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December Prompt: It’s almost Christmas!

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It’s a difficult time for many families around the world right now so let’s try and spread a little happiness with poems for and about children this December. Below are some photo prompts to help the words flow!

A BIG thank you to all our contributors and subscribers in 2023 from Australian Children’s Poetry. The site will undergo some small changes over the weeks between Christmas and New Year so please be patient with us.

Have a safe and happy holiday season and we look forward to receiving more wonderful poems from wherever you may be in 2024.

Town Invasion by Jenny Erlanger

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The monster approaching with giant black eyes
looks hostile and ever so chilling.
Its freaky companion, of frightening size,
is certainly out for a killing.

And standing nearby is another weird creep.
This one’s pretty skinny and hairy.
It must be a zombie, it seems half asleep.
I’ve never seen something so scary.

And here comes a creature with blood-coated jaws
whose stare is quite clearly satanic.
It’s carving the air with its menacing claws
and looks most decidedly manic.

A lot more have gathered and formed into groups,
they’re constantly shrieking or grunting.
Assembled together in nightmarish troops,
They’re focused on scaring and hunting.

The treats have been awesome, the feast’s been a blast,
as always, a night to remember.
Of course, the excitement is not going to last.
Tomorrow’s the start of November.

In response to Celebrations prompt

Photo from Pexels.com by Daisy Anderson

The March by Jacinta Lou

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Skeletons dance to a haunting tune,
as witches chant their spells to the moon.

Zombies march. White ghosts howl.
Cats screech loudly to the hoot of an owl.

Lock up your children, keep them inside.
Beware what will happen, so run – run and hide.

They will join in the march, zombies witches and more,
and fill you with dread as they knock on your door.

Knock. Knock. KNOCK!

Trick or treat?

In response to Celebrations prompt

World Pasta Day by James Aitchison

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We’re celebrating pasta
all around the world,
spaghetti and linguine
are being swirled and twirled.

Ravioli’s all the rage!
Rigatoni’s lots of fun!
I think my gnocchi rocks! 
Some penne anyone?

Macaroni and fusilli,
canelloni, fettuccine,
tagliatelle, vermicelli, 
agnolini, tortellini —

Let’s celebrate them all,
every kind of pasta!
There’s nothing like a pasta
to fill your tummy faster.

In response to Celebrations prompt.

Photo from Pexels.com by Vanessa Loring

Looking At Pasta by Toni Newell

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So many types of pasta
Of many varied shapes
All of the same ingredient
Yet a difference it makes.
There’s rigatoni and penne
And also shells and bows
Spaghetti, tagliatelle,
Linguini, and on it goes.
And the sauces are so varied
Bolognese, to start the list
But the cook can be creative
And give the sauce a twist.
It’s no wonder that it’s honoured
For its versatility
An ingredient of many shapes
Can produce such variety.
So, let us celebrate
On the twenty fifth of October
World Pasta Day
This year and forever after.

In response to Celebrations prompt

Photo from Pexels.com by Karolina Grabowska

Dark Matter Day by Celia Berrell

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Most of our universe
seems to be …
MISSING! NOT THERE
for us to see.

We call this DARK MATTER
because we agree,
although we can’t see it,
we’ve shown, quite clearly,
this stuff interacts with
GRAVITY.

Remember October
will end with this quest
as Halloween
is one of our best
spooky and scary festivities
for magic and mayhem
and mysteries.

And so, it’s become
the perfect way
to celebrate science’s
DARK MATTER DAY!

In response to Prompt #6: Celebrations.

For more about dark matter visit https://www.interactions.org/dark-matter-day

August is POETRY MONTH and SCIENCE WEEK!

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So much poetry happening this month! Put your pens to paper or fingers to keyboards and get those wonderful words in to us. Funny, lyrical, scientific, out of this world, romantic, serious or silly, we look forward to receiving your poems.

Send them to ozchildrenspoetry@gmail.com

What’s Outside Your Window? Prompt #2

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Hi everyone, thank you to all those who have sent in their poems for the Winter Waves prompt.

This week I’m lucky enough to be in Saigon, Vietnam! The image below is what I can see outside my window this morning and I wondered, what do you see outside your window? Feel free to still contribute to Winter Waves or send in poems about your own interests.

Looking forward to receiving your fantastic poetry! Don’t forget the new address ozchildrenspoetry@gmail.com

Here’s my contribution:

Sunrise brings

clouds tinged with yellow and orange

as families wake to start their day

or find their way home to rest.

Sunrise brings

barges along the river carrying

everything from rocks to rice.

Sunrise brings

a view of a city that never really sleeps

and the sounds of life

beginning another day.

Poetry Prompt #31

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Get set to create! It’s poetry prompt time. Monday certainly comes round fast, doesn’t it? I’ve been receiving some great responses to these weekly prompts. What will you come up with in response to this wonderful word? Cast your mind back to childhood and let your imagination roam.

Please email your poems to me at teenawriter@gmail.com as a Word or Text file attachment and add a line or two about your writing process. Don’t forget, if you’ve missed a prompt you can always catch up.

Happy writing!

Teena

Poetry Prompt #51

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Hi everyone,

It’s the time of year when many of us are thinking of giving, so what better to prompt your creativity than a gift tag. Don’t let the image limit you, though. Gifts can be many and varied and some of the most memorable we receive are not material. Time…thoughtfulness…caring and consideration…friendship… See what you can come up with in a poem for children.

Thank you to all the wonderful poets submitting regularly to this site. Your contributions are much appreciated. Please keep them coming. I love reading your work and sharing it with our growing list of followers.

Send your poems to me at traffa-m@bigpond.net.au as a Word or text document attachment and add a few lines about your writing process.

Happy writing!

Teena