Poet and artist Denise Blake is coming into our class every Wednesday. She talks to us and helps us to come up with great ideas and words and then, like magic, she puts them all together and, hey presto we have a poem.
Colours
Red is a robin, rose, Puppy Slushy, a pepper, fire, clock, sofa
Cherries, jam, a Coca Cola tin, an apple, scarf with dots and a cap
Red is lipstick, surfboard, car, lights, balls, balloons, a lady bug
Strawberries, raspberries, ketchup, tomatoes, our school jumper
Red is a car, tractors, a football team, t-shirt, bow tie, necklace
Elves, Christmas decorations, baubles, Rudolph’s nose, Santa’s suit
Blue is a boat, car, sofa, wall clock, book, bicycle, a summer’s sky
A perfume bottle, eyeshadow, hats, a hoodie, jeans, handbag, shoes
Blue is Christmas crackers, balloons, party hats, the ocean and waves
Green is a chaffinch, holly, hazel, ash, the stems of flowers, grass
The green head of a mallard duck, green fields, an oak leaf, trees
Green is lettuce, brussels sprouts, cucumber, curtains, a green banana
A Christmas tree, ornaments, wrapping paper, an elf’s top.
Red, blue and green are colours on a rainbow
If I could keep a rainbow
I would do anything I want with it – make it big, make it small
I would stretch it and put it down and watch it make a pot of gold
If I could keep a rainbow
I would turn everything into rainbows
I would change it into light colours, dark colours and different shapes
And I would find so many gemstones
If I could keep a rainbow
I would make it into a swingboat
I would put it in my room and I would say “good morning”
To my rainbow every morning
If I could keep a rainbow
I would keep it in the sky when it is warm
I would take all the colours apart, stand each colour up big and tall
Every day I would place a different colour on top
I would keep it in my room and I would sit and watch my rainbow.