Hanna is Going Home
Hanna’s not going to High School;
she’s flying back home to Ukraine.
Her mum tells my mum that they cannot
go on in that one single room.
Mum asks her if Kyiv is safe now
It isn’t, she says but it’s home.
She says they’ll get Hanna a puppy;
and soon they’ll be boarding the plane.
Hanna misses her dad and her grandma.
Will I ever see her again?
I’ll miss my best friend in Year 7.
No Hanna? It won’t be the same.
she’s flying back home to Ukraine.
Her mum tells my mum that they cannot
go on in that one single room.
Mum asks her if Kyiv is safe now
It isn’t, she says but it’s home.
She says they’ll get Hanna a puppy;
and soon they’ll be boarding the plane.
Hanna misses her dad and her grandma.
Will I ever see her again?
I’ll miss my best friend in Year 7.
No Hanna? It won’t be the same.
This poem is copyright (©) Carole Bromley 2026
About the Writer
Carole Bromley
Carole Bromley lives in York and writes for both adults and children. Winner of Caterpillar Prize, poems in Tyger, Tyger, The Toy, Paperbound, Little Thoughts Press and in anthologies from MacMillan, Nosy Crow, Emma Press. Teaches courses on writing poems for children https://thewritingschool.co.uk/our-courses-and-events
