Lockdown Poetry

Students Document their Experiences
Escaping Lockdown Poem
Every second, every day, just counting the minutes,
Can’t see friends at school, outdoors is off-limits.
Things are boring, so very boring, annoying and lame,
I’ll just escape the boredom by playing a game.
I’ll paint and I’ll draw, make homemade banana bread.
I’ll spin and I’ll jump, balance books on my head.
I’ll sing and dance, belt out let it go.
I’ll scream and I’ll shout, use a broom to limbo.
I’ll stomp and I’ll stamp, win 100 games of cards,
I’ll skip and I’ll leap, design original lockdown land postcards.
I’ll run and I’ll jog, blast the Octonauts theme song on stereos,
I’ll plant and I’ll bake, eat 5 packets of Oreos.
I’ll craft and I’ll design, watch TikToks of cute dogs,
I’ll sew and I’ll knit, make pom-pom that look like hedgehogs.
I’ll sketch and I’ll play, protest for black rights,
I’ll learn and I’ll clean, use tin foil to dress up as knights.
Lockdown may be hard, filled with annoyance, frustration,
But the walls of my home don’t limit my imagination.
Kacey 7S
In 2020 I lost
Hugs from my friends
Handshakes to greet them
A school and visiting grandparents
In 2020 I discovered
A fear of a sneeze
A fright of a cough
And discomfort of stranger nearby me.
In 2020 I found
Queues at the shops
Shortages of food
And people’s ability to stockpile
In 2020 in felt
Comfort of my home
Closeness of my family
Being enabled to carry on
In 2020 I wish
To feel safe and forget
To delete all this time
But we can’t. There were many we’ve lost.
Gabriele 8F
Quarantine is confusing
And by that I mean good and bad
It Gives me loads of free time
Which makes it slightly less sad
I wanna meet all my friends
Do what we always do
But right now things are limited and there’s nothing we can do
Every day I hear bad news on social media
How racism is getting worse and worse
And the world isn’t getting better
I say quarantine is cursed
But others love it
Protests are happening
And I’m imagining
What it would be like with no pandemic
Would It go back to being aesthetic?
Or would there still be despair
For now covids still happening
Lives are being affected 8.06 million have gone
This wasn’t expected
Doctors are trying to help
Which even puts them at risk
Everyone is painting rainbows
To thank those that cured the sick
Luckily covids fading away
And things are going ‘normal’
I was hoping things would go back by May
But at that time it was awful
2020 will be the year we’ll never forget
With the virus outbreak
That surrounded the web.
Meda 8G
It’s been a while now
since it started
I don’t know what to expect
Or what to know about
I’m glad everything is slowly coming back to normality
Although it doesn’t feel like it
It’s been a while now
Since I’ve hung out with my friends
Are they ok?
How are they doing?
I’m glad everything is slowly coming back to normality
Although it doesn’t feel like it
It’s been a while now
Since I’ve gone on holiday
Will it feel the same way when I do?
Are people still going to act like this?
I’m glad everything is slowly coming back to normality
Although it doesn’t feel like it
Maya 8C
Oh dear 2020
I have no fear
You are a strange year
Filled with questions
You are unexpected
You are a surprise
But I still love you
You have taught us things we never knew
But why have you taken so many lives?
Oh dear 2020
Will next year be the same?
Rania 8F