Homely Neanderthals by Celia Berrell
Home is where the heart is.
For modern man, it’s true.
But many ancient peoples
preferred to wander through.Nomadic life was simple.
No need to tidy up!
Scavengers would follow
and eat our waste and stuff.Neanderthals got chilly.
Fire changed how they behaved.
Four hundred thousand years ago
they’d set up homes in caves.Home was where their HEARTH was.
We’ve found their signs and clues.
Still, many Homo sapiens
like wandering – do you?
Fire facts: Oldest fire-making humans & What is Fire?
FEEDSPOT has listed its 35 BEST CHILDREN’S POETRY BLOGS for 2026.
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN’S POETRY is #17 & SCIENCE RHYMES is #19!
PROJECT – AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN’S POETRY
Australian Children’s Poetry is working towards including quality poems by Australian Children as well as adult authors. Teachers & Homeschool Parents can submit up to THREE best poems in response to a Monthly Prompt. Enter your email address under the Follow Blog banner to receive Monthly Prompts and poems.
Successful poems will appear as: POEM TITLE by FIRST NAME ONLY at SCHOOL NAME & State/Territory. ACP will not publish or correspond on poems that are not submitted via an adult’s email address.
By submitting, parents & teachers are:
- Confirming this is the ORIGINAL CREATION of the author(s).
- Assuring us AI wasn’t used and nothing was plagiarised.
- Giving us permission to publish and archive any accepted poem in the ACP online format.
- Still retaining copyright for the author(s).
Send your submissions to Linda Davidson at:
ozchildrenspoetry@gmail.com
Remember, remember the Fifth of November
That’s when we celebrated the completion of the book SCIENCE RHYMES IN THE SEA at CAIRNS AQUARIUM. Dr Hilary Whitehouse (my JCU mentor), Diane Finlay (SCBWI FNQ coordinator), Celia Berrell (author), Sokar Philpot (project mediator), Sharne Lilly (project-made-possible coordinator) & Elijah Roby (illustrator) recited their chosen poems to the fish!
FANGS FOR THE VIPERFISH
Elijah found a model of the weird and wonderful Viperfish at the aquarium. He admitted these silvery drawings had taken a long time to perfect, but had given him the greatest pleasure. Do you like their scarily sparkly toothy grins?
Meeting E.T. At Cairns Aquarium by Kaya 2018
This porcupine fish can change personality
From small, shy and cute, to puffed-up all-angrily.
Oh, E.T. you have such big eyes,
they make it so hard to say goodbye.
I wonder, have you met E.T?
If not, I think you’d better see me!
This porcupine fish melts hearts every day.
A Diodon Globefish and species of ray.
Oh, E.T. you have so much love to share,
In Cairns Aquarium, we can’t help but stare.
