Poetry In Motion

Paros Junior High School

POETRY IN MOTION A collection of poems written by A’ Class studentsadvanced level

School Year 2014-2015 Editor/Initiator: Ms Angeliki Karavas, English Teacher ak

PROLOGUE Welcome to our “poetry project.” Robert Frost, an American poet quoted “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” Even

the Greek philosopher Plutarch

quoted “Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”

Taking advantage of our school lesson – talking about Shakespeare- and the upcoming celebration of World Poetry Day on March 21st, my students were asked to write a poem – a sonnet was what we were aiming for, but being quite difficult for first graders- we chose, of course, free verse.

For

some students the idea was enchanting, whereas for others, it was quite a challenge.

Some students drew pictures- “ painting is silent

poetry” to express their ideas instead of writing down the words.

For poetry’s sake, I have not tampered with my students’ work. Forgive us if we have violated the rules of grammar and orthography.

Hope you enjoy their poems!

To my students , Classes A1/A4 and A2/A3, who used their imagination and the English language to amaze me!

WORLD POETRY DAY Ioannis Perakis

YOUR SENSES Vivi Pantelaiou

THE DUST OF WAR Kleo Samaltani

EXTRATERRESTRIAL NIGHT Angel Skandalis

OLYMPIAKOS George Mytilineos

WHEN I SEE YOU Antonis Ragkousis

THE TRUE FRIENDSHIP Filio Biza

LOVE Helen

Chanioti

THE BLACK SHOT Dimitris Patelis

I WAS WALKING… Stelios Malamas

THE LITTLE SHIP Nick Vitzilaios

NEVER GIVE UP Irene Moustaka

A DIFFERENT NIGHT Andrew Biskentzis

SPRING Kostas Loukis

AFTER THE RAIN Dionysia Flessa Drakaki

SPRING BELLS Arsinoy Skarlatou

WHEN THE SUN Elektra Apostolidou

SUMMER Dimitra Alipranti

WE CAN Nikos Mostratos

IT IS ALMOST SUMMER Aristotelis Tsirelis

THE SING OF SPRING Pigi Boni

Thank you for reading our poems.

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