Burlington Infants wrote lots of poems: many of these included here were written by following the commentary of two girls who instructed me around the hall with occasional visits from one boy to chip in.

 

Evening Walk to Sewerby

 

Go up this way

To Sewerby

Mud flaps

Raindrops hanging on

Like snakes

Little man feeding things

Mud and water – Trees

Nice picture

Take your shoes off

Lighthouse spurs

Lights Flamborough

Don’t crash boats

Against the rocks

Faded colours

Into grey

    (From paintings from Wyke Lodge)

 

 Hokusai Water

 

Lots of waves

     Are splashing

Waves and waves and waves

Splashy

Water volcanoes

Splat out

Get the boat

       (From paintings by Hilderthorpe)

 

 Wrapped Up

 

Wintery we keep wrapped up

Buttons on the button man

Buttoned up

He likes it when its sunny best

Gets all hot

 

 

Paper Tiger

 

Copy that tiger

Stripes

We like the leopard

He’s all spots

Feel the paper

Nice and smooth

The Tiger is rough

Don’t like it

This one is rough

A squirrel with its nuts

 

 

Dancing and that

All clipped together

 

 

Don’t like that man

He lives in the dark

In the black

Back in the olden days

All the faces

Didn’t have colour

Telly didn’t

Didn’t have any telly

Just the radio

This man

Don’t like him

In the dark

 

Skies

 

It’s a day

Nice and sunny

Bright

I like

Feel this

Look at this

Feels nice

Like the sky

Christmas sky

Snow of gold

 

We and the Queen Like the Fairies

 

The queen of the land

We like her

Nice and glittery

Reminds us of the fairy: She

Has wings she can fly

Wearing pretty lipstick

Pretty dresses we like

Cuddle me – Cuddle her

Pretty pretty,

Flower fairy

 

Stone Sun

 

This stone sun

Face inside it

Make spikes –

They are nice

Pencil end makes eyes

 

Smooth Tricks

 

Smooth

Like a handbag

Like a scarf

A necklace for your neck

Boing Boing

The whole thing boing

Mix very hard

With middle bits all soft

Use different fabrics and tricks

Smooth

 

Quilt for the Ill

 

Quilt

When you are ill

Get a bucket

Snuggle up

Till you are sick

Snuggle up Till you are well

Cosy quilt

 

 

Pictures

 

Hang them up

It is good

 

 

Bird Box

 

Bird boxes need a hole

They have a stick

To stand on

You can hang

Hang them up

Then

Live in them

As part of Bridlington’s Arts and Music Festival 2006

Arts and Crafts Exhibition

Bridlington MIND

Poet in Residence Adrian Spendlow