My Print Art

Onomatopoeia Poem

I get the laundry basket and carry it into the room,oof.  Then I grab all the clothes and throw them in the washing machine,thud!  After that I set it to half an hour,beep,beep! I pour the liquid in,glub,glub,glub.  Finally I press the on button, buzz,and then it starts, whirr,whirr,whirr! Ding, it’s done and I hang the clothes up, skreech!  Now that it’s all dry, I collect the washing from the line, ping,ping,ping. Finally I have clean, dry clothes to wear.   

New Zealand Taonga

Summertime  is very neat,

as we meet people and greet.

We get te moko on our face,

and then we always play and chase.

Eating hokey pokey ice cream is a treat,

and all the sheep like grass to eat.

Reading Maori legends,

indeed they are splendid.

The Kiwi bird is our national animal,

but then all our animals are admirable.

Rugby is our national sport,

and we play basketball on a court.

The Maori always wear their cloaks,

and in NZ there is always hope.

New Zealand,Aotearoa land of the long white cloud,

far away but always proud.

My Wild Self

Standing behind me was something strange…... I think I knew it was a creature right away, not just a furry animal.  It was a weird non human living thing. When I turned around, I was shocked. It wasn’t just weird, it was odd and curious. Its face was rose-coloured and it had eyes like a lemurs.  It had a nose and mouth like the type a normal human being would have. It had wide polar bear ears that were so white it looked like it had been in the ice for 20 years. Sprouting out from its magnificent hair, was a sapphire-coloured peacock crest.

Her neck was barely able to be seen, it was as if she had a neck shorter than an ant.  She had a bright blue t-shirt which showed a picture of lightning that was yellow like a golden buttercup.  She had some peculiar legs. They were African lion legs and they were also amber brown. She also had Siberian tiger claws and had elegant monarch butterfly wings.  

When she spoke she made strange noises that you couldn't understand. “Maybe it’s because she had a grim looking mouth,” I thought aloud. Her behaviour and movements were bizarre.  She went crazy then all of a sudden she stopped. I noticed her paws, they were sharp and she was moving them towards me. I was scared, really scared! What if she scratches me?!  I thought to myself, startled. I was astonished when she took her paws to shake my hand. “What shall I do?” I said loudly, in a panic. Well maybe I should just shake her paw, my brain replied. We shook. Now I thought she wasn’t weird, she was  cool.   She took her paws and I took my hands.  I watched her. She waved. Then she placed her hands and legs on the jungle floor and crawled away. Ok now I thought she was super weird and eccentric.  I wonder if I will ever see her again? Maybe there is more of her kind, only weirder. I’ll have to just wait and see!!!