Pike River Mine poems by room 8

Poems for the families of the Pike River Miners

From room 8, Tawa Intermediate School

Sadness and sorrow is what we feel

The earth claims your sons

They are forever part of our land.

29 miners all lost their lives

for 29 miners, death came as a suprise

29 parents, all lost their sons

29 families devastated at what has been done

We will never forget

their dark faces fill our minds with regret and sorrow
as the sun rises they grow no older
they may be forgotten but in our hearts they will always be there.

29 miners have all lost their families,

all lost their friends,

and all lost their children.

29 miners have all lost their wives,

all lost their girlfriends,

and all lost their partners.

29 families have all lost their husbands,

all lost their siblings,

and all lost their fathers.

29 miners have all lost their lives,

in the Pike River mine.

29 miners

29 families

They will never be the same

As we wait

As we watch

Hoping

Wishing

It'd just stop

Sorrow has filled these families

Soon to be mothers

Soon to be wives

Soon to be grandmothers

All too soon to have lost their lives

First days

Turn to last

As we wait

As we watch

29 miners 29 lives 29 families all lost

wives without their husbands

kids without their dads

grandchildren without grandads

so many lives were wasted on a miner explosion
they will never be forgotten.

29 Miners
29 Living Souls
29 Families losing their hold
29 reasons to always remember

I feel for the souls that were left behind

Help was needed but could not be

The miners died but their memories live on

Kind regards for all

We will remember them and they will remember us.