AN ACROSTIC WEEKEND
Footy is always a very fun sport,
On weekends you always have to be a good sport.
On Sunday, I like to call it a fun day!
Tackling is very dangerous,
Your footy teams have all been to the finals once!
DON’T LOSE YOUR THONG IN GEELONG
There was once a man from Geelong,
Who wore out his size-10 thong.
His feet were bare,
But he didn’t care,
He walked all the way to Hong Kong.
Acrostic & Limerick poems by Ronan Redmond
Rainforest children fall
Into green dreams
Visions
Embracing nature’s eyes
Releasing their love for salmon.
Releasing time
In my heart for
Visions of night fishing with Poppy
Evenings of searching for the perfect spot
Remembering our smiles at my first catch.
Revealing wild rivers
In the journeys they inspire
Visions for tourist and visitors
Entranced by nature’s eyes
Recipes are made for protective renewal.
June said: I wanted to work with the idea of three ways to think about the river: Prompt #19.
Running to school one cold wet day
Into dreams of escape and running away
Visiting islands full of sea and sun
Enjoying swimming and lots of fun
Returned to reality dark and grey.
Required homework not done yet
Idiot me never a teacher’s pet
Very hard to get past this disaster
Explaining why I can’t work faster
Rewriting forever the homework set.
River, river, I don’t know
River, river, where you flow
Your course varies north to south
Where’s your source? Where’s your mouth?
You’re a winding watery snake!
(Now read it again, starting from the bottom)
Ripples leave their
Imprints on a soft and sandy rise,
Vines are dipping fingers while the
Evening winks her eyes;
Resting crimson ribbons round the river’s dusty sides.
Running to school one cold wet day
Into dreams of escape and running away
Visiting islands full of sea and sun
Enjoying swimming and lots of fun
Returned to reality dark and grey.
Required homework not done yet
Idiot me never a teacher’s pet
Very hard to get past this disaster
Explaining why I can’t work faster
Rewriting forever the homework set.
Resting river, a rill rocks our raft
Icy depths of ink immersing ivy
Vacillation, veering with veritable vigour,
Exploration of each elemental eddy is exciting
Run raft run, rejoicing round the rapids
Australian Children’s Poetry 