Day: March 22, 2024

LI: To write a poem about Mt Wellington/Maungarei

 

In this activity we wrote a poem about Mt Wellington/Maungarei. We first went up to Maungarei to find what we heard, what we saw, what we felt and what we wondered. I heard the blair of the honking traffic down below my feet, would this today be the same as the crackling shells under my enemy’s feet? I saw our whenua and land that we live on, if we turn back the clocks we would all the trees that stand tall and surround us today be in our sight? I felt the dynamic atmosphere once I reached the top, as I felt surrounded by the ancestors and taonga of this area and I wondered if the rough winds would carry me away into the past, would it bring our ancestors to the present day and would we get lost in the past?

I enjoyed this activity because I wrote a poem about Maugnarei.

LI: To write a poem using abstract noun

In this activity we found a word that we me and my partner chose. We wrote a poem that had the different senses. The senses are olfactory, Gustory, Visual, Tactile, Auditory. My poem was Wealth is a flexible item in others mind, it could form in your thoughts as money, fame, and family, wealth is a tree able to grow or get leveled down. wealth taste like success, fresh out of riches. wealth feels like achievements, that keeps on growing. Wealth sounds like an empowering sounds of cheer and acknowledgement. Wealth smells like a rose, plucked from your childhood bush.