Corinne Morton taught her 6th Grade Science classes in Ithaca, NY (USA) about the plight of elephants in the wild and captivity. Inspired by The Eyes of Thailand trailer, three students wrote poems about Thai elephants.  Below is the final poem:

Thailand Elephants Cry for Help!

by Sequoia Kay-Hill age 11 Boynton Middle School

Thailand Elephants are from crying for help
With a Voice that must be heard
From being beaten, starved, maimed and distraught
From wandering earth with only one purpose
To be in a circus, zoo or working at a logging station
To make money and entertain tourists
From all over the world
To walking the streets begging for food
From elephants taking people on rides
Doing gymnastics in the streets
From little baby elephants being taken away from their parents
To be starved for days on end, broken into submission

Thailand elephants are from crying for help
With a voice that must be heard
Elephants are from emotions
From shedding one solitary tear from their eyes
From happy moments
To sad and depressing ones

Thailand elephants are from crying for help
With a voice that must be heard
Thailand Elephants are from the joy of seeing friends again
From being cared for by smiling faces and friendly hands
From comfortable sanctuary instead of a life of torture
From seeing that someone cares for them
From spraying themselves with water from a pond
To roaming free

Thailand elephants are from crying for help
With a voice that must be heard
From stepping on land mines
To having loving people make prosthetic legs for them
From having a broken leg, yet still having to work
From elephant hospitals starting to arise
From people caring for these fascinating beings

Thailand elephants are from crying for help
With a voice that must be heard
People this cruelty must stop
Ring out with your voices
Think with your hearts
How could this go on for so long
Our fellow creatures are in trouble
And need our help
Always remember
Speak with your heart
The voice for elephants

Thank you to Ms. Morton and all her students who continue to fight to save elephants!

Sincerely,

Windy Borman

Producer, Director and Writer, The Eyes of Thailand

Corinne Morton taught her 6th Grade Science classes in Ithaca, NY (USA) about the plight of elephants in the wild and captivity. Inspired by The Eyes of Thailand trailer, three students wrote poems about Thai elephants.  Below is the second poem:

A Thailand Elephant

by Jaina Swanhart age 11, Boynton Middle School

This elephant here
Was taken from his mother
Never got to roam free
And feel secure as elephants do with one another

Dreaming, hoping to find a way home
Away from his mom, it is so severe
Whips, chains and illegal logging
From a small soulful eye drops a swift tear

Shredded leg, what now?
Stepping on explosive mines
Standing on three feeling despair
It is only a matter of time

In his captivity a lady looks
Kids around him, he’s being teased
Runs and runs to fine Mahout
She thinks, can I buy him please?

She’s rescues him, finally free
Knowing where to take him
He follows her lead
To the elephant hospital, to a new limb

Eating with other elephants
Here he finds his mother
Walking, talking, catching up
A feeling like no other

There’s a devoted vet
He loves and cherishes her
Giving him a new hope in life
He wishes others fate were similar

Please tune in next week for the third poem…

-Windy Borman

Producer, Director and Writer, The Eyes of Thailand

Corinne Morton taught her 6th Grade Science classes in Ithaca, NY (USA) about the plight of elephants in the wild and captivity. Ms. Morton writes:

I did a big unit on elles in science for all 90 of my students and still weave in elles whenever I can, inducing my poetry reading class unit. That is where they wrote the elle poems… They have a lot of knowledge about elles now and of the many sanctuaries. I talk about why elles shouldn’t be in zoos and circuses, tourism, illegal forestry logging, street entertainment, etc., it was an extensive unit,  powerful, wonderful.   The kids are amazing and very passionate about the plight of elephants on this earth!  The children will change the world!!

Inspired by The Eyes of Thailand trailer, three students wrote poems about Thai elephants.  Below is the first poem:

It Will Come Soon, Hope

by Morgan Bell age 11 Ithaca, NY Boynton Middle School

Called Suste by her Mahout Master
Some stop in moment to take charity
She’s getting yelled at and urged on faster
Kindness in her world is a rarity

One single tear rolls down her wrinkled face
Covered with colors from head to toe
She dances for the waiting eye with grace
Oh No! A wrong step waiting for her foe

Scars from her mistake start to bother
She closes her eyes as he does the job
She wonders if there’s a soul who loves her
Left there about to break into a sob

She told herself not to look down and mope
But to look up, smile, it will soon come…hope!

Please tune in next week for the second poem…

-Windy Borman

Producer, Director and Writer, The Eyes of Thailand