A selection of 'Drums for Peace' Poems...

As part of Drums for Peace, pupils from the 5 schools wrote poetry on the theme of peace. A booklet of poems was produced, which was judged by Dominic Cogan, a local writer and teacher. The winning poem was written by one of our own pupils, Lauren O’Reilly (4th Class). Here are some of the poems...

 

Drums for Peace - by Lauren O’Reilly (4th class) St Conleth’s NS Derrinturn, Co Kildare, Ireland

• Drumrolls echoing all around
• Rhythms felt through our feet
• Unity touched by the sound
• Moving to the beat
• Soothing our hearts

• Filling our soul where we stand
• Opening our ears to the sound
• Reaching out hand in hand

• Pounding all through the land
• Every drumroll calling out
• And pouring us into a
• Circle of
• Everlasting peace

 

Making a Choice - by Connor Doyle (6th Class) St. Conleth’s NS, Derrinturn, Co Kildare, Ireland

• Peace-building starts with us
• It does not need a huge, big fuss.
• You just need to know wrong from right
• And then you won’t wish to start a fight.
• Why people can’t just give a smile
• And stop war even for a little while?
• So, please, just drop your guns and swords
• And listen to my encouraging words:
• Love all living things in our world
• And make our flag of peace unfurl.

 

Together - by Erika Phelan & Shauna Kavanagh (5th class) St Conleth’s NS Derrinturn, Co Kildare

• Together
• Happy and friendly
• Shaking hands, playing games, forgiving;
• Feeling lucky, relaxed, peaceful and loving,
• It’s peace.

 

Weapons - by Arron Hall & Colette Craven (6th Class) St Conleth’s NS Derrinturn, Co Kildare

• Weapons of war - Weapons of peace
• machine guns - hope
• closed fist - open hand
• murder - love
• bombs - smiles
• terror - truth
• anger - patience
• death - cube of love

• Weapons of war: a bomb or a gun
• Weapons of peace: patience and fun.
• Weapons of war are hurtful and gloomy
• Weapons of peace are loving and blooming
• Weapons of war; hurt, anger and rage
• Weapons of peace make you happy at any age.
• All war must be stopped before we too get angry
• Give peace to the world, your friend and your family.

 

War and Peace - by Adam Duffy, Shannon Kearney, Leah Herbert and Ciana Hall (5th Class) St Conleth’s National School Derrinturn, Co Kildare, Ireland

• War is the darkest black
• You can smell it a mile away like a rotting corpse
• It tastes like hard breadrolls
• It sounds like a very bad storm
• And feels like a bullet being shot at your head

• Peace is like bright yellow sunshine
• It’s like a river flowing gently
• It smells like daffodils growing in spring
• It tastes like pancakes smothered in ice-cream
• It sounds like the sweet music of children singing
• And feels like a soft woolly jumper
• Peace lives in all our hearts.

 

• Click here for information on what Comenius is
• Click here for information on Visits between the 5 schools involved in Comenius
• Click here to read about the 'Drums for Peace' work that the children are involved in