Amelia, Inspired by Walt Whitman
When I Heard the Learn'd English TeachersWhen I learnt grammar, reading, writing, and speaking;
When the rules, the verbs, were taught by the teachers;
When I saw the vocabulary and the structure, to remember, read and love them;
When I, my brows wrinkling, looked at my teachers, who were always happy to give tests and quizzes,
Afterwards, I was confused and crazy;
Still dreaming and hoping they would be nice,
In the noisy class, and day by day,
I wanted to run and fly, disappear from this earth.
When I Saw Him Walking AwayWhen I saw him walking away;
When his breath, his voice, were flying on the sky;
When I learnt from the birds and spirits, to see, hear, and touch them;
When I, dreaming, saw him, who filled my empty face;
Then, I knew he was a fake;
Still dreaming and laughing, I hoped by myself,
In the freezing night, and full of snow,
Waiting for his smile in the dark sky.
AMELIA AGUSTINUS 600B
Both
Is it play? Or is it real?
I don't know
Who knows?
Nobody knows
Does she know?
I don't know
Does he know?
I don't know
It is play but it is real
Don't you know?
It was real in the action,
In the mind, in the night, in the skin,
White skin, black skin.
They were looking
Each other for many hours.
Finally, in the morning
With the sunshine in their
Backs.
She said, "Are we playing?"
He said, I don't know."
Is it play? Or
Is it real?
They don't know.
"Let's play," she said
"OK," he said.
Yeimi, Level 300
Beginning
Students,
If you are interested in contributing to our new student publication, please talk to us and let us know. Barbara's office is in room 109 . The submissions must be
completely your original work. At this time, we are just developing the project, so suggestions are welcome. You can send comments here or leave a message at school. Original digital photos with your work are possible as long as the photo is your original. We don't want to use anything from the web--only things directly from you! Let us hear your ideas.
Link to
Express It Here for more details.
Need Ideas? Here are a few...
The pictures and questions below show you what kinds of things you could write about. Feel free to choose your own idea and put the words together in ways that are interesting and fun for you.
Imagine that you are this butterfly or something else in nature
and describe what you feel, can do, look like.
Begin with "I am a..."
Where are you in life?
Where do you feel you are going?
What have you been searching for?
Can the stairwell in this picture be
a symbol for these questions? What other images
could you use?
What feelings do the hands in this picture express?
What does this picture symbolize?
Describe the hands of someone doing something.
What do their hands tell you?
