These I have loved

Mrs. Smith always inspires delightful creative writing, and of course the children are so talented too!

THESE I HAVE LOVED

Sweet sparkle of a diamond; Illuminous colours glowing

within my reach; My gran scratching my back;

Swimming and dancing with friends; The feeling of

accomplishment; Bitterness of money, just waiting to be

spent;Family trees growing older by the day.

Touching the darkness around me whilst awake; fresh

warm challah; Glistening smell of soft perfume; Laughing

with grandparents; missing the one whose presence

is no more; The sound of a clock, tick tock tick

tock; Pressure in my hands waiting to be let free;

And a loving friend smiling back at me.

Jodi Goldberg

THESE I HAVE LOVED

Cupcakes just coming out of the oven; a butterfly

fluttering away; staring at the blue-greenish

sea for hours; crispy chips; playing on the

white beach sand; water gushing on the

rocks; fresh fruit that have just come into

season; people smiling at me; complete silence.

Diving down under the sea, entering another

land, full of beautiful and incredibly fascinating

things; Fresh air; the starts shining at night;

starting a new book; lavender; the wind

howling at night; Suede; freshly baked bread;

getting into my warm cozy bed and slowly

falling asleep as I hear my mom and

dad speak.

Zaakirah Dudhia

THESE I HAVE LOVED

These I have loved: The chocolate icing on the

delectable crust of a chocolate cake; An imaginary

boy whose humour goes on forever; the little shine

in my life when I see his face in my dreams;

The meaningful words of poetry; Art that gets imprinted

in your mind; People who I'd love to be friends with

but that will never happen; The beautiful pictures that

clouds give us; The delicate muffins in the oven breathing

them in as they rise; The bleak picture of my life I've gotten so used to;

The wonderful essence of stories held captive inside books;

fantastic colours washing down my blank page as I paint;

The beautiful things you may see in nature; the birds'

chirpy song and their wings fluttering by; the grass

under my bare feet; My mom, dad and brother even when

the atmosphere in the house turns sour!

Erin-Mae Schoemaker

THESE I HAVE LOVED

Wobbling jelly; the last bell to say school

is finished; water dripping from a tap; a

whistle to start a soccer match;

watching slugs crawl around, leaving a

trail of slime; sticky cholcolate dripping;

walking on rocks and listening to the

waves;

screaming voices from horror movies;

balls bouncing in the air; African thunder,

roaring and rattling; music going through

my ears and Lizzie's brownies

baking; the crinkling of chip pakets;

sitting by a heater when I'm

cold and listening to popcorn, popping

on the stove.

Aiden Belcher