In class we studied the poem TONIGHT AT NOON by Adrian Henri, a British contemporary writer.
Then we decided to follow the same pattern and write our own collective poem and this is what we came up with :
TONIGHT AT NOON
Tonight at noon
Americans will go on holidays to Irak
And Bush will invite Ben Laden to the restaurant
Snakes will become friends with rodents
Parents will listen to their children
Doctors will tell us to go on a fries-eating diet
Students will only work on Sundays
Terrorists will fight against the police-bombing threat
All the countries will make flower bombs
And they’ll throw them saying we love you
Popstars will be unknown
And everybody will be famous
Everybody will watch trees
And TVs will grow in fields
Tonight at noon
Poneys will ride their jockeys and win the race
The French will drink orange juice in pubs
Hard-rockers will play Lorie’s songs
Tonight at noon
Stars will brighten a beautiful summer day
Tonight at noon
Men will be caged and animals free
There will be no borders
And nobody will suffer from hunger
Tonight at noon
There will be no more wars and everybody will be happy
Tonight at noon
The planet will be as it was on its first day
Tonight at noon
We will be happy to forget somebody
We will know what the future has in store for us
We will fly and life will be easy
A collective poem written by 1ère L Anglais de Complément