Rico Coombs Year 10 Poetry Workshop

English Department ~ Year 10, Poetry Workshop

On Tuesday 5th May, several creative writers from the Year 10 cohort participated in a poetry workshop, run by the acclaimed London poet, Rico Coombs.

With a friendly ease of style, personal voice and positive presence, Rico introduced the students to some of his exciting, modern poems; discussed ideas around emotions; then, linked these emotions with seasons as a backdrop for their own poems.

The enthusiasm and engagement from the students was excellent and the feedback to Rico very positive.

Thank you to all those who joined the experience.

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Some snippets of the poems:

The first shower arrives
And with it, the time of our lives
The first daffodil
Gentle, but blooming
Our friendship looming
Like a daffodil at its prime
The key bonds forming
Energy released
Our friendship blooming,
This beautiful daffodil looming.

Snowflake

There could be snow
There could be rain
I don’t know
There could be foes
There could be woes
And I still don’t know

The cold’s heavy breath follows me outside
Clouds my path, and I just can’t hide.
My bones trembly like frosty branches
Clattering and chattering
Like the thoughts in my mind
I yearn for the strength that I just can’t find.

The sun rises and it catches in your hair
Dazzling and glowing adn sunkissed in love
Strawberry stains on a sundress and napkins,
You’ll never leave. This is forever.
The summer is long
But our love is longer,
If only I knew.

The autumn breeze flows through her hair,
As a tear drops from the eye that stares
A crimson leaf leaves the tree bare
And I walk away with my despair.

The new man, tall and full of glee
Everything that I couldn’t be
Everything we could have been
Is washed away in the wind.
As I fall from the tower
And the clock strikes the hour,
The autumn breeze