Animal Poems

One for the wings of a small fat wren.

Two for the food in a fox's den.

Three for the kids that love to learn.

Four for the twig that's about to burn.

Five for the bear who loves his porridge.

Six for the kids that hate their college.

Seven for the scary and hanging bat.

Eight for the hairy and scary rat.

Nine for the cuddly and frightened kitten.

Ten for the snow white, fluffy mitten.

LAUREN SIMS

One for the croak of the big, plump frog.

Two for the bark of a little brown dog.

Three for the meow of a hungry cat.

Four for the peacefulness of a scared rat.

Five for the tiredness of a sleepy bat.

Six for the stillness just like a mat.

Seven for the whine of a lonely pig.

Eight for the drilling of the miner's dig.

Nine for the squawk of the giant stork.

Ten for the creepiness of the hunting hawk.

MATT SMITH                                

AMULET

Inside the polar bear's jaws, the mountain of

                                                                              heather

Inside the mountain of heather, a polar bear's

                                                                                   teeth

Inside the polar bear's teeth, the block of ice

Inside the block of ice, the strangled fish

Inside the strangled fish, the pond weed

Inside the pond weed, the freezing water

Inside the freezing water, the bicycle wheel

Inside the bicycle wheel, the grains of dirt

nside the grains of dirt, the minute life-form

Inside the minute life-form, the tiny water bugs

Inside the tiny water bugs, the piece of cup

Inside the piece of cup, the polar bear's jaws

BEN YOUNG

AMULET

Inside the polar bear's thick fur, a mountain of

                                                                              heather

Inside a mountain of heather, a polar bear's

                                                                  powerful teeth

Inside a polar bear's powerful teeth, a seal's blood

Inside a seal's blood, a tear of death

Inside a tear of death, a seal's memory

Inside a seal's memory, a polar bear's huge

                                                                                mouth

Inside a polar bear's huge mouth, a big heart

Inside a big heart, a big body

Inside a big body, a fierce memory

Inside a fierce memory, a dark past

Inside a dark past, a mother

Inside a mother, a polar bear

Inside a polar bear, a polar bear's thick fur

Inside polar bear's thick fur, a mountain of heather

HARRY MCLEAN

AMULET

Inside the penguin an egg

 Inside the egg a baby penguin 

 Inside the baby penguin laid some fur

Inside the fur a cold ice cube

Inside the cold ice cube some emerald crystals

Inside the emerald crystals a stormy sky

Inside the stormy sky a giant star

Inside the giant star the earth

Inside the earth the South Pole

Inside the South Pole the a pile of snow

Inside the pile of snow a penguin

Inside the penguin an egg

     NATASHA HOLMANS