Poetry: The Best Words in the Best Order.

Poems;  We have been writing about some of our experiences including sailing last week.  Samuel Taylor Coleridge suggested;

‘Poetry; the best words in the best order’.  

We liked that idea and have been playing with words, thinking about their order and which ones might be ‘best’.

Wading out like an old dingy,

Water glistening like a diamond,  

Waves shoving me to shore,

Like rough hands.

Shells shining up at me,

Sail flapping,

Crabs dancing,

Rudder wheezing,

Rope calising my fingers

Seaweed crackling, popping, spitting.

                                                         By Zach

There, sitting on windows

Ground getting further away

Birds laughing at us

The crank of rudders

                                      By Ollie

Calm water

Far from the beach

Flapping sail

Laughter

Water Sploshing

Hardwood tiller

Wobbling

People falling out of boats

Seaweed

Seashells

Fishy smells

                                      By Matthias

Water glistening in the sun

Waves pulling you to shore

Blue, soft, raw, nervous

Long, deep, rocky, windy

Flipping in the water

Freezing, scary, still.

                                   By Cruz.