Poetry themes
Rites of Passage
Poems on the theme of rites of passage. 9 poems.
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Farewell
March 2018
You called today, ‘Please walk the dogs.’ / Of course we came, how could we not. / The threshold barred by dying bird, / Its legs still tremble…
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Shirker Bandit Outed
June 2016
Analysis of the ‘Pie Chart’ was (eventually) completed in spite of this student’s attempts to free their brain for less relevant thoughts. You bow your head, / Hold…
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Shirker Bandit
June 2016
Dusted off some crusty papers from supply teaching days. One student immediately self-identified when this was read out to the class; it was based on real-time observation of…
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I’m the Queen of the Castle
January 2014
You know who you are! I’m over it now, thanks to the passage of time and the power of poetry. Do you remember the girl with blonde hair…
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Time Line
January 2014
Written well before I kissed my Little Sister goodbye, this captures something about grief that is universal. Some lines cut short, s o m e s t r…
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Isolation’s So Not Fair!
August 2013
Those who fall out with fellow students and offer physical or verbal abuse in retaliation, could look forward to being supervised by a teacher during lessons and at…
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One Last Look Back
June 2013
When I was young I stood with my Mother, / On the platform with me were my sister and brother. / My Mother got on to the huge…
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I’m Sorry
June 2013
I was the older sister – just – / So close as weans when we were wee. / At five I’d almost got it sussed; / Who always…
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A True Olympian
June 2012
I’ve reached my potential and space is tight / And something tells me that tonight is the night. / All of a sudden I feel pull and a…