Poetry-Jamie



**I am a child**

I am all the things of my past: My Daddy's artistic ability, My Mummy's taste for reading **I am all I can see:** My calf club animal adjusting to their new home, running around frantically. The candles on my birthday cake being blown out. **I am all I hear:** Everyone cheering me on as I leap to the finish line in cross country. Everyone at Rainbow's End screaming as their stomach lurches over on the roller coaster. **I am all I feel:** Tears streaming down my face as I see my animal's leave me in their trailer, or as I see the last glimpse of them as I drop a shovel of dirt on them as I bury them. Being grateful for my brothers and family and being who I am. **I am all I taste:** The sweet taste of macaroni and cheese fresh from the oven as it slides down my throat. An ice-block on a fiery hot day slithering down into my stomach cooling me down instantly. **I am all I remember:** Playing as a mother lead in a production called Midnight with a naughty daughter and a teenager son, last year. Having my tongue for the first time stuck to a freezing cold ice-block and not being able to take my tongue off. **I am all I have been taught:** Learning how to ride a bike with no training wheels at the age of 5. To use my knife and fork correctly at dinner time and not throwing my food everywhere.

I am all these things. Secrets deep down inside me. I am a caterpillar and all these things are my cocoon. But, one day, I will emerge and break free and become a woman of the world. By Jamie

Remember Remember the snow crunching under my feet and the snow-mans magnificent orange carrot nose That was Winter

Remember the hot cocoa sliding down my throat and the time I snuggled up into my sleeping-bag That was Winter

Remember the frost on the rugby field and the car doors being stuck by the frost and not being able to open them That was Winter

Remember the time I was so cold my lips turned blue and the warm shower I had after a cold day That was Winter Remember

Remember Remember the warm breeze blowing through my hair and the naked tree brancheswith a leaf here or there That was Autumn

Remember the feijoa juice dribbling down my chin and the leaves flying around the house That was Autumn

Remember the lush green paddocks slowly dying and the shriveled up leaves crinckling when I step on them That was Autumn

Remember the sound of the wind howling in my ears and the once baby kid now a grown goat That was Autumn Remember

Remember Remember the sound of a new born lamb bleating and the cry the lambs mother makes That was Spring

Remember the flowers finally opening and blooming and the light wind rustling the leaves That was Spring

Remember the sound of the just hatched baby birds chirping and the groups of birds flying away That was Spring

Remember the sound of all the bees buzzing and the dirty muck in my fingernails That was Spring Remember

Remember Remember the waves roaring over my head and the melting ice-block in my hand slowly turning into sticky liquid That was Summer

Remember the stench of the fresh silage and the sheep and goats nibbling at my water-melon That was Summer

Remember the presents I got on my birthday and the sweet smell of chocolate filling my nostrils That was Summer

Remember the excitement of my first day back at school and the time I saw all my family, we had a nice Christmas feast That was Summer


 * __Clerihews__**