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.