Alistair Gunn

Hi I am Alistair, when I joined the poetry group, poetry was new to me and it made me feel good.

When I write poetry I talk about different things, people listen to my words, it makes me feel famous.

I like poetry, my favourite things to write about are, being wild and being happy.

This poem is about protesting and standing
up for what you believe.

Wild Man

Birds are chirping away
Singing like freedom
people are protesting

I stand by them
I am a nice person
I am a wild man
I smile to my friends
I say whoosh, crash, kaboom.


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This poem is about being a dog, sometimes I like thinking about being a dog.

Happy Soul 
 
Tell me about the sound of music,
thunder, fireworks, rain 
Tell me about walks, family, friends 
The world says to me
be kind to others and be loved 
 
I am a happy soul as a dog 
Dog loves people and dog loves owner 
Dog loves food that my owner gives me 
To be loved and taken care of 
To play and be made a fuss of 
The world calls to me with rain like 
cats and dogs with grey black clouds 
moving across the landscape 
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This poem is about not wanting to be a pet and wanting to be wild.

Flight
 
I am a bird
I can fly 
I want to fly away from my cage 
I want to get away from being a pet  
be free 
be a wild bird 
I don’t want to be in my cage  
I just want to be free 
I don’t want to be a pet no more  
people are locking me in a cage 
I want to be free 
the cage is small and dirty 
Be wild is what I want 


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Some people say I shouldn’t do the things I like, I say I can.

People say

I shouldn’t be writing poetry

I say
I can and I can and I can
and I can and I can and I can
and I can and I can and I can
and I can and I can and I can
and I can and I can and I can
and I can and I can and I can
and I can and I can and I can

and I will
and I do


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