And then poem

And then poem

With a few lines till my entry,

and the words lapping in my head,

The nervous girl wobbles onto stage,

Positions in center stage,

Quivers,

Talks,

Explains,

Hands the microphone back,

Bows,

And then,

               And then,

                               And then,

The crowd cheers and the production is over.

By Yasmin

Usual enough poem

Usual enough poem

The paddock was usual enough: It had

a swing, a cow, a creaky gate, one hundred feijoa trees

and even a horse shed that I never went to.

My brother my cousins and I

did what normal kids do- Played softball,

Made obstacle courses, ran around the paddocks,

created huts

doing nothing important.

By Yasmin