War Poetry Writing Competition

Upper Secondary

Amongst the midst of crimson skies
I saw a boy who never cries
He looks at me with bulging eyes
Yet all I saw was nothing right
The war had blasted his only home away
Together with his parents to heaven’s way
His family was gone, due to extreme blows
And in his life, the sun no longer glows
Amongst the midst of crimson skies
I saw a boy who never cries
He looks at me with bloody eyes
Yet all I saw was nothing right
The war made him lose his only light
He limped his way towards me
He cried out loud for justice and peace
Yet no one was there to hear him cry
There were a thousand words left unsaid
A thousand tales left untold
His blood floods the city, together with endless souls

First Prize
Lim Zhaojie (4I)

The cold wind blew
Ashes flew
The stench of death is in the air
Cries and screams sound everywhere
Then a silence triumphs all sounds
As bullets fire all around
Darkness pushes light away
Inviting an eclipse on its way
Revenge is bitter and never sweet
Life will always have its weeds
Why be stubborn in extermination
At the expense of world destruction?
Halt with the war drums,
Weapons and arms
Stop killing
And save the living
Don't you know, my hateful friend
That catastrophe will be the end

Second Prize
Pek Si Yin(4E)




Shots were filled, people lay dead
All I saw was a sea of red
They killed his family, they destroyed his home,
The poor child is left alone
Why can’t we have some peace?
Where every one can live with ease?
Why can’t we live happily?
And sing together, merrily?
So you win, as you’ve burnt down the houses
As you’ve said, those that oppose you are all dead
This is all you’ve achieved after all these hours
If these hours were used to help instead, it would be really great.
Why fight among ourselves, we will achieve nothing
Now as you look back, its such a foolish thing
So let us live happily
Where we can sing and dance merrily.

Third Prize
Ho Yong Cheng (4I)



Lower Seocndary

The Day War Started

It started out as a peaceful day
When everything seemed very fine
Until soldiers started making their way
And planes and tanks made their line.

The soldiers started to open fire
The tanks and planes all went Boom!
There was no time for being a tire
As everyone started to face their doom!

Until the reinforcement came in
Everything seemed to be too late
But they managed to push them in
The soldiers were then condemned to their fate.

The enemies had their rampage ended
But they had only just started.
Until many years later they restarted
Will everything be the same as before?

First Prize
Gary Tang of 2I















War and its Great Massacre

I looked across the open plains
and I saw something looking back at me
All across the field, the dead rain
On the ground around me, dying, there lay three

One whispered to me
he knew he woundn't see the sun the next morn
He was bleeding somewhere I couldn't see
I started to cry, for he couldn't make it through dawn

As night fell on the field, the second turned to see
My dark silhouette in the dark
I was leaning against a tree
and he said "I would've fancied a last walk through a park."

As the first light of dawn came to view
I looked across the field at the aftermath of the great massacre.
The third was dead by the time I looked
Overwhelmed by grief, I took a last look at the sky
and a gunshot rang out as I shot myself
The war has devasted me, what was worth living for without my friends?

Second Prize
Audrey Yong 2E




War
Blood on the floor here
Blood on the floor there
Blood is found everywhere
Red things are what they see,
but they share sorrows with you and me

Be it now, be it later,
Be it long, be it short.
People being killed all day long
They braved their souls for the future
The fate of hope lies in their hands

Bullets being shot all day long
Guns being fired non-stop
Rifles of all sizes
Bullets of all shapes
All being aim at one spot

Big, black raindrops from the sky
Kill all people that fall below it
Sound of raindrops spluttering down
what's next is a show of red
The smell of rotten bodies fill the air
Jet planes flying through the air

Ships and crusiers dock the harbours
Jet planes flying all around
Army tanks can see through the streets
Weapons and gunpowder can be found everywhere

People on the streets fear their lives
People at home fear thier lives
People fighting fear all their lives
They share their sorrows with you and me
All thanks to the selfishness

People fight for no reason
Serve their countries to the needs
People fighting here and there
Why risk your life with something not meaningful?

You lose your life
He lose his life
why waste your life, youth and pride
This can ne prevented
But only at one's will.

Thrid Prize
Lee Yik Loong 2I