Category: Poetry

Child swinging on wooden swing set with sunset over river valley

What is Grief?

Lucia Chavez | Y7 | 14.05.26
A beautiful poem describing how grief can present itself in different ways

The Movies

06/05/2026 | Aarika Das Panda (Y12)
Performative Male Pro-Tip: Don’t just watch movies—read poems about them.

Raindrops on car window with blurred city traffic and lights outside

Racing raindrops

30/04/26 | Aarika Das Panda (Y12)
A poem about the famous raindrop race we all did as kids.

Just Keep Swimming

23/04/2026 | Aarika Das Panda (Y12)
Aarika is hit with a burst of inspiration after her yearly Finding Nemo rewatch

Ekphrastik Poem

26/03/2026 | Lucia Chavez (Y7)
QUICK, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE IF YOU CAN SPELL THE TITLE OF THIS POEM CORRECTLY WITHOUT LOOKING!!!

Blood Red Night

02/04/2026 | Olive Chavez (Y7)
Whatever is going on in the poetry unit of middle school English is producing a series of ominous poetry from Year 7s and it’s scaring me.

Not Long Ago

26/03/2026 | Aarika Das Panda (Y12)
If spring isn’t your thing and you’re just missing the cold clammy feeling of existential dread that winter provides, then maybe this is the poem for you

I Hate Winter

26/02/2026 | Sufi Irwan (Y7)
The Trump reference becomes infinitely funnier when you think about his fake tans and the fact that this poem is called ‘I Hate Winter’