weekender a g childrens page striving to reach the top kids write poems on aspiration the meaning of life to achieve what seems out of reach to accomplish the difficult yet possible to have high hopes and dreams to put a contribution and sacri fice for society to embed your thumbprint in the new world to believe in yourself and what you are to fulfill the meaning of exist ence goals dreams hopes and accomplishments is that all there is to life to share your wealth and joy to spread your love and happi ness to print a smile on a face to soothe a grief in a heart to be there when you are needed to take each day as it comes to live each day to the fullest happiness love kindness and sorrow is that all there is to life goals dreams and accomplish ments are human to reach happiness love sorrow are human to feel that is the meaning of life by christina strongolos grade 8 anticipating aspirations on the top of the mountain there it lies it is within reach yet cannot be reached when touched with strong vitality it flies and is able to learn yet it has preached like the dawn which abruptly turns to day or like the dusk which slowly turns to night it is able to continue not astray and when lost in the dark can see bright light when near giving up it tries to see more and finds more reasons to always stay gold yet at times when discouraged shuts the door but will always be dignified and bold it is hope which requires faith and is an anticipating aspiration by anita atkari grade 8 if if there is cruelty let there be care if there is violence let there be peace if there is nastiness let there be happiness if there is literal hate let there be love if we can mend the problems in life if we could just accept people the way they are we could have care peace and pure goodness for all f if we found a way to love someone we hate colour in ernie and bert as they fashion a couple of homemade masks for a night of fun perhaps they aspire to be someone different and reached way down in our hearts for a change from foe to friend we really would have a world of fairjudgement and equality the human a creature of creatures yet an animal of animals all love- i all hate r at times4o thopoinhncapa- citation all laugh all cry all have times of depression yet also times of joy but what creature amongst ejcqai j- vv tures uuolmt animal amongst animals can possess such volatile feel ings it is the human by peter kalentzis grade 8 our sun burning burning like anger a constant rage a wrath which only grows gets even more intense the intensity augments until one day its body cannot enclose the rage any longer and reaches to the point of erup tion thisincandescant ball and dies then blackness for eternity and taking with it the existence of man by peter kalentzis grade 8 the rook an immense shadow enveloped the morning sky a piercing unpleasant skriek echoed through the valleys eyes turned only on remnants of food laying unwanted like himself on the ground with an ardent swoop he reached his destination with alacrity but only a scant amount was to be eaten and was consumed in seconds a vast field was seen a corn field but he had long been dissipated from access to this supply true mastication was an experi ence he had long yearned for another erratic shriek overh- whelmed the earth but who is this disconsolate one he is the rook by peter kalentzis grade 8 sweet sweet one thy lips are sweet and scarlet like a rose thy hair is dark perfect precious like gold thy love hast enclosed me like no one knows thy charm is so sweet that it cant be told thy beauty is captivating beyond words thy step is graceful like a royal princess thy voice sweet soft mellow sings like the birds thy agile movements all entail finesse thy soft complexion as soft as white milk thy heart of gold of love of tenderness thy satiny hands delicate like silk oh how i doth love thee sweet sweet one yes i have yet but one wish that must be done that i gain your love for me sweet sweet one by peter kalentzis grade 8