Last Days With Mother
By Noor, Year 8
Mother, mother
A kind gentle soul,
She taught me compassion,
love, honesty and how to grow.
‘Be yourself,’ she says,
‘yet shine bright as a star.’
When I think of mother,
I wear this proudly,
making me smile.
‘She is my mother,’ I say it proudly.
I live everyday as if it’s my last
With mother,
With mother.
Last Days with Mother by Noor is an excerpt from Deadly Writing. Deadly Writing explores significant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices. Each week, students explore a range of texts crafted by First Nations artists and use them as inspiration for their own writing. They learn about Indigenous cultures and languages from diverse communities around Australia, and explore their own experiences and values as they write a series of short pieces of writing, producing a personal anthology. Students learn about and experiment with a variety of editing strategies as they prepare their own writing for publication. Deadly, unna?