Sadly, the WORDCUP2010 team from Blakeston School in Stockton-on-Tees wasn’t able to make the North East Final. At the event, Viv Wiggins, their poet coach, read out one of their poems.
Viv reading 'Island' by the Blakeston Team
Island
This is Seanie Island, my dream location
Where I can:
Be a lifeguard and rescue the Liverpool Football squad
Do Thai boxing all day and master the art
Live next door to Steven Gerrard
Play Bon Jovi records and The Prodigy
Make all of my own clothes just for me.
(Chorus) Yeah but you are not free to FEEL!
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This is Nathan island, my dream location
Where I can:
Bounce all day on my trampoline whale land
Swim with the sharks and sunbathe together like a normal happy family
Build a huge house for homeless people to sleep
Sail around the world and see different people and countries
Where there are no rules except ‘TERRORISTS KEEP OUT!’
(Chorus) Yeah, but you are not free to LOVE!
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This is Daniel island, my dream location
Where I can:
Drive amazing cars as fast as I can at the age of 3
Buy anything I want at any time and it’s all free
Constantly watch new ‘Top Gear’ episodes
Where one week it is hot and the next week it snows
Where wild, exotic animals roam free but they are also friendly
(Chorus) Yeah, but you are not free to EXPRESS YOURSELF!
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This is Matthew Island, my dream location
Where I can:
Spend all night with the army cadets
Drive my tank all over the land
Hunt animals and find plants to survive
Play snowball fights in a special dome
Where school has not been introduced
(Chorus) Yeah but you are not free to WRITE!
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This is Jordan Island, my dream location
Where I can:
Swim all day and win all the medals
Permanently be on holiday
Listen to the words of Eminem
Have a new pair of trainers every month
Watch ‘Mock the Week’ every night
(Chorus) Yeah but you are not free to THINK!
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This is Callum’s island, my dream location
Where I can:
Eat all the chocolate and it never runs out
Buy all the games in the world
…and will win the Euromillions lottery
Start a rock and roll band and be bigger than ‘Oasis’
Fly to Jupiter as many times as I like
(Chorus) Yeah, but you are not free to PROTECT!
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This is Taryn Island, my dream location
Where I can:
Eat chocolate ripples before they melt
Chat all day and night to my friends and never stop
Play netball and have the winning team
Spend time on the beach with my whole family
Eat Sunday Roast every day washed down with ‘Capri Sun’.
(Chorus) Yeah but you are not free to SPEAK OUTRIGHT!
(Chorus) Let’s all think for a minute, and work together…
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This is OUR Island, our dream location
We share all our skills and our motivation
We are free to FEEL, LOVE, EXPRESS OURSELVES and WRITE
We are free to THINK, to PROTECT and to SPEAK OUTRIGHT
This is OUR Island
Love ‘Blakey’ xxxxx
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