For the first reading – close your books, and listen to your teacher read the poem. What do you notice about the way this poem tells its story?
Refugees by Brian Bilston
They have no need of our help So do not tell me
These haggard faces could belong to you or me Should life have dealt a different hand We need to see them for who they really are Chancers and scroungers Layabouts and loungers With bombs up their sleeves Cut-throats and thieves They are not Welcome here We should make them
Go back to where they came from They cannot Share our food Share our homes Share our countries Instead let us
Build a wall to keep them out It is not okay to say
These are people just like us
A place should only belong to those who are born there Do not be so stupid to think that The world can be looked at another way