WORLD POETRY DAY 2014

           
21st  MARCH

                                                             
 

"Poetry is one of the purest expressions of linguistic freedom. It is a component of the identity of peoples and it embodies the creative energy of culture, for it can be continuously renewed".

Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO

World Poetry Day is on 21st March, and was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999.
 The purpose of the day is to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry  worldwide.

 World Poetry Day is an invitation to reflect on the power of language and the full development of each person’s creative abilities.

   


Friday 21st ,12:30 am ,  at the LIBRARY .

 This is the Poem for 2nd , 3rd and  4th Grade :

BOA CONSTRICTOR   by Shel Silverstein

Oh, I’m being eaten
By a boa constrictor,
A boa constrictor,
A boa constrictor,
I’m being eaten by a boa constrictor,
And I don’t like it - one bit.
Well, what do you know?
It’s nibblin’ my toe.
Oh, gee,
It’s up to my knee.                       
Oh my,
It’s up to my thigh.
Oh, fiddle,
It’s up to my middle.
Oh, heck,
It’s up to my neck.
Oh, dread,
It’s upmmmmmmmmmmffffffffff ...



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Do you like  Cinquains ? Yes ,  Write  one .                 

A flea and a fly in a flue

Were caught, so what could they do?

Said the fly, "Let us flee."

"Let us fly," said the flea.

So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

Anonymous