We’ve had it all go here at the Libraries! Music Month is over and we rolled straight into celebrating World Environment Day and Matariki. We’ve been sculpting, stargazing and harvesting.Next it’s time to celebrate the Montana Book awards and as you know Poetry Day. You will have seen the details of the Hastings District Libraries Poetry Competition and yes, the theme this year is sustainability. Something we should all be familiar with aye? Especially as we can't turn around without hearing about it.
How can you write a poem about sustainability? Well the only limit is your imagination! Any interpretation of this theme is acceptable and here is a list of but a few topics:
Food sources, fuel, waste management, water, footprint, trees, cycling, power, ocean, keep it green, keep it natural, chemicals, environment, earth, climate change, recycling, rubbish, trash or treasure, life changes.
Here’s an old favourite from my childhood that I bet some of you remember well:
Nobody loves me anymore
I’m going down the garden to eat worms,
Long thin slimy ones
And big fat furry ones.
Long thin slimy ones go down easily,
Big fat furry ones don’t.
The big fat furry ones stick to your teeth,
And the juice goes slurp down your throat!
Let those literary juices flow!
Lucy Lit
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