The Rhodes Park Youth Poetry class, a project aimed at empowering the youth to express their view through poetry, took place at the Rhodes Park Library on Saturday, September 13.
The project, started by Mrs Faradiba Morton from Proud Community Youth Development (PCD), creates an environment for children where they can learn valuable life skills through writing, reading and interacting with each other.
In support of the project, the EXPRESS publishes the children’s poems once a month under Poetry Empowers.
For more information on the project, contact Mrs Morton on 074 330-1587.
Visitors wanting to attend the Rhodes Park Youth Poetry class are welcome.
Strawberries
By Emily Marakalla (11)
Strawberries are yummy fruits
They slide through my trout
A strawberry makes a perfect jam
They are slightly soft and sweet
They taste real nice
With a tingly feeling
You can grow a strawberry
Or plant your own seeds
A strawberry makes me think of love
They have a lovely shape
They make a perfect fruit juice
With that funny shape
A Fishpond
By Dearshney Mukwevho (11)
A fishpond looks very cool
If someone eats fish he is a very big fool
What makes it worse is that
The people eat this fish and think
That fish will grant a wish
But fish are really pretty
They make me want to laugh
And make some people want to laugh
Home
By Jermaine Lekgetho (11)
A home is a wish comes true
A home is what everyone needs
A home is God’s gift
A home is filled with love
That cannot be bought
Spring
By Diana Tougma
Spring is a new season
A time to pick up roses
And trees become green
This is the fruit season
A time to wear mu summer shorts
With fun in the sun
Not like autumn that is very boring
With leaves falling
You will always have to clean
Spring says buy to coffee
No more sleeping
Cause spring is my dream
Being invisible
By Sinikiwe Phiri (9)
Being invisible is sometimes not impossible
Lost inside your imagination
There sometimes is an empty space
This is where I hide and become lonely
Sometimes it makes me mad
When you feel that
There are things that make you sad
You feel like being invisible
This feeling is always possible
Lost in my imagination
Life creeps up on me
And then I feel so lonely.
A Women
By Sasha Ndlovu (10)
A women is a loving caring person
She never gives up and try to make things work
She is someone with a strong mind
Who is able to see right through you
Reaching for the top, over sea’s and big mountains
Past the grieves of life
Her life bring good to all
Touched by her family views
Her voice is beauty, her heart is soul
She hears everything
Just because she knows
She makes me to pursue my life
Who reminds me of my family tree
This woman of influence is my mother you see…
It is over
By Veronica Fillies (10)
The best thing about the past is that the past is over
But I also realised that winning is not everything
That I am not invincible and that I am not alone
Cause friends are a life-time
I need to stop worrying and think of life as a dream
That true love exists and can be forever
My heart can break a few times
Because I am a star, my light can never fade
I believe in dreams and will have a special future
I chase this dream until the end
It is over when I say it’ over
I am a dream…
