H2O Series: Water (Ms Peggy Yau)

11/7/2019

(Text by Ms Peggy Yau)

Water.

When I was invited to be the next teacher who shares something related to water on the English Department website (here), I carefully thought about it.

Water cycle? Water pollution? Hydrology? Oceanography? I’m sure you all can tell a little about it.

The wondrous experience in the water? A deadly accident in the water? The best descriptive writing about the water? They shouldn’t be something too unfamiliar to you.

Then I think I shall do something different, something special – in a sense it can make you think, make you reflect on it, and make you respond to it. Here, I have written a fictional poem titled The Last Drop of Water. What would you do if you have the last drop of water? What would I do with my last drop?

The Last Drop of Water

Is the Earth coming to the end?

Dried rivers, dried seas.
Dried puddles, dried streams.
There’s no clean water, not anywhere.
How can our beloved home be so bare?

Now beside the last withered apricot,
Stands a little kiddie with a little pot.
Inside it he shall carefully retain
The most precious last drop of rain.

And take a look at everyone,
Who all hold their last drop but never for fun.
Clutching their bottles, heartbroken and frail,
Would it make the very last fairy tale?

Suddenly the kiddie who always stays hopeful,
Comes up with a wheeze that’s rather unusual.
“Let’s collect all the last drops and give the apricot some drinks.
The apricot shall live, and so do other tiny living things.”

No scoffing, no disapproving,
Everyone lines up to feed the poor shrunken thing.
Slowly and gradually the apricot looks a little beamy,
And look – oh the moistened earth is now going streamy.

The stream gently enriches the soil and the plants around,
And the most amazing thing happens – there is a little cloud!
From cirrus to cumulus to stratus,
Till it finally becomes too heavy and reaches a raining status.

Now the last drops from everyone become the last drinks for the dry,
Then the water goes to the soil and becomes the cloud in the sky.
Hydrated rivers, hydrated seas.
Hydrated puddles, hydrated streams.

Is the Earth coming to the end?
No, it is not if we’re all devoted to be a friend!

What about you? What is your last drop of water? Can you create some great pieces, may it be a poem, a story, or a fable? Looking forward to your responses.

21 Comments

Dr H C Lee

11/7/2019 10:58:29 am

Very nice work Ms Yau. Love your poem on saving the environment through collective effort. Great positive energy there and you made a great choice to voice out your thoughts via poetry. For the theme of water, besides contributing the first article in the H2O series here, I also put together a 15-min script for a thematic stage performance for our boys! More sharing on it will be done later on! ^o^

Jayden Chow 6C (5)

11/12/2019 03:47:09 pm

Beautiful poem! I liked how you described everybody putting their effort together to save the apricot, which is what we need now to make Earth a better place. Yes - one person definitely isn't enough, but all the inhabitants of Earth might just be enough. As the saying goes, many drops of water make streams and oceans. If everybody does their part, we might be able to save our Earth from withering away! Let's start by being environmentally-friendly ourselves!

Wong Ching Hong Marco 6EEEE 26

11/12/2019 09:42:32 pm

I loved your poem very much. You emphasized that the importance of the precious water on Earth. I can feel that you are really trying to persuade the readers to change their lifestyle of using water by telling them that we should all be environmentally-friendly. Besides, I think the desirable thing of this poem is that you told us the moral indirectly. We should really learn from your poetic skills!!!! What a nice poemmmm!!

Jasper Loi 6E 17

11/12/2019 05:25:05 pm

What an inspiring poem! It was beautiful how you weaved such a beautiful poem and had such a significant moral sink in! I really loved how you put together a story that talks about water on the surface, but has a greater moral inside. The poem had the message of teamwork hidden inside, letting students decipher it and figure out what it truly means. I hope we will take this story and put it into use in our own lives, for as Helen Keller once said, “Alone we can do so little, but together we can do so much.” From now on, let’s all work together and help our world become great!

Luke Wong 6E(27)

11/12/2019 05:50:27 pm

What a nice poem! I loved how you, while writing a poem, also brought out that the water on Earth is slowly fading away, right beneath our very eyes. I adored the children's generosity to save the apricots from withering away, instead of drinking it.As John C. Maxwell one said,“Teamwork makes the dream work.”To save our beloved mother Earth, we need to all work together and start taking actions right this instant!

11/12/2019 05:51:55 pm

I am sorry, I wrote once as one.

Gareth Yuen

11/12/2019 06:10:45 pm

What a meaningful poem! The morale appeared in my mind after I thought of it for several times.It is simple but clear: A single person's strength could not do many things, but when we all humans work as a team, all of us, we could change the whole world. Also, the morale was indirectly told to me, so it gave me a chance to figure it out. And finally, I was truly surprised by the little boy's action: giving the last drop of rain to the withered apricot. It was a surprising twist that caught me off guard! Well done, Ms Yau!

Tong Calvin 6C(26)

11/12/2019 08:32:20 pm

Wow! You really outdone yourself this time, Miss Yau!

This piece is definitely a masterpiece! It surely brings out a deep moral—teamwork. As someone once quoted,” Together we stand, divided we fall.” There was a surprising twist at the end when the little boy proposed to gather all the water left on Earth to feed the shrunken apricot. Yes, water resources is really disappearing from Earth quickly. We need to work together to save our beloved Earth! : )

Trevor Lam 6c

11/12/2019 08:51:31 pm

Creative writing !You stood out by writing a poem and imagined about the situation when there is almost no water.You brought out the message of not wasting water and warned us about the horrible things that could happen.Well done

Cyrus Ng

11/12/2019 09:21:08 pm

What a wonderful poem!!!You did it so well by using a poem to bring out the importance of the water on earth!It's true that when we are united together,we can do much more and better than when we are alone! If we try and save the earth by one person, we definitely won't succeed. But if we try and save earth together, we will have a big chance to succeed! Now we must save the earth from not only water problems and all the environmental problems, let's save the earth together!!!

Daniel Ho 6C (9)

11/12/2019 09:41:59 pm

The poem is definitely an absolute masterpiece. It just clearly, explicitly tells us that if we don't stop wasting water molecules, the Earth will turn into the wasteland that is beautifully described in the poem. But, it is true that if we unite our puny individual forces into a powerful one, there's a chance we can pull through. Still, none of this would have happened if we didn't waste water in the first place, right? Really, there is strength in numbers----- especially in large ones.
Now if you'll excuse me, let's moisture the world together!

Nick Wong

11/12/2019 10:03:05 pm

What a wonderful poem, Ms Yau! This poem, through describing the last drops of water, reminds us to not be selfish, and that many little deeds of kindness will have a great impact on the whole world!

Anson Ching 4A 10

11/13/2019 05:45:23 pm

Quite a good poem. If I had a last drop of water, I would rather drink it. It tells me I should not waste water. I believe anyone whoever read this will be as kind as the poem!(≧ω≦)

Milton Chan 4A 5⃣️

11/14/2019 08:20:37 pm

What a fantastic poem, Ms.Yau!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I think you took a long time trying to rhyme the words. If I have only a drop of water 💧, I would put the little green things that the old man 👴in the book 📖 “James and the Giant Peach” gave me into the 💧. Then, it would become many drops of water 💦. I would drink three quarters of them and leave a quarter to take a shower 🚿. (Not a bath 🛀 !)

Rex Lau 4A (14)

11/16/2019 11:33:27 am

What a nice poem. A very good descriptive writing for all the Ying Wa boys . If I have the last drop of water ，I will keep it and plant a tree for our earth you have tell us not to waste water and use this drop to help our earth .Thank you for your poem I will learn it more from you.

Chow Lok Hin 4A (11)

11/16/2019 03:27:46 pm

This is really a meaningful poem! And you can let everyone self-reflection that we have not to be selfish, everyone does a little, can save our home (earth). "Stronger together" !
If I have the last drop of water, I think I will drink a little bit ^0^ and balance I will give it and help the earth.

Ethan Li 4A (16)

11/16/2019 04:41:13 pm

What a brilliant poem! I like this poem very much! I think the poem is meaningful. I learned two points - one, we need to share. No act of kindness is ever wasted. If you share or help, you will feel happy too! Another point is that we should not waste water. Our water is precious and we should cherish water. If we don't have water, we will die and it comes the end of the world! Thanks for the good poem.

4A Hayers Chan

11/16/2019 06:08:14 pm

What a meanful poem!

If I have the last drop of water, I will treasure it.
But it is too late to awareness.

I will put it in the magic hole,
and hope the Magician change the drop to more.
Let’s put more drop in the pot,
boil them and change to water vapor.

Water vapor going up to sky,
let’s built up and change to a cloud.
When the clouds become bigger,
the rain will drop down to the ground.

Yeah! I will have more drops of water now!!
I promise I don’t waste it anymore🙂🙂

Helium 4A(13)

11/16/2019 06:48:45 pm

I like your poem very much. Water is very precious that I think. So I will drink more water now.

Elvis Poon 4A(25)

11/16/2019 07:17:59 pm

What an awesome poem, Ms. Yau! I think you have made a great effort to complete this poem. If I have the only drop of water, I’d prefer keep it, plant more plants and give to other people that in need or always don’t have clean and fresh water supply but not to drink it, waste it or throw it.

Alvin Chan 4A (2)

11/16/2019 11:32:37 pm

That's a great poem👍. Water is really important to people ."Dried rivers, dried seas.Dried puddles, dried streams.There’s no clean water, not anywhere.How can our beloved home< be so bare>?"If it's real,so we'll have big troubles.
''Water!Water!Everywhere!
Waste!No!Water!Anywhere!''
"Sow!A!Seed!And!Grow!From!It"
Do not waste water anywhere.
In the future we'll have
The Last Drop of Water

H2O Series: Water (Ms Peggy Yau)

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