Chaos

This is a poem I wrote last year for the Budding Poets Competition.

Chaos

Bringggggg! The bell in the playground rings,

Mary jumps off the yellow swings.

Tom stows away his paper plane,

Jack gobbles up his candy cane.

Then—Footsteps slapping in the hall,

Bill scurries in with his ball.

The classmates are all still;

No one utters a word until—

The Headmistress strides in,

And knocks over the garbage bin!

Laughter explodes in the room,

Giggles replace the gloom.

She bellows, “Silence!”

For a few precious moments,

All the chuckling immediately stops,

You could have heard water drops!

“Your class teacher is ill today,

Work on your own and don’t dare play!”

The roaring Head sure can strut,

Bang! The door slams shut.

Then—

The classroom in an uproar,

Ding! Appears the joy galore.

Paper aeroplanes fly,

Out the window into the sky.

Lily produces her music sheets;

Everyone jumps up from their seats,

To join the frolicking and the fun,

Singing songs all in pun.

The pandemonium lifts the roof,

The chairs and desks are held aloof.

Tim trips over a schoolbag,

Clarisse fills the board with a zigzag.

Slipping in I could see,

Rachel jumping with whoops of glee.

Uh-oh—

Headmistress creeps in like a mouse,

And screams like in a haunted house.

Her chalk-white face in total shock,

She gapes like a frightened hawk!

Then—

The door, shakily, opens.

Mouths in a perfect “O”,

Deafening silence.