Lost and alone at sea - Fives' Poems

Over the last couple of weeks, the Fives have begun studying Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo. In the story, during the family's worldwide voyage on their beloved boat The Peggy Sue, Michael, the protagonist, gets washed overboard into the middle of the ocean. Our boys brainstormed ideas and vocabulary together before writing their own poems inspired by being lost and alone at sea; read on to see 5G's imaginative efforts...

Nowhere

I was thrown overboard by the push of the waves

I was thrown into the cold, dark sea

I was sent away from the lights of the Peggy Sue

As the smelly seawater was ramming rapidly into me

As I was gasping for air,

I started losing hope of surviving

I felt sick and weak

Shivering with the smell of salt and seaweed

I felt like a mere mortal

Drifting to sleep slowly

In the middle of nowhere

By Folarin Abudu

The watery gates of hell

I was thrown overboard

By a gust of wind

And then I knew as my 

Hands were full I was 

Overboard …

I was now in a treacherous

Tumultuous place of fear 

I was being wacked violently

By ferocious waves

And then a humongous 

Rolling wave  toppled on me. 

I was petrified .

   

SPLASH!

I was gasping for air.

I had no idea

How I was alive.

All I could smell was salty

Seaweed and water.

I was past the gates of

Hell and I was bone shiveringly

Cold.

By Ralph Andrews

Lost at Sea

The quick fear trembling through me,

Drowning in the raging thunder,

The colossal waves, like god punishing me,

Massive amounts of shivering fear,

UNBEARABLE sound of my stomach screaming,

UNBEARABLE fear,

UNBEARABLE violence. . . . .

Terrifying fear trembling through my upper spine ,

Like the grim reaper carrying me through the watery gates of hell,

The fear going through me as if I’m being thrown into a lion pit

Whatever I think about is. . . . . 

FEAR

FEAR

ONLY FEAR!

The roaring waves crashing above me

The sound of the gates of hell opening to let me in.

By John Cao

Lost at Sea

Bang went the slap of me hitting the water.

Smash went the wave above my head.

I felt the sharks closing in.

But wait! A glimmer of hope for me.

My dog oh what a lovely sight!

Oh no it is not what it seems .

My ball, it’s my ball!

I must cling onto it as my only chance for life.

But as soon as I do a shark's fin cuts out like a knife.

But as soon as it does I see land, people and life.

I'm on the land.

I’m here.

It is ok.

I'm alive.

By George Gibson

Stranded

As you plummet towards the ocean,

What do you think?

Is this the end?

Will you survive?

Will you ever see the light of day again?

SPLASH!

You feel the gush of water from falling such a height!

As you slip away into the dark,

You fight hard but it’s in vane!

You feel life is dragging itself towards death!

But then your head hits the soft sand,

 “I’m safe!” you exclaim!

You bring your head out the water and see an island with a massive jungle.

You go to sleep to pass some time,

To stay in a circle to trap the heat.

Waking up with such a fright because there is a gorilla standing over you!

You try to run but then …

Out the corner of your eye you see a boat 

The people are signalling to you to come,

You realise it’s your family!                                       

By Casper Green

Lost in the Sea

I’m alone in a stormy sea,

The wind howling through my ears,

I'm alone.

I can’t be saved.

The giant wave is gobbling

me up once and once I’m trying to 

escape but I failed.

I got washed up on an island and I 

 survived.

I have been lost for months, years until

ONE day……

By Eddie Huang

Lost In A Neverending Void

Trembling, I was slowly losing strength.

Raging, roaring waves flying past me.

BANG! As the waves collided I had drifted to sleep

But miraculously I was still afloat in the cold night.

The wind whistled as I longed to stop fighting,

But I couldn’t, I knew I couldn’t.

I waited for what felt like hours but were mere minutes for the waves to guide me to shore, but they just wouldn’t.

So there I was, in the middle of a neverending void. 

By Ethan Lau

Drowning

Drowning, below the watery

Gates of Hell,

Drowning, in the treacherous

Sea of blue,

I am Drowning, below the ferocious

and towering waves,

Smelling salt, tasting salt, salt

everywhere,

Drowning, through the blue 

darkness,

Shivering, trembling, bone-chilling cold 

water around me,

And as I drown, I think, ‘How much

time do I have left? ‘

I am petrified, I am losing

air rapidly.

I can’t swim up, I am far too

deep.

The biting cold beneath me is

Consuming my body.

I am now gone, dead and 

Belonging to the deep.

By Caspar Murning

Lost at Sea

As I float across the sea 

Frozen dying of cold

I think of horrors lurking in the deep

Ready for the kill.

I am terrified, petrified trying to stay above.

My eyes

Are drifting like the waves moving up and down.

Wait! What’s that

Swirling around me and  what are those

Translucent creatures?

Splash!

I've gone under

Argh! I've been bitten

And…

Now there it is, the doors of death 

I now a shade

And now to serve Hades

Creak!

Now the doors open

By Sammy Potishko

Lost At Sea

I was thrown overboard by

the watery gates of hell into the

Salty depths of the sea.

The boat drifting away out of sight

That my cries for help would not

be heard.

I lie there in the dark and gloomy

sea, paddling for life.

As I lie I think of the shark

swimming quickly at me getting

ready to devour me.

As I go down

and down and down…

By Punpun Punnotok

Drifting into sea

The boat was 

rocked around,

The towering wall

Of sea looming over us.

The smell of salt 

Burned my throat, 

As the winds 

howled and howled.

The rain lashed

At us like the whip

Of a circus trainer,

We cowered as the

blue lion poised over

us for the kill.

The waves smashed

Into the side of the boat

with a crash, 

As we drifted off into

The treacherous sea.

By Kai Tan

Lost at Sea

The rapid fears:

The extreme cold

The slimy creatures

The howling wind.

The waves: a monster

The ship: now shrapnel.

Slimy seaweed; chaotic creatures,

The eyes gouged out, the blind 

entities, now sinking, sinking, 

Sinking…

Thunder and lightning

Striking and killing

The sea and land:

Smashing boats and structures.

I wake on an island

Of endless prosperity

I think to myself,

‘You are safe now.’

One day later,

The storm was gone.

The thunder and waves

Were not at all fun. 

By Alan Wang

LOST AT SEA

Here at sea my story ends,

Without an echo, the sea pretends.

 

My life, same as the reckless sailors, 

mountainous waves, makes me paler.

But still, there is a glimpse of hope

My life will not end, to death? Nope.

As the torch of life reached my soul,

My body arose from hell, they saved my whole.

Since then, sailing became one’s past 

As said, nothing would forever last.

But the courage of sailing belonged to my family 

So I decided to let my son carry the legacy happily.

By Bowen Zhong