10/10/2013 Poetry Anthony McGowan http://anthonymcgowan.com/Hello.html

[WP Central]

The Shadow on the water

 I lazed upon the sun-scorched beach, and

Watched my tiny, freckled, laughing daughter

Splashing in the waves that washed the sand

When, there! a shadow in the deeper water …

 

 

[Paula Ward]

 Out of the depths, a shark swam by,

 Rising from the deep of the sea.

 My daughter gave a piercing cry,

 Enough to startle me.

 

 The water was cold when I dived down deep,

 Sending shivers up my spine.

 I saw my daughter in a mangled heap,

 She was only nine…

 

George Mahoney and Ollie Curry

Robert Mays School

 

[Leah Falkingham]

As I swam down into the deep sea to rescue her,

There was a shark lurking there.

It had lots of brown fur,

As it left, it's remains were a pile of hair.

 

Then I remembered I had to save the girl,

I grasped for her and took the girl to the surface,

She was as wet as a dog in a puddle!

 

By Callum, Kieron and Adam - Longbenton Community College, Newcastle.

[Carol Webb]

I scanned the dock for a helping hand,

I then realised that the threat wasn’t the shadow in the water,

But the everlasting shadow that followed my daughter.

 

By Joe, Dominic, Stanley and Nyle- Forest Hill Boys, Lewisham

[Adam Lancaster]

hunting, stalking it murmered to her

it whispered her name over and over

awaiting and seeking only her answer

 

Jess Yr7

[WP Central]

But she could not give a final answer 

As I noticed her heart beating faster 

Her face was as white as a sheet

Her eyes like daggers looking up 

Adele, West Kirby residential school