One leaf
can break a branch.
One discovery can make flight.
One drop can stop a drought.
One brick can make a wall.
One wall can make a house.
One act can save a life.
One voice can change a song.
One person can change the world.
Ben, From Feluga’s Fabulous Fourteen.
I love the optimism of the young. This poem was written during Ripple and then shared in the Feluga Fabulous Fourteen Writing Anthology. It has been slightly edited before web publication here.
I’m swaying
I’m the colours
of falling into the water
Daughter joy and smiles forever
I will see. My
Branch now falls right near
Me so we can be so
Happy with my tree family.
Renee, St Clares. Year 5
A little spark turned into a fire
It jumped out the fire place
Creeping . . .crawling… creeping….growing
Bigger and bigger
Red and yellow flames leaping everywhere
He got bigger than a giant.
Bigger than a giant
Turned into a monster
Then he was
Gone!
Gone!
Gone!
By Joshua, Mission Beach State School
A fire is blazing in the
Moon light.
The smell of damper is in
My nose.
It’s going to be a great night!
I can’t wait till we eat.
There’s going to be a good feast.
It can’t get better than that.
By Angus, Mission Beach State School.
A frillneck lizard climbs onto a log
Hisssssss hisssssssss
Scratch sratch scratch scratch
Whossss whosss whoosss
Goes the wind
Pit a pata a pit a patta
Here comes the rain
Run I say under the rock
Whosssss whosss whosss whosss
Rain’s all gone
Out I came onto my log.
By Maggie, Mission Beach State School
Townsville
The Townsville Strand is where I want to be
At the Townsville water park children
Laugh with glee
Soon the big buck will tip out
So much water
SPLASH
The mum’s will soon take home their daughter
I will stay and say “Bye ba bye”
FUN FUN FUN
So much Fun.
By Marny Mission Beach State School
I look upon a rock pool
Crystal clear just like glass
I wonder if there is a hermit crab
Is it a starfish?
I wonder if it is a prawn?
I look very closely.
I can see a sea urchin or a tiny fish.
I hear my Mum call so I run to Mum
She says, “Lunchtime”
And I eat all my lunch and go
Back to look at the rock pool.
By Riley, Mission Beach State School
Coral fish swimming in the sea
Lovely fish.
Bright orange like the coral
He greets the dish with a swish
Dive….
Dive ..
….Dive
Down to his
house where the pretty coral lives
Quick
A Diver is here.
Swim, swim, swim
away from here.
By Darby
Mission Beach State School
I saw something brown
As wavy as the sea.
I saw something brown
As bumpy as could be.
I saw something brown
As spiky as a tree.
I saw something brown
Shaped like a croc.
I saw something brown
Shaped like a clock.
I looked
And I looked and I saw
That it was just a
Stick.
By Caitlin, Mission Beach State School
Ripple Poetry 