Harry Baker - Poetry Performances in the Library
“Poetry can be anything you make it”
Continuing the school’s celebration of National Poetry Day, award winning poet Harry Baker captured the imaginations of the Upper Third Form on Tuesday with his astounding feats of linguistic acrobatics.
From bumblebees and maths to falafel and dinosaurs, his poetry explored humour, language and life. He even performed his 2012 Poetry World Cup winning poem Paper People, which is the best poem in the world (according to five random French people).
A group of Upper Thirds were then lucky to work with Harry to write some poetry themselves. Working on a free writing exercise led to some fantastic poems from the students.
Science by Avi A (U3rds)
Science is like facts and figures
Floating around ready to be discovered.
Hidden, in nooks and corners
But also blatantly obvious.
Science is like solving an equation
But in each answer there could be a deeper meaning.
Biology, chemistry, physics
All stuck together like on big tree
Coming out from the same foundation.
It’s fun, fascinating, factual
Explosive, jaw-dropping, complex
Beginning of all beginnings
Ends of all ends
Metaverses, milky ways, galaxies
Where there is no stops
Undiscovered truths to be unveiled
Lies to be dissolved
Science is all of this.
Scientists, doctors, opticians,
Dentists, astrologers, chemists,
Biologists, physicists, therapists.
All formed by Science.
Other News