Poetry X Factor...it's almost time!

Date: 15th Feb 2018 @ 1:50pm

On Friday 29th September, Canon Burrows will be hosting the annual Poetry X Factor competition!

Year 4 will be performing the poem 'The Balloon' by Michael Rosen. Your homework this weekend is to become familair with the poem. We will be starting rehearsals on Monday!

Here is a copy of the poem for you to become familair with:

The Balloon

They’ve invented a balloon that stays on the ceiling.
They’ve invented a balloon that stays on the ceiling.

Nevermore will I have that morning bring-down feeling:
waking up and seeing
balloons I bought the day before
lying on the floor.
No feeling bad.
No feeling sad.
Now it stays
for days and days
and nights and nights
hanging out by my bedroom light.

Nevermore will we laugh
at the balloon that could last
and float in mid-air
halfway between the ceiling and floor,
the balloon that couldn’t make its mind up
whether to sink or soar.

Now we have:
Mr Perfecto
Numero uno
never dropping,
never stopping topping,
never fated
to be deflated,
forever over our heads
and over our beds,
scarcely budging
gently nudging
unbearably slow
the guest who won’t go.

It’s not a balloon. That’s a lie.
It’s a spy.

So I say:
Bring back the bring-down
the balloon going to ground;
the balloon that wrinkles
and crinkles;
the balloon that would often
soften.

I don’t want to live with:
the horror
of the balloon that’ll be up there tomorrow;
the plastic freak
up there next week;
the fear
it’ll be up there next year.

I want to keep my appointment
with the balloon of disappointment.

By Michael Rosen

Thank you for all your hard work! We are excited to start rehearsing for our performance!

Miss.Howard and Mr.Richardson