Poem in a Pocket day was on Thursday 1st September here at Barkly College - and staff and students were challenged to write or read a poem on any topic of their choice.
Below is an entry from the Year 11 pathways group about our main street at night. Great work year 11s!
TENNANT CREEK mainstreet
Where in the middle of Tennant Creek is where them heart is people walking from that end of the street to the other end of the street cars driving from South to East North to West
Smells of Spinifex burning smoke Fireries running red and blue light people cooking feed when people spill grog anywhere around town fire burning in the distance and the smell of the smoke travelling through thin air
Sounds
People fighting Dogs barking kids making noise drunk make noise when they walk pass hostel cars go pass trucks make noise having great time partying having disco singing songs playing band music playing loud and old cars passing by with big sounds, people cheering and shouting
When i walk down the street at night i see people fighting, screaming, singing, people driving around the street listening to music, trucks kids running around happy
street lights glowing golden orange umbrellas staging friends talking warm. Dark skies with stars twitching stories of old stories.
I see new people coming in Tennant Creek from other places.
How do the people feel? sometimes the peoples feel sad and other times people feel happy homeless hungry sometimes happy sometimes people feel weak and tired
How do you feel? worried, sad, lonely, scared for them warrungu men in their loud broken cars, scared sometimes boring feeling sorry for other kids wondering around the street sad sometimes happy bored
Year 11 English Pathways
Leroy, Kelisha, Alisha, Jacinta, Magdaline and Natalia.
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