Colours for Kids 10)

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Sat, 28 Sep 2019
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9 comments
 

Coal and soot and the sky at night
(before the moon has risen to shed some light),
the patches on a panda,
dark stripes across the zebra,
the telly when there’s nothing on,
liquorice sweets on your lips and tongue,
a blackbird or a crow,
gorilla in the zoo,
the piano keys that are sharps and flats
the feathers on a penguin’s back,
the letters on this page
– they all are …
Black!

[IP: colours]

 

 

Certificate U
Poem
Colours for Kids
Children's
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks for the cherries. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

well done thinking of a panda! And putting in about penguins having feathers, would make a child wonder about how they are so good at swimming, what sort of feathers they must be? And to go from a blank telly, having no meaning to the words of the poem holding all the meaning. I always love all the contrasts you find to make your colours so exciting, and how you bring the other senses in too

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks! I hadn't thought of the connection between the blank telly and the meaningful words! Well done to you too! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Great I P Rhiannon,

Love those first two lines. Black is such a mysterious colour and leaves so much to the imagination.

Yes! I really like this, one of my favourites of your colour poems.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jenny. Glad you liked this. I suppose black seems mysterious because it reminds us of being in the dark, and having to imagine what we can't really see (though it's rarely completely dark!). Someone this morning who is more-or-less blind was telling me of gettng lost in her house momentarily, though she is so used to moving about it, but her husband was around to reorientate her. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

I love this - the rhythm and the connections and the sparks to the imagination.  Lovely.

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Airy. I'm really pleased you liked it and felt it had good rhythm and sparks for those kids' imagination! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Rhiannon

 

I too enjoyed reading this. It is a good way to think about things in a different way.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jean. Having to think about what interests a child is a good exercise! Rhiannon