Burst Bubbles: a Covid poem for kids about how Covid stole the final days in Year 6 as our school had to close

Burst Bubbles (A Covid true tale)

Bubble burst

Yesterday

No last week

No last day

Bubble burst

Yesterday

No last laugh

No last say

Bubble Burst

Yesterday

No last chase

No last play

Bubble burst

Yesterday

Primary school

Whisked away

Bubbles burst

No big deal

No one’s hurt

Hours heal

Blow another

Memory orb

Moment forged

Mind-absorbed

Blow a billion

Bubbles blessed

Burst the bad

Chase the rest

Floating seconds

Minutes splayed

Some will pop

Some will fade

Brilliant bubbles

Pop again

Flashback-bangs

Burst in brains

A bubble blown

Does not stop

A memory made

Does not pop

Mark Bird 2021

💡 I wrote this Covid poem for kids about my Year 6 class missing the rite of passage experience of counting down the final days of primary school and Year 6. There was a positive case in class, so our Year 6 'bubble' had to close in the children's final week. It was all very sad, so I added a positive ending.