ENGLISH

YEAR 10

In Year 10 English we have been working on a theme study of “Survival”, studying relevant texts and writing in different forms and styles.

Below are three poems by one of the year 10 students, written for this unit of work. 

FORGOTTEN, LOST, AND DECAYING 

Poem One

In the darkest hours, when hope seems lost

Survival becomes a needy cost

Through trials we tread, with burning fire deep inside

Like a mighty beast, you fight and flee

Adapting to a world that’s wild and free

A survivor’s instinct, pulsing through veins

Venturing with determination, breaking the chains

In amongst despair, we find strength again

For survival is the product we all desire

With grit and strength we construct our path

Blind traveling through strife unaware of the obstacles to overcome

Rebuilding and renovating the remains of clash

Piecing together left over rubble, like a puzzle

Never again will we fumble in the face of strife as we now know we are more than capable 

Of overpowering adversity and conquering survival

Poem Two

The fruit, once vibrant and shiny

Now rotting, withered, and forgotten

Their beauty lost, their flavour gone

No longer a sweet and tasty delight

The sweet aroma, now a foul stench

Attracts flies and maggots, full of filth

Full of sweet juice, now swampy and wet

A field day for insects, an awful sight for the rest of us

We shall cherish the fruit in its prime

And honour its beauty, before it’s gone

In its rotting stage, we see the fact

That all things must gather time and lose their youth

Poem Three

Craving, every minute, every hour

It won’t leave no matter how hard I tell it to find another soul to devour

As soon as I wake, it calls me, nagging me to give in

Although I am full of regret, I cannot not stop what I have begun

The taste that my tongue is longing for

The thing that makes my hand shake

What I start and end my day with

Withdrawal out of reach, uncontrollable

Till death due us part, my other half