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10.7 Poetry

A number of students found that the Earth images inspired poems. Below is a selection of these poems. For more work done on KidSat images and poetry, see Green, 1999.

Great Barrier Reef, Australia (see Figure 84) 

Kristen Raymond 

The islands float in the deep blue ocean,
The ocean hides secrets of the reef that are not to be revealed,
Miles away the coast juts in and out,
Truly large beaches are nothing but white strips following the coastal pattern,
The bay lies dormant, the sun reflects off of its waves,
A town silently waits for what is to come,
The clouds cast their shadows as if watching,
The red brown land is still but for the gentle winds blowing
No one can predict what is to become of Australia.

Arabian Coast (see Figure 92) 

Gabe Nelson 

There are rigid mountains, barren deserts, and burnt-reddish wastelands.
There are thick blunt coastlines, mangled dry riverbeds, and vast valleys, dark and black. 
There is roughness;
Looming mountains, towering over the rest of the world.
Clouds splashing down in the sun-baked land below.
Barren wastelands covering the desert floor, eating all in its path.
And the smoothness;
The dark, blackened ocean, beating away at the land's massive bluffs and cliffs.
Vast plains being unchallenged as they boldly sweep past the hills and valleys.
Dark, shadowy valleys, breaking apart hills and mountains with splitting force.
From up close, it would be barren, desolate, hot.
In space, it's cold, freezing, deadly.

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