Poem: Oldest Instrument

by Audrey Wu Kay Yu 4E

This poem was written for the Budding Poets Competition 2023-2024. The theme was “heritage”. Students wrote poems about festivals, traditions, customs, cuisines and myths. Some students even wrote about western heritage as a way to challenge themselves.

Oldest instrument

The oldest instrument,

Oh what could it be?

A shiny flute, of course!

Yes, a flute, a flute

It's shiny, it's silver.

It smoother than fur

With small key-like buttons

Was first made of wood

A woodwind instrument

In an orchestra

On an enormous stage

Drums bang, cymbals clang

Lead me to Beethoven

Along with the rhythm,

feelings coming along.

Off to my lesson now!