Perfect Poetry by Year 9 EPHS Students

During lockdown, some of our students produced some beautiful and thoughtful poetry.  

Ahead of Adisa the Verbalizer's visit next week, we thought we would take the opportunity to showcase two poems by Year 9 students from Ms Altenburg's English Class.  One on the theme of racism and the other on Covid-19:

Spread the word around by Erik N

Racism can come in all races and sizes,

but the racism to black people keeps on rising.

Black people causing trouble, is what the media televises.

Stupid people listen to what they say, like its hypnotising,

But it’s not.

All it takes is one shot.

Unfairness and cruelty,

9 minutes he couldn’t breathe,

“racism isn’t real” they must be blind to not see.

It’s across the world;

it’s for the foreigners and Latino.

Police shot that girl.

Racism builds the racists ego.

 

My ethnicity is different,

people look at me like I’m an immigrant.

Racism ruins the innocent,

why can’t every race be equivalent?

 

Same-

but different chances,

That’s society broken; lots of bruises.

How can you see such difference when we are all human?

The good side is the one losing,

little kids taught from young,

racists seem to always be shooting,

with words and using a gun.

 

I’ve had enough,

I am a victim of it too.

But I don’t want it just between me and you,

 

spread the word around.

COVID-19 by Charles E 

Dark and lonely

No sun in sight

Disease and depression

Is the real fight

Friends becoming strangers

No human contact for months

Our summer has been robbed

This needs to change at once

Education at risk

With no teachers to teach

No students to learn

All we can do is preach

When will this end

The answer is unclear

Covid-19 doesn’t seem real

Some peoples trauma will never heal