Elements poems - 5R

5R have written poems based on the four elements: water, fire, wind and earth. We have included lots of poetic features such as alliteration, rhyme, personification, onomatopoeia and similes. Can you spot any of them?

I Am Air, by Alfie

Slapping you in the face,
Winning every race,
Stopping you in your tracks
Just like that.

Munching over the land,
The thunder goes BANG!
The wind is so bad
Destroying the local band.

Spinning around like pottery,
Ripping up the winning lottery,
I'm going so fast I'm having a blast.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, I am the wind
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, where have I not been?
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, I help you breathe,
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, I have to leave.

Watch Me, I'm Fire, by Harry

I am a match,
I slowly sway,
I am not violent.

I am a match,
I am carefully left around,
Scalding, scorching,
Smouldering...

I grow,
I am hungry,
I'm eating sofas like a ravenous lion.
POP! POP!

I am a house fire,
I'm as strong as steel,
Vicious, devastating
Hard to put out.

I am gone,
No longer there, disappearing,
Deep black smoke emerges from the rubble.
Bricks, glass,
I have caused trouble.

I am fire,
Scalding, scorching, smouldering,
Hungry, vicious, devastating,
Gone, no longer there, disappearing.

Ground Floor, by James

I crumble in your hands,
I crunch at your feet,
I help you build your house,
I take others' lives.

I am earth
You worship me

I am as slippery as a slide
I am as hard as a rock
I grip to your ear
I water your plants
I hold your house in my hand
The wind is my giant fan
I whack the giant yellow baseball
With my small wooden bat.

I am your home
I am your house
I have mud all around you
They are my minions
I come in all shapes and sizes
I am EARTH!