We'll Meet Again

Rochdale Writers are finally set up in the new Rochdale Central Library at Number One Riverside. despite it being Ramadan, Kiran and Nisa came to the first meeting at N1R. Inspired by the light installation by Pete King in the children's library they wrote this poem with Ray.

Spiral dancing to a world of skybooks
Reaching the limits of our imagination
Blue and white
Dipping into the river
Helping us begin our journey
Brightening our lives
Like the colours of an
Iridescent kingfisher

There's more to come

About time we had an update!

Well, we've been so busy this year we've had no time to tell the world about our exploits. Most of us are also on the Children's Coucil in Rochdale so that keeps us busy.
Tonight we are writing poems about stars for a competition run by Rochdale Libraries, the winner will get a prize of a telescope. Stars can be interpreted any way we like and we thing our family members are our stars.
We could choose Mum or Dad, our brothers or our sisters but we are all too modest to choose ourselves as the star - although Mr. Ray Stearn Sir says we are all stars!
We have been with the group for quite a few years now and are really keen on calling the group Rochdale Writers - but can we change the blog name or will we have to start a new one? we may have to ask an expert, luckily several work for the library service here or in other parts of the council so we know where to go for the information we need.
We are looking forward to the opening of One Riverside in Rochdale - it will house a brand new library. I wonder if there will be a ceremony and a ribbon to cut. We would love to be asked to cut it - after all, we are stars!

Next get together

Rochdale Readers are meeting on Saturday 28th April between 10-12 at Rochdale Central Library. If you're between 5-14 you might like to join us and see what we do

Games

Games, games, to play,

Games, games, games hip pip hooray!

Games to play,

Games to play,

Laugh, laugh, clap, clap,tig, tig let's get ready to play, play

Tiggy tak toe toe, tiggy tak toe toe

Let's go, let's go.......

toooo plllayyyy!!!!!!!!

Next get together

We hope to meet again on the 17th September 10-12 at the newly branded Rochdale Central Library, you may well remember it as The Wheatsheaf Library.
National Poetry Day is on Thursday 6th October and the theme is "Games." We hope to write lots of Kennings and Etherees on that day and add them to this blog.
If you want to find out what a Kenning or an Etheree is - you will just have to join us on the day!

circus stars

circus stars are very special when they do their circus tricks
they can do the tight-rope walk which I think is very special
and juggling which is very clever when done with mysterious sticks

circus stars are also very special when they do a tumbling trick
they can fly through the air and never fall down
the strong man lifts the weights up very quick
and thats why I think circus stars are very special


Hamad

Kennings

We celebrated Chinese New Year at our last get together. The year of the rabbit saw us making Rockin' Rabbits then writing Kennings about them. We enjoyed that so much we wrote some more.
Here they are

Ray wrote a Kenning for his New Year Rabbit
He's a
Purple whisker
Hole digger
Luck bringer
Bell ringer
Poor singer
Paw wringer
Plate rocker
Door knocker
Book reader
Born leader
Cheer leader
Nose twitcher
Ear scratcher
Snooze needer
Eye closer
Pie filler
Fox feeder! (oops!)

Aamna wrote a Kenning for her rabbit
She's a
Carrot eater
Purple whisker
Great listener
Strong sniffer
Strong jumper
Tail swinger
Fashion designer
Chinese racewinner
Book reader
Born leader
Fox feeder
Fur weaver
Nose twitcher
Test cheater!
Sadly into a fox dinner!

Ayesha's kenning for her rabbit
She's a
Carrot sniffer
Purple whisker
Horrible dancer
Carrot killer
Tail swinger
High jumper
Two earer
Book reader
Born leader
Help needer
English teacher
Fox dinner
Life pleader
Unlucky hoper
Poem stopper


Can you guess the animal that makes up this kenning from Ayesha?
He's a
Jungle ruler
Deer chaser
Dinner hunter
Horrible swimmer
Animal frightener
Donkey racer
Race loser
Donkey hater
Idea thinker
Donkey tripper
Re-race happener
Second race loser!
Angry holder
Anger releaser
Jungle finisher
(Did you guess - it's a lion)

Aamna's myster Kenning animal
She's a
Rat-chaser
Dog racer
Human pleaser
Paw scratcher
Loud screetcher
Wailing weeper
Lazy sleeper
Deep digger
Thin figure
Eye winker
Fish picker
Rat licker
Fast blinker
Nose twitcher
On a plate for dog's dinner (oops!)
(did you guess - a cat)