October is Black History Month and we have included a great poet in our English lessons, Karl Nova, whose first collection of poems, Rhythm and Poetry, is the basis for our own poems about the seasons. Karl Nova uses a range of references in his poetry and takes inspiration from Shakespeare to hip-hop artists. However, his greatest influence was his mother for introducing him to books as a child. On that note, thank you to those that attended our first Parents’ Reading Friday in September.

We have all been learning to review each other’s work and deciding whether to change our work or keep it the same. Here are some comments on Sanya’s poem, below: I liked the powerful imagery – the image of icy and heisty. Maybe you could change heisty for feisty.

Monorail 

We took a monorail 
and we sailed
we took a coach
not a roach

Seeing all the eye can see
being whatever you want to BE!
Hearing screaming on the ride
some people thought they might DIE!

It was getting pretty icy
some kids were getting feisty
touching other strange objects
it was like they were all tec.

Intense ride
short time
soaring away like an aeroplane
the rides are DEATH!

Bright colours
Bright worlds
Meeting others
So many worlds

by Sanya Richards