One of Miss Kidd’s students has written this poem with an explanation of how she has structured it.

That’s life

Some of us must stay at home

And not go out the door;

Some of us are working

Like we’ve never worked before.

Some of us are falling out

With siblings, Dads, and Mothers,

Some of us are reaching out

And looking after others.

Some of us are keeping busy

Doing lots of jobs;

Some of us have given up

We’re turning into slobs!

Some of us feel positive

And think that we’re in charge,

Some of us feel anxious

And fear the world at large.

Some of us have footpaths

To cycle, walk, and jog,

Some of us have nowhere nice

To even walk the dog.

All of us can choose to spend

Our days in fear and dread…

BUT All of us can choose to plan

For better days ahead.

I chose to start each first line and third line of the first four stanzas with “some of us” as I believe it is important to include the many ways a lot of us have experienced lockdown and how those different experiences can affect our thoughts and actions. I changed this in the last stanza however, because I wanted to make the idea that we can “all” change our perspective on what’s going on in these current times, which is why I put emphasis on the word “but”. I also decided to change the rhyming scheme throughout the stanzas as to resemble the break in routines and what each of us consider to be normal that we have all gone through.