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STAYATHOME!Poems and Prose for ChildrenLivinginLockdownIllustrated byDarren GateEdited byJoan Haig
STAY AT HOME!Poems and Prose for ChildrenLiving in LockdownEdited by Joan HaigIllustrated by Darren GateTHIS BOOK ISDEDICATED TO ALL THECHILDREN WHO STAYEDAT HOME.THANK YOU.
ContentsWelcome & ForewardThe Beginning Lockdown Haiku I by Joseph LambLife in LockdownLooking Up by Diana Hendry1Virus Fact File by Lawrence Dritsas2Dear Granpa by Lindsay Littleson4We Put a Rainbow in the Window by Dean Atta6I Want Oot by Matthew Fitt8Rory’s Lockdown Loo Roll Diary by Justin Davies9A Witch’s Guide to Staying at Home by Elizabeth Ezra 12The Box by Raman Mundair 15Ma Name is Billy Baxter by Alan McClure16The Lockdown Haircut by Barbara Henderson18The Worst Birthday Ever by Maisie Chan20Just Another School Day by Victoria Williamson22Can You See the Moon? by Raisah Ahmed24What Day is it Today? by Kerry L Fleming28A’m Bored by Janis Mackay 30I am SO not bored by Chae Strathie32Lockdown Field Study by Caroline Logan34Walkies? by Linda Strachan 36Abiba’s Zoom by Chief Chebe 38Dear Mr Fimple by Pamela Butchart40Hello Mr Neighbour by Emily Ilett44The Limerick To-Do List by Laura Guthrie47Everyday Super HeroesSuperhero by Rachel Plummer49Picking the Right Pan by Callum Heitler50Forgetful Fergus by Elizabeth Laird52The Game by Ross Sayers 54Daisy’s Mum by Yasmin Hanif 56Neighbour Hood by Robert J Harris57Rainbows by Merryn Glover 59World Beyond Our WindowsFinding Fairies by Lari Don 61Mouse by Annemarie Allan 63On the Roof by Joan Lennon 64Songbird by Nayanika Basu 66Fossil Hunting by Joan Haig 69A Gorilla on an Exercise Bike by Alex Nye70Kite by Philip Caveney 74A World Unlocked by Miranda Moore77Stepping Out by Alastair Chisholm78Lockdown Haiku II by Joseph LambThe End.Your Turn: Prompts for Lockdown StoriesAcknowledgementsAbout the ContributorsCopyright & Legal Bits
Dear Children,This book is about lockdown—the good bits, thebad bits, and the ugly bits when nobody could getany toilet roll. It’s about things you might havediscovered along the way—like the alien on yourroof or how to use Zoom (or even ‘BroomZoom’)—and about what we don’t miss (pollution and cars)and what we do (birthday parties, grandparents,and, yes, even school dinners!).Books can help you escape to other, often imaginaryplaces. But books, like this one, can also help you todeal with the real world. Every one of the poems,stories and pictures here has been specially createdfor you—each and every one of you—to do just that.The creators all live in Scotland, but you don’thave to be from Scotland to enjoy this book: ifthere is anything we have learnt during this globalpandemic, it is that we are all connected.Wherever you are, we hope you find something hereto help you reflect on your time in lockdown, whenbillions of people all around the world were told toStay at Home!Joan HaigEditorAnne GlenniePublisher
The Beginning.Lockdown began in the UK on the evening ofMonday 23rd March 2020when everyone was advised tostay at home.Lockdown Haiku ISkies full of storm cloudsWill be greeted like summerWhen lockdown is done.Joseph Lamb
Looking UpI’m locked down but looking upAt a blackbird dancing on a chimney potAt a willow tree waving its arms at meAt a cloud drifting by with a dream on top.Be sure to look up, there’s a lot to see.LOCKdownLifeI’m locked down but looking outAt the garden bluebells blueing and bellingAt a fern unfurling against the wallAt Spring—the word nature is spelling.Be sure to look out and welcome it all.I’m locked down but tuning inTo a world that’s suddenly quiet and slowBut the space in my mind is opening wideFor all my thoughts and dreams to growUntil ready to plant in the world outside.I’m locked down but looking upAt the evening star and the moon aboveAnd a world that’s still full of hope and love.Diana Hendry1
Virus Fact FileA virus is a very small piece of organic matter, farsmaller than bacteria.Viruses are not really living things. On their ownthey cannot grow or reproduce. When virusesinfect a plant or animal, they get inside its cells anduse the cells’ machinery to multiply themselves.We have only known about viruses for about 120years. In the very late nineteenth century (1800s)scientists realised that there was somethingsmaller than bacteria that could make peoplesick, but they could not see what it was.You cannot see a virus through a regularmicroscope: you need a special electronmicroscope to see it and these were not inventeduntil 1931.Vaccines are substances that a nurse or doctorcan give to protect people from getting sick fromcertain viruses. Historians think the first vaccineswere used in China and India in the 1500s againstsmallpox, long before anyone knew about viruses!Europeans learned about the process in theearly 1700s, but it was not until after 1880 thatvaccines for many common diseases started to bedeveloped.Medical scientists are always searching for newvaccines to protect people.Lawrence DritsasThere are millions of different kinds of viruseson Earth but only around 200 of these can makepeople sick. However, new viruses appear all thetime and some, like Covid-19, are dangerous.23
Dear GrandpaDear Grandpa,Mum says you’re not feeling very well and that I shouldwrite to you to cheer you up.I think that’s the worst idea ever, because my life hasbecome so mega boring in lockdown, you would nod offafter a couple of sentences!Like, for instance, school at home is a zillion times worsethan real school, cos my new teacher is MUM (and sheis not cut out for teaching, as she says herself about 30times a day) and cos my friends aren’t here. They’re allstuck in their own houses, too.The WORST PART is that we are missing our residentialtrip, Sports Day, our high school visits and all the otherP7 stuff. It really sucks, so I’m not going to write aboutall that, you’ll be glad to know.Instead, I’m going to write about LAL (Life AfterLockdown), when everything is going to go back tonormal, but better than normal, because now we knowwhat we’ve been missing (going to the chippy’s, footy atthe park, visiting our grandparents).The first thing Mum and me are going to do is come andvisit you. We are going to bring cakes. I’ve been learningto bake in lockdown, cos Mum says baking counts as4maths, literacy and Food Technology—and even PE ifI stir the mixture hard enough. Sticky toffee muffinsare my speciality, so I’ll bring those, and maybe somebanana loaf.You’ll be feeling better, so you and me can walk downto the shops, cos they’ll all be open again and you canbuy your Daily Record. I’ll get a Fab, cos it’ll be summer(I hope). After that, we’ll walk to the river to feed theducks.When we used to go down to the river, before thelockdown, the water was always a bit scuzzy, but I bet, inLife After Lockdown, the abandoned shopping trolleyswill have been wheeled back to Asda and the litter willhave been cleared up. And the water will be clean andsparkling and full of little fish darting over shiny pebbles.Maybe we’ll see a heron, or an otter, or a pod of dolphins.Anyway, the ducks will gather round, quacking theirheads off and we’ll feed them stale banana loaf until it’sall finished and it’s time to head back to the care home.When we get there, you’ll say, ‘I enjoyed that wee walk’and I’ll say, ‘Me too’.See you soon, Grandpa.Lots of love, Sam xLindsay Littleson5
We Put a Rainbow in the WindowThere’s a virus going aroundand it makes some people sick.It’s so tinyyou need a microscope to see it.Doctors and scientistsare trying to find a cure.We don’t knowhow many people have itbut there are somewho are more vulnerable.We can ride our bikesor go for a walk in the park.But the playgroundsare closed, just like school.But we will find fun things to do;reading, cooking, and P.E. with Joe.We put a rainbow in the windowbecause we knowafter the storm the sun will follow.Dean AttaVulnerable means more likelyto get sick if they get it.And for their sake we’re keepingour distance from peoplewe don’t live with.Birthdays will be differentthis year; we can’t have a partywith our friendsand we can’t visit grandparents.But we can video call.67
I Want OotI want oot. It isnae fair.Stey in the hoose? I dinnae care.Ma hame’s oot thereIn the fields, in the parkTrailin back mawkit lang efter dark,No stuck here forever daein stupit hame wark.I’m eicht, ma sister’s fower.We’ve nae fun, nae joy, nae richts, nae power.When, can somebody tell me, when will aw this be ower?Matthew FittRory's Lockdown Loo Roll DiaryMy class are keeping ‘Life on Lockdown’ diaries for amonth. I might be wrong (I won’t be) but I’m guessingmy family will live with lockdown the same way we livewith everything else: disastrously.Week Before LockdownStatus: FrustratedWe’re rationing the toilet roll and lockdown hasn’teven started. Why? Because Dad went panic buyinglike everyone else, but instead of coming home withmountains of loo roll and enough spaghetti to fill awheelie bin, he bought three bottles of wok oil and amulti-pack of kitty treats. We don’t even own a wok! Ora cat.Now there’s no toilet roll for a hundred miles, so I spentthe afternoon peeling apart the ‘triple layers of soft cottonweave comfort’ of our last few rolls into separate layers ofpractically see-through paper.Nobody’s thanked me for this yet.They will, dear diary. They will.** News Update **Dad’s moved Gran in before lockdown starts. Disasternow guaranteed.89
Lockdown Week 2Status: Embarrassed23 Pineview Crescent now has an OTRM: ‘OfficialToilet Roll Monitor’.This is how it happened: Mum kicked Gran out of thekitchen after she mistook a shepherd’s pie in the freezerfor rhubarb crumble. Shepherd’s pie and custard are nota combination I ever want to try again! Mum told Granto make herself useful ‘anywhere but the kitchen.’ Sonow Gran sits all day outside the bathroom at a picnictable with some toilet roll and a chart. She only let metake two sheets in this morning! But then she passed anextra piece under the door, shouting: ‘That sounds like athree sheet poo, Rory!’If she does this with Mum, there will be trouble.Lockdown Week 3Status: DesperateThe last roll has disappeared.Chief suspect: Cedric the Invincible. My sister Jessdenies all knowledge but her hamster once shreddedthree volumes of my Harry Potter collection, so themagic wand of suspicion points firmly to his cage.I now have no choice but to conduct a ‘Toilet RollSubstitute Experiment’. This I do for desperate peopleeverywhere.10Suggested experimental toilet roll alternatives so far:newspaper; leaves from the rubber plant; pages fromour giant dictionary; lasagne sheets (cooked—obvs!).I said I might try the dictionary first, which dad saidwas ‘anarchic’. I looked ‘anarchy’ up in the dictionary,but most of the ‘A’s have been ripped out, so I thinksomeone else has already started their own experiment.Gran told us that the Romans used a communalsponge-on-a-stick to wipe their bums whilst sitting intheir communal toilets, which is wrong on every level.** News Update **Mum has put the kitchen sponges in a padlocked box!Lockdown Week 4Status: RelievedThe shops have loo roll!Gran immediately resigned as OTRM and is nowhosting daily ‘Lockdown in Lycra’ stretchercise sessionsin the middle of Pineview Crescent! Even Dad’s joiningin, which—as mum says—is finally giving everyonesomething to smile about.Justin Davies11
A Witch's Guide to Staying at HomeIf you’re a young witch, you may not have experienceda pandemic before. In the Great Locust Plague of 638,we had to stay inside for 149 ½ years, or risk losing ourability to fly.In the Gigantic Sneezing Fit of the Eleventh Century, wewere forced to wear earmuffs, and we could only leaveour lair to visit the witch doctor.Now, we face new challenges, but to help make the mostof your time in lockdown, we’ve prepared these handytips for stay-at-home witches.1. Instead of seeing your friends in person, you’llhave to have BroomZoom meetings for your coven.Maybe you can start a book or film club, where youtalk about how unrealistic the depictions of socalled ‘witches’ are—nothing like real witches.2. When you start your BroomZoom meetings, don’tforget to use the universal Sign of the Witch soyour mates will know it’s really you: put your indexfingers and thumbs together above your head tomake a triangle while making a hissing sound.3. If the shops run out of eye of newt or yak’s blood,just make your own magical snacks and potions.12Who needs fairy cakes when you can have witchcakes? Use green icing to match our lovely skincolour, and stick a triangle-shaped tortilla chipon top for a hat. Make witches’ brew by adding apinch of chilli powder to hot chocolate—this willdefinitely give you dragon breath.4. Put together a Book of Spells and Incantations thatyou can recite while you’re disinfecting surfaces forthe eleven millionth time. For example, here’s oneto turn your enemy’s toenails a more interestingshade:If you encounter someone meanThis will turn their toenails green.And here’s a spell guaranteed* to make someone burpuncontrollably:Judder, quiver, quake and squelch:Now they can’t suppress a belch.(*Terms and conditions apply)5. You may be limited to only one flight a dayoutdoors, but after you land, you can stick out yourbroomstick in front of you to remind people to stayat least two metres away.13
6. Make up a secret code that only witches canread by replacing every second letter with a ‘w’,so that ‘hello’ becomes hwewlwlwow and ‘witch’becomes wwiwtwcwhw. You can also create awhole new spoken language by inserting ‘ab’ beforeevery vowel in a word, so ‘run’ becomes ‘rabun’,‘hello’ becomes ‘habellabo’, and ‘Abigail’ becomes‘Abababigabail’. You can try this with other soundstoo, like ‘ip’ or ‘ub’. If non-witch members of yourfamily ask about your secret language, you can justshake your head sadly and say, ‘It’s a witch thing.You wouldn’t understand.’But don’t forget the most important advice of all:wash your wands, and don’t touch the warton your nose!The Witch Advisory BoardElizabeth EzraThe BoxInside the boxA worn, velvet mittenA shy, red fox,And a sly, white kitten.An elephant lick,A baby’s breath,An ivory toothpick,And a cure for death.A sheep’s secret smile,A wishing star,A golden mile,And a shiny, blue car.A half-eaten date,The ocean’s roar,The fresh smell of paintAnd unopened door.A golden pear,Dorothy’s red shoesA silent prayer,And yesterday’s news.The music from Bohème,A broken heart on the mend,And a long, long, list poemWithout an end Raman Mundair1415
Ma Name is Billy BaxterMa name is Billy Baxter—will ye spare a thocht fir me?Ah’m sittin daein nothin here in classroom 7B!Yir thinkin, ‘Bill, yir haverin—the school’s are aa shut doon!’Fir you, maybe, I wid agree—but nae this lucky loun!Ah ken aboot yir troubles, how this isolation’s lame.The battle fir the broadband fan yir mither works fae hame.At least yir steyin far ye bide—fir me, it’s ten times worse,Cos Mammy is the Jannie, and ma faither is a nurse!They say ma da’s a hero, an ah widna say they’re wrang,They’re actin like it’s news, but me? I’ve kent it aa alang.He gets a clap on Thursday nicht, and though that’s pretty cool,Fae nine tae three, it’s only me thit his tae ging tae school!Ye see, the school is open—fit they cry a ‘Cooncil Hub’,fir bairns ae frontline workers—that’s an affa lonely club.So Mammy hus tae open up in case there’s mair tae come,But normally there’s naebody, just me sat on ma bum.We’ll try tae keep it busy—hae a workoot wi Joe Wicks,Then head oot tae the playgroond, drink some juice an share a Twix,But back intil the classroom far the minutes flow like glue,an checkin ‘Teams’ on Microsoft fir anything to do.Ah s’pose ma mind can wander fan ah’m here aa by maself,Ah’ve hud a look at ivvry book that’s sittin on the shelf.Ah’m gettin braw at doodlin, ma writing’s gettin neater,An me an Miss play Countdown an ah nearly eywis beat her!Ah’m really no complainin—if ma spirits need a lift,Ah can thank ma lucky stars it’s no a fifteen hoor shift.Ah huv tae dae ma bit, ah canna let it brak ma heart,We’ll get through this thegither, just bi stayin far apart.But ach, ah miss ma buddies, wish them here ah must confess,Although they huv tae stey at hame tae help the NHS.So bide awa, but spare a thocht fir this unlucky fool,The ainly loun fa’s lockit doon inside the primary school!Alan McClureYe’d think it micht be cool—an empty school could be a laugh!Well, aye—fir half a minute, then the novelty wears aff.Ah’m even here at weekends—it’s a national disgrace,An dinna get me startit on the Easter Holidays!Ah’m gettin texts fae Tony, gettin Snapchat fae Simone,An Connor, Kate an Corey, weel, thir nivver aff the phone.But here, twa metres distant fir tae keep us safe an well,There’s Miss McGhie, as bored as me, just waitin fir the bell!1617
The Lockdown HaircutI crouch in the corner, shaking.Mum takes a step towards me. The snippy-shiny thingis in her hand.‘Now, come on, it’s not that bad,’ she says in thatsoothing voice that spells trouble. ‘And you need ahaircut, no doubt about that. All you need to do is staystill. I’m just going to ’Speed is my only hope! I scramble up and try towriggle past her and out into the garden, but she ishaving none of it. She throws out an arm, blocking myway.‘Whoa!’ Nothing soothing about her voice now. Sheglares at me. ‘All right, have it your way! Hey, Ella, giveme a hand for a minute. Just hold him by the shoulders,here.’ Mum rolls up her sleeves, but I can see Ella rollingher eyes instead.What is there to say? I just whimper in my distressand snap from time to time while Mum and Ella shuffleafter me through an ever-growing ocean of hair. Mine.Eventually, I’m too tired to fight back against thesnippy-shiny thing or the buzzy-scratchy thing Mumplugs into the wall and uses on the back of my neck andaround my ears. Nobody speaks very much now, but Ican feel their frustration and smell their sweat.I’m not good with knowing the time, but it seems totake forever. Isn’t it time for dinner? I give Ella ‘the look’.Normally Ella and I understand each other without18words, but today she is awfully slow on the uptake.Finally, she gets it.‘Mum, isn’t that enough?’Mum looks me up and down. ‘It’s not great. Wait ’She trims off the hair above my eyes and—wow, Ican see again! I take in the whole kitchen which doesn’tseem quite as frightening anymore.Ella gives me one of her gentle hugs, the kind I likebest, and ruffles the top of my head. ‘See, that wasn’t sobad, was it? Don’t you feel so much better without all thetuggies? And you were brave, weren’t you? Hardly madea sound, did he Mum?’Mum says pfft and reaches for the broom, which isscarier than the snippy and the buzzy things put together.I’m out of here!Out in the garden I can breathe again. Ella throws mea tennis ball and I chase it, wagging my tail.Until I hear Mum’s voice once more.‘Ella! Get in here! You’re next, remember!’Barbara Henderson19
The Worst Birthday EverToday, Ivy was supposed have a party but the virusruined that. She knew it was serious and that there wasnothing for it but to stay at home and sulk. No party,no presents, no laser tag. No giggles with her mates orsipping on blue and red slushies and having BRAINFREEZE! It was officially going to be the worst birthdayever!Ivy felt like crying. She would stay in bed all day andhide under her duvet until it was over.A knock on the door made her jump. She knew itwas Liam. He banged so hard she thought his fist wouldcome through.‘I’ve got something for you!’‘Go away! I’m not in the mood!’ she shouted.‘Come on, Ivy. Can I come in?’ Liam was the lastperson she wanted to see. Her oafish big brother always‘borrowed’ her special pencils—the ones that smelledlike Cola—and he hogged the TV playing Xbox. Heprobably wanted to tease her.‘We’re here too,’ Dad added, giving a lighter knock.‘All right then, come in!’ she replied. She didn’t expect
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