Oh sunshine, oh beautiful sunshine.
Finally outside, trees twine.
Flowers everywhere are blooming.
Bees are always zooming.
Oh sunshine, oh beautiful sunshine.
Sunday, 31 December 2017
Crossing the Tasmen
In 1928, a crew of four men flew, for the first time, across the Tasmen from Australia to New Zealand. One of the men on board the Southern Cross airplane was a New Zealander named T.H. McWilliams. His job was to operate the radio in the airplane. Unfortunately, the radio stopped working shortly after take-off and the rain and ice were so heavy that the pilot, Kingford Smith, couldn't see out of his front windscreen! For this task we had to imagine if we were part of the crew, and to write a poem about how we would have felt when they landed safely in Christchurch after the long trip. I chose to write a Limerick, here it is.
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Hi there Tia,
ReplyDeleteJade F here from the Summer Learning Journey. Wow! I am very impressed with your limerick poem. It is so creative! Is it your favourite kind of poetry? My favourite poems are haiku's because I'm good at using the right amount of syllables for the poem.
I liked how your poem really captured the emotions of the pilot. Through describing the surroundings outside the plane like the trees and flowers, which symbolize that the plane landed and you are relieved to be out of the plane. I would feel exactly the same if this situation happened to me! Great blog post Tia, keep it up!
Cheers
Jade F :)