Written and Illustrate by Year 4/5 children in my class at Freeville School in 2013 This is the pdf version, the epub has the children reading each page. Children picked a colour and pinned objects on Pinterest. They then used these as inspiration to write this poem.

1. A Colour Poem

2. Lime is your broken ankle from your bright
lime high heels.

3. Pink feels like candy floss that's a long smooth
beard.

4. Green is the luscious lettuce in my salads.

5. Green
sounds
like the
water
dripping
into the
sink.

6. White is the
colour of a
beautiful
wedding
dress
flowing in
the wind.

7. Orange is the colour of the Statue of Liberty's
torch.

8. Orange is the x-box controller.

9. Blue feels like the Steelblue ladybug crawling on
my hand.

10. Blue
sounds
like a
rushing
river
flowing by.

11. Gold is a goldfish swimming in its glimmering
pond.

12. Gold is the flesh of a kiwifruit.

13. Red is my angry brother.

14. Red is the tomato in my burger.

15. Silver is the wolf howling at the moon.

16. Brown sounds like coconuts dropping to the
ground.

17. Black is a leather jacket you wear when you're
riding a motorbike.

18. Grey is the smooth scales of snakes.

19. Grey is like a thunder storm erupting the city.

20. Purple brainwaves.

21. A Colour Poem
Written
&
Illustrated by Year 4/5
pupils
Freeville School
2013, Room 6
New Zealand