The other night I stayed up late to watch the blood-red super moon and it was magnificent. I sat out in the cold and watched the bright light turn to salmon and brick red. Such beauty. This morning I took this photo of the moon in the sky while the sun shone on the marshmallow clouds. Beautiful.
I recently reviewed Melinda Szymanik’s gorgeous picture book Moon & Sun and it inspired me to do this challenge!
I so loved reading all your poems with the sun and the moon and I felt very sad I couldn’t post them all. I could tell how much you all love writing. It shows! Thank you so much for sharing them with me.
This is not a competition but I am giving a copy of my book Groovy Fish to Elise (Ilam School), Sylvie (Westmere School), Chloe (St Andrews School) and Penelope (Richmond Rd School).
I do hope you try my June challenge – I am very excited about this one and can’t wait to see what you write. I am posting it on June 1st! Please don’t send me Google Doc links as I can’t read them!
The poems
The sun and the moon
The sun is a ball
The moon is a banana
So bright at the beach
At night
Elise C, Year 2, age 6, Ilam School
The light and night
The sun shines bright
The moon glows in the night
The sun shines bright
Battling for brightness or darkness
To cover the world
Neither are right
People like bright and night
The sun shines bright
Max Dixon age 8 year 4 Ilam School
Recipe for a moon and sun
To start off get some dark matter
Then some gas from a supernova
Wait for some billions of years
Watch it burst into flames all over
Next, gather some rock from outer space
Then carefully mould it into place
Bake in the heat of the sun
Wait ‘til it’s dusty
Then you’ll know it’s done!
We recommend you take care of this Moon and Sun.
‘Cos you can’t make another one.
Charlotte, Age: 12, Y 8, Selwyn House School
Eclipse
an eclipse blocks the sun
a sudden gust through the crust
an eclipse blocks the sun
bad luck for everyone
shops closing down
the sun dawning now
an eclipse blocks the sun
Amanjeet, Year 6 age 10, Ilam School
The moon and stars bright
Singing each other to sleep
The moon and stars bright
I sit under them
I wish I was up there with them
They look down at me
The moon and stars bright
Nalani W, Age 8 Yr 4, School St Andrews Collage
Hot dawn
the sun and moon
share breakfast
between a cherry tree
Chloe, age: 8 Year 4, St Andrew College
The Sun and The Moon
A bright yellow orb shines in the sky.
Leading plants to grow.
After a day’s work,
I retire to my den,
And let my sister
Have a go instead.
A dazzling sphere,
Hangs alternatively there.
The stars dance behind me,
But they are no match for me.
Carolyn X, Age: 10, Fendalton Open-Air School
How to make a sun and moon cake
Pick up a teaspoon and fill it
with sunshine.
Slop in a glistening, rainbow sunset.
Pour in some scents of
a lavender bush.
Cut up some moon cheese and throw it all in.
Grab a cup and pour in some
Chuckles, laughter, fun.
Lure in one gaze at the
bright, bold moon.
Stir in some wet grass and
put it in the oven.
Now you have a sun and moon cake.
Alice, age 9, Year 5, Selwyn House School
Sun and Moon
I am a lonely blob high up in space.
People think I’m yellow, though I’m really white.
Shining brightly in the day then I go at night.
Beaming my white light on the earth.
Then I take my brother’s place,
High up in the starry space.
Crystal, Age 10, Year: 5, Fendalton Open-air School
Sun vs Moon
The days go by as the
Moon and sun have their battles
both want the sky
They refuse to share
So day and night
They just fight and fight.
Sometimes the sky varies,
From light to dark,
when it’s dark the moon wins,
And the world goes gloomy,
when it’s light the sun wins,
And shares the warm happiness.
But when one loses a battle,
Say the moon takes over,
The sun will sit and watch,
Then will cry in the sky,
as the tears drip from clouds,
And makes the world go damp.
And when the sun wins,
The moon goes mad,
And causes chaos in the sky,
So the sun shields the world with ease,
The sun is most loved,
By the birds in the trees.
The bats are all booing,
as the sun wins again,
The kiwis, owls and rats,
Go to their burrows.
Sun vs moon is a very troubled time,
But they both take turns around the world.
Holly, age 9. Year 5, Westmere School
Both
One blazing and dazzling
Other gloomy and usual
Both Brightly shining over the land at day and night
Keeping the light around
Making sure we see
Both Brightly shining over the land at day and night
Sun and Moon,
Sister and brother
Both Brightly shining over the land at day and night
Leona K, age 11, Y 8, Selwyn House School
The Star and the Small Bit of Earth
The hot summer sun with its blinding light.
The crater-filled moon in the cold of night.
Under the sun you eat ice cream.
Under the moon you have peaceful dreams.
Sylvie F, age 10, Westmere School
Evening
The ruru’s chirps fill the sky
As the moon rises.
Behind you, the sun slowly sets behind the soft swaying sea.
The bats swoop in front of the moon.
And a smile spreads across your face.
Emily, age 10, Westmere School
Sun and Moon
Beautiful sunset beaming with orange colour,
the bright orange sea.
Black as midnight sky,
with the moon beaming with light
but all alone in the void.
Meer, age 10, Year 6, Ilam School
Ra me te Marama
Orange moon,
Orange leaves,
Dancing through the wind
Brighton Beach
His hokey pokey ice cream
Melting the sand
Tilly, 12 years old, Selwyn House School
Sun and Moon
The moon and sun never see each other.
Only at dawn.
Only at dusk.
My question is
Why?
Mia C, age: 11, Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School
My sun moon day
I wake up in glee
the sun is shining at me.
Time for the park
I see a dog near.
I get in the car we get there.
We get ice cream
it melts in my hand.
I eat all my cold ice cream
it cools me down.
I swing on the monkey bars and slide down the slide.
It’s time to go it’s getting late.
I come home half asleep
i didn’t even get to eat.
The moon is shining bright as a light.
I climb my way into bed.
By the moon I am led.
Cold wind a bright moon
just one of those cold nights.
The moon the sun they are one.
Mia, age 9, Y 5, Selwyn House School
Light and Dark
Sun and moon
Moon and sun
Light and dark
Dark and light
Loud and quiet
Quiet and loud
Happy and calm
Calm and happy
Night and day
Day and night
Dawn and dusk
Dusk and dawn
Stars and clouds
Clouds and stars
Cheers and snores
Snores and cheers
Gold and silver
Silver and gold
Play and sleep
Sleep and play
Fire and stone
Stone and fire
Brother and sister
Sister and brother
Both together
Light and dark
Penelope, age: 9, Richmond Road School
The Night the Sun Disappeared
Moon light poured into the cracks,
the door closed
and smothered everything in darkness.
People still remember
the light golden spray
when they open the curtains.
They whisper, “ Sun show yourself.”
But the sun never does.
Lucy, age 10, Y 6, Selwyn House School
Morphogenesis
Long ago
There were thousands of planets.
A lot of them
Joined together
To make one hot sun.
The others
Joined together
To make one moon.
The moon
Tormented the sun.
The sun cried;
Her tears
Were bits of planets
That flew away
Got colder
Turned white
And formed hundreds of stars.
The moon
And the sun
Finally
At peace.
Josie, age 9, Ilam School
Sun and Moon
The Sun.
A vast ball of fire.
You can’t look at it.
Bathing in its warmth,
Without the sun no plants would grow and everything would die.
The Moon.
There is no oxygen.
If an asteroid crashed right behind you wouldn’t even hear it.
A magnetic grey,
With cavernous craters.
Sometimes you can see the moon at daytime.
The sun and moon are like brother and sister.
Day and night.
Harry, aged 9, Y 5, Saint Kentigern Boys School
Sun and Moon
The moon shines in
darkness,
when all the kids are
sleeping.
The sun is at its
brightest,
when kids are happy
playing.
Lea, age 8, Richmond Road School
The Sun and the Moon
The two brothers.
The sun shining bright
in the day.
The moon glowing bright
in the night.
Sascha, 8, Richmond Road School
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