Year 6 Poetry

Poetry by Y6 inspired by "The Listeners" by Walter De La Mare

Betrayal By Sean Wright.

Shedding the bark of a near birch tree,
With a dagger hard and cold,
Striking a flint upon his knee,
Sparking a fire as so he was told.
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He knelt in great silence,
And fanned the warm flames,
Then he joined his hands tense,
And waited for certain names.
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Nobody came but still he waited,
Then he began to wonder,
Had they lied what they had said?
Still he waited, almost in slumber.
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Then suddenly in rage he leapt to the sky,
And stamped on the sizzling embers,
And roared, You betrayed me, how you lie,
Though I wait till this fire is cinders!
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Alas I trust you no more
And to the heavens he cried,
I did my part but all the more,
To me they lied, They lied.