Amelia’s tribute to Maya Angelou won her runner-up in the Junior poetry section of the Writing Rammy
Snakes about to snap
Spiders in my cap
Life doesn’t frighten me at all
Robbers in my house at night
Spaces that are very tight
Life doesn’t frighten me at all
Monsters peering round my door
Loud footsteps on the floor
Life doesn’t frighten me at all
Mice in the hall
A very creepy doll
Life doesn’t frighten me at all
Eyes wide
Quick, hide
I make fun
So they run
I just grin
So they don’t win
Little shiny snails
Leaving slimy trails
They don’t frighten me at all
Not at all
Not at all!
Life doesn’t frighten me at all
(c) Amelia Dewar
Listen to Maya read her original poem: