To Write A Poem

• Jacob Sims, Grade 6, Buxton Primary School
• Poetry
• 2013

Excellence Award in the 'Dream Big 2013' competition

To write a poem is to depict a story, of love horror or fun, You can write of romance, or battle royals, or a picnic under the sun.
To write a poem is to express yourself, when your feelings are hurt or in blues, It doth not matter what thou writes about, so let thy imagination loose.
To write a poem is to sit down and think, about future, present and past, There is so much that can be done to our lives, but our ends will all come at last.
To write a poem is to have lots of fun, to create our caricatures, To make a world where creatures roam in an endless search for adventure.
But most of all to write a poem is to put your heart into paper, To forge your soul into a timeless verse, for people to read; even generations later…