{"id":1065,"date":"2017-03-31T09:51:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T20:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brainbunny.co.nz\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2017-03-31T10:52:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T21:52:39","slug":"poems-from-the-churton-park-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brainbunny.co.nz\/index.php\/poems-from-the-churton-park-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Poems From the Churton Park Class"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This week the Churton Park Brain Bunny class were learning about writing descriptions, and in particular about using metaphors and similes in poetry. They worked in two groups, and were asked to choose a topic and each write one metaphor or simile on that subject. Then we put the lines together to create two collaborative poems. The groups chose \u201cThe Sea\u201d and \u201cThe Forest” as their subjects, and here are their poems.<\/p>\n

The Sea<\/h3>\n

The Sea is like an angry storm,
\nwaking from the deep.<\/p>\n

The sea is as blue as my pen.<\/p>\n

The sea is a big glob of jelly
\nwith lots of pieces of fruit
\nalways moving in it.<\/p>\n

The sea is the crystal blue sky
\nblowing in the wind.<\/p>\n

The sea is like a watery, salty freezer.<\/p>\n

The sea’s freezing bony fingers
\nsweep across the shore,
\nblindly dragging their victims
\ninto the sea’s monstrosity.<\/p>\n

The Forest<\/h3>\n

The forest is not just bushes and other plants,
\nit is as big as Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

The forest is like a cave
\nthe trees keep you in its endless labyrinth
\nwith little sunlight to spare.<\/p>\n

The forest is a lake
\nlingering in the sunlight.<\/p>\n

The forest is big and easy to get lost in
\nlike a maze in the dark.<\/p>\n

The forest is another dimesion
\nwith countless things yet to be discovered
\nand things that will remain untouched
\nand unknown to all.<\/p>\n

The class then went on to write individual poems, on a range of subjects. For more metaphor and simile poems from past classes, see A Poem from the Karori Class<\/a> who chose “Death” as their subject and Poems from the Island Bay Class<\/a>, who wrote their poems about “Cats” and “Orange Soda”.<\/p>\n

Happy Writing!
\nHelen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week the Churton Park Brain Bunny class were learning about writing descriptions, and in particular about using metaphors and similes in poetry. They worked in two groups, and were asked to choose a topic and each write one metaphor or simile on that subject. Then we put the lines together to create two collaborative…
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