POEM STARTER
‘All in a golden afternoon, under the skies of cloudless blue.’
Write a poem that begins or ends with this line, adapted from Alice in Wonderland. Don’t feel limited to the themes and images of the book – see where else you could go from these words.
Summer
The wind sighs, blowing slowly through the trees
The leaves whisper, telling stories and swapping gossip
The rivers sing gentle lullabies to passing birds spreading life with their waters
The sun smiles down on the earth, sending warm beams down
The stars rehearse, practicing for their dance tonight across the sky
The moon waits til twilight when he can greet his lover the sun
And the children play and watch the wonder of it all
All in a golden afternoon, under the skies of cloudless blue.
