Poetry Corner

On Wincobank Hill
 
Where the path seems to end
Suddenly  the whole world appears
And I.....
Sledge down the path
Jump on islands in rainy streams 
Hear owls at sunset
See  fireworks explode across the city
And gather holly on Christmas Eve
 
Millie Barker
aged 7, 2011



Air-Raid Night
 
You can see the nightly visitors of Sheffield 's past,
Streets deserted like the flamy plains of hell.
The city dressed for battle,
Slow moving barrage balloons drift across the misty sky.
Solitary remains of buildings like fingers pointing in the midnight gloom,
 Bullets like 1000 fireworks flickering in the moonlight.
The muffled explosions of distant bombs sound outside the metal shelter,
Fearful families huddled together, scared, frightened, frustrated.
Waiting for their friendly wail of the clear siren,
Anxiously scrambling out of the shelter,
Hoping their eyes don't see a burning pile of rubble. 
 
by Bryn Wainwright  
aged 9, 2010