ORIGINAL POEMS

Southland Times, Issue 23948, 14 October 1939, Page 7 (Supplement)

ORIGINAL POEMS

—VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED,“Oh, have you seen the circus?” Is the greeting nowadays, For tigers roar in Luckville, And zebras here do graze. They’ve performing dogs and monkeys, And a bear that glares at you. And slimy snakes with eyes of green, And a dear wee kangaroo. In Farrington’s Great Circus, There’s a funny, red-faced clown, Who juggles balls and saucers— And they never once fall down! Oh, all the folks in Luckville Give the circus highest praise; And, “Have you seen the circus?” Is the greeting nowadays. —3 marks to Cousin Mary Maloney M.A.C., (14), Margaret street. —HIGHLY COMMENDED— The banners are waving And all the trumpets play. For there’s a grand procession At the circus today. Elephants and horses lead the way A helper goes with each pair. Then comes the hero, the flying pig, And ladies bright and fair. The little pigs are all dressed up, The laughing ape is, too, While Jean, the monkey, looks very

smart In his sailor suit of blue.

The people are all cheering To see the sight so grand, And everyone is happy In the circus band. —2 marks to Cousin Margaret MeCleery M.A.C., (12), 193 Ritchie street.

—HIGHLY COMMENDED— Standing far ahead of me, There are mountains stretching, Although they do not reach the sea, They almost seem to be.

I see them lying far away, I see them lying near, They disappear on dull days, On fine they are quite near. —2 marks to Cousin Rose Ischia (13), Gore-Knapdale R.D., Gore.

—HIGHLY COMMENDED— Capped in glist’ning snow, they

stand Dark against the sky, Towering stately to the blue, Ne’er are they passed by.

And when the rosy touch of dawn Appears to tinge the blue, It places o’er the mountain tops A crown of changing hue. —2 marks to Cousin Raynor Huffadine M.A.C., M.N., (13), 94 Nelson street.

—HIGHLY COMMENDED— Mountains are big, Mountains are tall, Mountains rise up. Like a great big wall.

Mountains are high, Mountains are steep. Mountains are barriers That we can never leap. —2 marks to Cousin Dorothy Lake M.A.C., (10), Tussock Creek, See •on 8 Glencoe RD.

ORIGINAL STORIES —HIGHLY COMMENDED—>n my garden there are pansies, daffodils, primroses and snowdrops. The snowdrops are all dead now, but the rest are all still blooming. There is a border of primroses. There are both single and double daffodils, and they look very pretty swaying about in the wind. —2 marks to Cousin Leonard Lake A.C., (12), Section 8, Glencoe R.D. —HIGHLY COMMENDED— My garden is a little plot by the house. There is a path all around it so that l ean water all of my pretty

flowers. I have daffodils, primroses, violets, match-heads, tulips, snowdrops, pansies, crocuses, poppies and sweet-peas, all planted in my garden. The tulips and sweet peas are not in bloom yet, while my snowdrops and crocuses have finished flowering. The other flowers are all at their prettiest. lam very proud of my garden. —2 marks to Cousin Dorothy Lake M.A.C., (10), Section 8, Glencoe R.D.

—HIGHLY COMMENDED— In my garden there are some potatoes. There are also some carrots and radishes. The radishes have just come up. I have a flower garden in which there are snow-

drops, crocuses and daffodils. The snowdrops and crocuses have died, but the daffodils are still blooming. —2 marks to Cousin Alan Lake (12), M.A.C., Section 8, Glencoe ,

When I start my garden I have to dig a piece of ground and work it up so that it is ready for the plants and seeds. I then make lines to sow seeds and.make little holes to plant the plants. I have to keep the weeds down or they will choke the plants. It is interesting to watch the plants grow; they come out in buds, then in leaves. Willow trees are now in leaves, and I have two plants out in bud. —2 marks to Cousin Jack Rawle (14), Great North Road, Winton.