A poem of a dream of the woods: new writing and illustrations from wild adventuring
by Jackie Kay, children from Spinney Primary School and Elena Arevalo Melville. Poet Jackie Kay joined two classes of children from Spinney Primary School to explore their local woods over 4 days in summer 2015. This collection shares the poems Jackie wrote in response and a small selection from the children’s journals, alongside their drawings of monsters and trees and on-site sketches and work by illustrator Elena Arevalo Melville.
by Jackie Kay, children from Spinney Primary School and Elena Arevalo Melville. Poet Jackie Kay joined two classes of children from Spinney Primary School to explore their local woods over 4 days in summer 2015. This collection shares the poems Jackie wrote in response and a small selection from the children’s journals, alongside their drawings of monsters and trees and on-site sketches and work by illustrator Elena Arevalo Melville.
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And to the new land we will bring:
A rotting old bicycle, a soggy ball, a small frog,
A marshmallow, shells, a toaster, a leaf,
Some charcoal and a bath to fill with water.
What’ll we miss asks Oliver?
I’ll miss the rainbow tree, its pitter-patter
Answer Lucy, Ellie and Yana together!
I want to take a banana, says Eva’s twin Ana.
And so off we set sail again
On the boat of many questions
Hoping we’ll definitely see sea-lions,
Irrawaddy dolphins, red-lipped batfish,
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