Senior Poetry Writing

A number of students from Kahurangi and the Navigator Centre were able to submit entries to the Margaret Mahy Starlight Essay and Poetry competition - here are the poems they submitted.

eyes of god

I feel the presence

A holy aura

Seven sisters angelically float and dance in the midnight sky.

They start to project light, even brighter than the night before.

Dance and jive in the purest of dark skies.

While stars sparkle through the moonlight,

Bringing families and friends closer as one.

Food gets cooked on scorching hot rocks.

Waiatas get sung by people of all ethnicities.

But at the end of the night

When all's said and done

Blinking little eyes will continue to blink

Above our heads

By Eric Jiang

Stars

Stars are always there, sparkling like diamonds,

Stars are your shining light, to find your way,

Scattered across the sky.

Dancing their way along the dark midnight curtain,

Many different colours and patterns to amaze you ,

Red stars, yellow stars, blue stars

They all sparkle the same,

Southern Cross, Orion, and the Scorpion,

Constellations of New Zealand.

By Alyssa Brazendale

Our Bright Cross

Stars are the universe's oil lanterns,

They flicker, shimmer and glow.

You should not touch, since they are hot,

But a look is all you need.

They make our dark vanish,

But not all of it.

The blinking diamonds float in the sky,

They burn like a candle.

Our one and only cross,

Has kept our country known.

They will go out,

But we will never forget the cross of our land.

It shines like our own hearts,

Which could be gone,

But never forgotten.

By Max Fry

The Star Forest

Look outside at night, what do you see?

a jungle of stars and a moon shining bright.

All except one, the lonely sun,

who shines all day long.

Near, far and everywhere,

are glowing eyes of the forest panther.

A galaxy of fireflies,

grouped to make a butterfly.

Mammoth stars, out-shining the little ones,

but nothing peeps through the dreaded clouds.

When the wind washes the clouds away,

the panthers and fireflies come out to play.

One final flicker, one final shine.

Tired at last, the animals are.

While the sun rises beyond the mountains,

the stars fade away to rest.

By Kelsey Osborne

Stars

The stars twinkle as I look over the fence

I see them reflecting on the lake

They shimmer and shine bright

Under the moonlight

As I look at them through my window

They sprinkle glitter on my lawn.

Shining upon me,

I can see their constellations,

A huge picture of them all.

I don’t know?

Do they bounce upon the midnight sky to get to the other side?

Do they go there and hide?

Stars shine through the trees,

Making pixies fall asleep -

I make a wish -

and fall in a deep deep sleep.

By Alice Knowler

Stories in the sky

I look up at the sky

Guess what I see?

Hercules the hero looking at me

I was humbled by his presence

Hercules, now defender of the heavens

I turn my head

I am in awe

Seeing Centaurus, the mentor

Trainer of the heroes of Greek times

Now living in the skies

Looking up high

Something catches my eye

Pleiades, seven sisters from olden times

When these stars rise people cheer

Because it is the start of the Maori new year!

I turn to the south

I look up high

I see the Southern Cross, compass of the sky

Helping sailors find their way

But goes away with light of day

When I see these stars I feel at home

These stars need to know that they are not alone

By Sophie Collis