Year 8 Poetry

Kennings [Jan 2010]

I'm...

Long-tonguer
Big leaper
Slimy skinned
Green coloured
Fly catcher.
I'm a...

By Glenn Adams Jackson


I'm...

A sand-skitterer
A rock climber
A cricket scarer
An insect stalker
A rock dweller
A sun-bather
A snake teaser
A mouse hunter
A tree climber.
I'm...

By Harry Bridges


To Birds...

To birds
I'm life.
To humans
I'm a dream.
What imagination conjures
Put on your wings, bringer of the dream
And feel.
Soar through the sky.
See sun on water, the moon in the dark.
Feel, glide.
Cut through the sky.
Take off
Success
Ambition wins over,
As you take flight.

By Gabrielle Bentley


I'm...

A grass-eater
A milk-maker
A beef hater
A burger maker
I'm...

By Kane Walker


I'm...

A memory keeper
A smile maker
A friendship bringer
A memory guider
A forgotten past
A tear taker
A laugh maker
A day-brightener.
I'm...

By Megan Burgin


I'm...

A small shiver
A snow giver
A sports bringer
An Olympic winner
A toe freezer
A nose-sneezer
A teeth chatterer
An icy splatterer.
I'm...

By Isobel Auckland


I'm...

A breakfast-maker
A meal-maker
A PC-messenger
A worker
A washer-upper.
I'm...

By Joe Hepworth