open the door

Maybe outside there's a

planet or a solar system

a rocket,

or a sun.

Go and open the door

Maybe children playing

Maybe you'll see a house

or a room,

or a photograph

of a family.

Go and open the door

Even if there's only a shadow

even if there's

a cold breeze

even if

nothing is there,

go and open the door.

At least

there'll be

a draught

Friend

If you'd be my friend

I'd paint myself gold

live in a hold,

ride up to space

eat toothpaste,

stay up all night

have a fright,

share my last sweet

have nothing to eat,

and smile without end

if you'd be my friend.

Joe W-C. and Max W.

Friend

If you'd be my friend,

I'd paint myself cream

live in a dream,

call myself Fred

never go to bed,

swear at my dad

always be bad,

live a good life

swallow a knife,

and smile without end

if you'd be my friend

Darcy Toms and Josh Evans