Category: Poems

That Weekend Feeling

A short poem

As it is finally the weekend, I thought it would be fun to write a poem about how it makes me feel. This week has been particularly taxing and so this weekend couldn’t come quickly enough for me.

The trouble with weekends is that they go by too quickly and I spend a lot of time just getting ready for work, cleaning the house and catching up on lost sleep. I dream about the day when I can work two days a week and have a five day weekend. Maybe my blog will one day allow me to do this. I can but hope.

My Poem

You know it’s the weekend

When there is no alarm.

When you wake up whenever

And you feel very calm.

You know it’s the weekend

When you sit in your pants.

Watching Netflix TV shows,

Laughing loud at the bants.

You know it’s the weekend

When the weather turns bad.

After sunshine filled work days,

Rain and wind may seem sad.

You know it’s the weekend

When you prep for the week.

When you wash clothes and iron

Monday morning seems bleak.

In A Nutshell

Sometimes it feels like the weekend is just catching up on jobs time and preparation for the new working week time.

How do you know when it’s the weekend?

For a previous poem of mine, check out Heating Up – a poem about climate change. Perhaps also follow my blog for similar future articles.

Back To School – A Poem

Here is a little poem about going back to school – from a teacher’s perspective.

Back to work tomorrow,

Better start to think.

Get my laptop open,

Screen is on the blink.

Wading through the emails,

Checking for something good.

Need to write some lesson plans,

Kinda think I should.

Training day to start with,

Wishing for nice food.

Try to sneak back for seconds,

Hope I don’t seem rude.

Displays up and labelled books,

Pencils sharp to go.

Clay and art straws waiting

For arty stuff – you know.

Corridors are empty,

Ready for stamping feet.

Toilets have been deep cleaned,

Preparations are complete.

So welcome in another term,

Weeks of early starts.

Writing poems, singing songs

And making mathsy charts.

Final Thoughts

I hope that you enjoyed my short Back to School poem about getting ready to return to class for a new academic year.

For one of my poems about global warming, have a read of Heaing Up. Please follow my blog for future similar content.

Heating Up

As temperatures break records all over the globe, I thought it must be time to write a climate change poem. The News is full of stories about wildfires and extreme heat. Therefore I think this drastic heatwave should be bringing global warming to the front of our minds.

Did you notice how recently

It’s been getting rather warm?

The sun is really scorching,

The hottest kind of storm.

Greece is overheating,

Spain is drying out.

Water shortages are booming,

We are headed for a drought.

Forest fires destroying,

Everything we’ve ever built,

Even Switzerland is losing trees,

Do we feel a little guilt?

Does anyone take responsibility

For the hottest week to date?

With Death Valley reaching 55,

Is this heatwave merely fate?

We all know global warming

Sends temperatures sky high,.

So why do many people

Still climate change deny?

My Thoughts

I hope that my poem made you think about climate change. We are all well aware of the devastation caused by rising temperatures but what are our governments actually doing about it? Are there ways we can spur them along?

Thank you for taking the time to read my climate change poem.