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Poems from the Creative Writing Group
The Creative Writing Group have written some fantastic poems recently all about the different things they’ve seen around the Colegate area.
WALKING IN THE SPITTING RAIN
Walking in the spitting rain,
singing along the wibbly wobbly path,
black birds singing on the chimney,
square bricks in the arch.
Boats rocking on the water,
Colours, merging together, reflections
of yellow, orange and pink flowers,
making a rainbow.
Sitting with friends, having lunch by the river,
geese and goslings swimming,
making the water wrinkly
People in the park, dreaming about tree houses,
the birds charming the worms with their song.
There is a tall stingy itchy hedge,
The tree in the cage is a gift.
The purple lavender smells nice on my fingers,
Sheltering under the leaves, makes a green tent, touching the grass.
Nearby is a bench, not for climbing or recycling,
A beer barrel, next to the church window with hollyhocks
THE OCTAGON CHAPEL
Nice warm sunny day
Bright blue without a cloud in the sky,
Leaves, green and waving in the breeze,
From Hannah’s window she can see the Octagon
We walk through gates as blue as the sky
There is a dome and a triangle, held up by columns, spirals on top.
There is a pointy spikey thing on top.
Crunch, crunch, crunch, walking on the gravel
Seagulls are squawking
Hot red bricks, feel like sandpaper
Spiral spike with leaves, made of dusty iron
Bright Gladioli, frilly, pink and yellow like the sun
Plastic grass is smooth and sparkly
And a blue door in a blue wall
THE CIRCUS CHURCH
Smooth square stone and black flint
Circles, squares and tears
Windows diamond criss cross
Light shining through
Shadows of leaves, tossing in the wind
Home for the circus
Ben hanging up-side down
Maverick in spider’s webs
Hugh can see a face, in the base, of the lamp
Down St Miles alley
Makes us smile
Bees buzzing
In the hot pink Geraniums
In the evening the lamps will come on
Brightening the church yard
Pigeons cooing
Magpies chattering
Gardeners going home.
GOLDEN STAR
Smooth path
Star, golden
Silver chairs
Silky smooth latte
Star, swinging in the breeze
Shiney green man on the wall
Shiney green man at the crossing