“No school today!” – another submission to our Poetry Prize

Well done Jill McDougall of Port Willunga, who has submitted an entry to the Aldinga Village Voice Poetry Prize, and is now in the running to win a $25 gift voucher from our good friends at Fleurieu Roast coffee roastery at Aldinga.

Submit your entry now.

Submissions of 300 words or less are preferred, and should be sent as a Word Document or Text File to info@aldingavillagevoice.com.au

The Judges’ decision is final.

Winners will be announced by return email.

And here is Jill’s poem:

No School Today

Jill McDougall

Don’t make me go to school today,

Please! Anything but that!

I’ll tidy up my bedroom,

I’ll be gentle with the cat.

I’ll do the dishes for a week,

(I’ll soak the saucepans too),

But please don’t make me go to school

That place is like a zoo.

The kids are really mean to me

and call me nasty names

(Like ‘legend in a lunch box’) when

I interrupt their games.

And when they see me coming,

They spread out like peanut paste,

I feel like I’m some fungal growth,

Some noxious toxic waste.

So please don’t make me go to school,

I’ll sulk and whine and sob,

So what if I’m the Principal!

I want a different job!

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