Matariki Poem ~ by Siosifa

Matariki is the year of celebration

 

Of joy,

Of harvest,

Of cooking and preserving food

It is about the 7 stars shining brightly

In the northern east sky

About 7 beautiful sisters

And 7 handsome boys

A legend affected by the 7 sisters

now the 7 sevens stars of matariki

Which is celebrated through  

Singing,dancing to lively music

Weaving and also telling stories

About our ancestors  

Also when the whanau get together

And also about having fun together

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Matariki Poem ~ by Erina

7 Stars,

Dark clouds flowing by

the new moon beaming brightly,

Family and friends surrounding me

Smoke from fires lit,

smoked hangi,

moist  and damp

Happiness,

pride in my culture,

peace  and Love

respectful of matariki tradition

Salty and sweet,

creamy smoked air,

steam and tuna,

tasty dinner,

drink so juicy.

Beautiful singing,

wild wind,

7 sisters,

storms passing by,

tapping magic shoes.


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Matariki Poem ~ Jerome

The Seven Sisters Story

Once a year

Most men live in fear
when the seven stars align

for the millionth year

open ears for there sounds again

hoping not to fall under their spell this year.

oh my I dont mean to intrude

but I think that the sisters are being quite rude

because all they do is deceive us dudes

and parish us away till we become there fools.

But there are many things good about this day

for example all the kids laugh and play

because this one day was the day that they were banished away

while everyone rejoiced again.

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Matariki Poem ~ By Moli

Matariki the 7 sisters,

brightly shining stars

A legendary celebration

being one big family

dancing, singing,a massive kai

Matariki feeling high spirited,

grateful, affected

by the 7 stars

whanau prepare the hakari,

hangi, kai moana,

toe tapping, dancing

lively music

fun, laughter, great joy

Matarariki!

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Matariki Poem ~ By Nunia

Matariki Stars...

The 7 Matariki Stars,
Legend of the sky,
Starts with laughter,
Ends with drama,
Victory.

Princess of the future,
Stars in reality,
Breathing,
In chilled air,
Guided down my spine,
I inhale with cold,
I exhale with warmth.

I can't bear the tear,
From my eyes,
To realize,
Those 7 Matariki Sisters,
In the night sky.

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Matariki Poets

This week we all celebrated the great success of writing our own Matariki poems. It was great to have Darren Kamali visit to inspire our writing and help us with the process.

The winning poets for Room 10 were to Lennyx, Moli, Desire and Anamanu! Well done.
These poems will be featured on the Matariki website!
Be sure to click their names and read the poems for yourself.
Featured down the side of the page are our other Room 10 bloggers.... read their their poetry too!

A War Poem - By Erina

Poem about World Wars.

Dark clouds coming by 

Red drops from the sky

Guns are heard from afar

We can see cars driving past

Really fast

They have lost their lives

Some of the family

Mostly wives

See poppies grow

On their graves

See them lay

On a beautiful day

Its too` sad to say good bye

A drop of tear from my eye.

A Poem by Erina - to see more of Erina's work read here

Honour of the Soldiers - A Poem by Anthony

I give thanks for those who died

for our lives.

War is not nice.

People shooting each other

would have been terrified

they stood up for themselves

and yet did not survive.  

This poem is for world war one and two and with Mrs Parker and Mrs Raj's help I wrote this wonderful poem, Honour of the soldiers.

By Anthony - read more from Anthony here

Scooters in the Skate Park

People riding scooters

through the skatepark.

Everyone landing tricks

without a sweat, even in the dark.

Novice, amateur,

advanced and pro

want to show but....

I’m too afraid to ask for a go!

By Tama

My Catapult

A launcher, you were!

A departure, you have been!

A toy artillery, you sure were!

you slinged, my toys everywhere

And got me into trouble every time,

But you still were my favourite toy

Catapult!

By Danielle

The Amazing Lever!

Sat down on a see-saw

To see what I could see

Looked up to the sky to see who sat in front of me

As I looked across the handle

Smiled a kid

Wondering who’s going down first

So we waited

I could see the slide

I could see the sky

I could also see the treetops

I sat and wondered why.

By Tame’e

My Transport Poem

Hi guys here is my transport poem its short hope you enjoy

Plane, Car, Boat
One stays afloat, obviosly its a boat
One can fly and rule the sky,
The other is driven and takes you places,
They were all used in war, and can be bought
But best of all they are all made for transport.


By Nathaniel