Through the Office of English Language Programs and the English Access Microscholarship Program, students from all over the world participated in National Poetry Month last April by writing poems. We received hundreds of poems and want to share them with our readers.
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Through the Office of English Language Programs and the English Access Microscholarship Program, students from all over the world participated in poetry writing to celebrate National Poetry Month last April. Three of the poems were then made into songs by U.S. Department of State’s Regional English Language Officer Kevin McCaughey. Here are the three poems and their corresponding songs. Tell us what you think on AE Facebook.
Life
Life is like a ball
When it spins around
Because it has its up
Side down
Life is like a rabbit
Because it is too fast.
It is like a sand of a glass
Because it has its own limits
Life is like a donkey
It is rough
LIFE
Written by: Team T and T from Access South Africa
My Parrot
I have a parrot
My parrot likes carrot
The vegetable carrot
Is favorite of my parrot
Parrot, ohho, my parrot
My parrot has voice
Its voice is nice
Parrot ohho my parrot
My parrot has a nest
Its nest is in the west
My parrot is nearest of my heart
My parrot is part of my heart
Written by: Mishal from Pakistan
My Life
My life is like the rain
Where I drop on everyone
My life is like a bird where
I let myself fly free
My life is like a sea where
I let the jewels of fish swim inside me
My life is like a sea
Where I let people fish to produce food!
Written by: Precilicious from Access South Africa
Music (MP3)Read poems that students from around the world wrote about their schools, teachers, and education. Read poems below or download the PDFs.
Oh! Education, My Light
Oh! Education, my light,
You the eye opener of my life
You education are the light of my mind
My key to open treasures
Without you I can't open doors to my future
You fine tuned my tongue.
Now I can read
Write my name
Arrange numbers and alphabet
Because of you Education
It wasn't as easy as 1 2 3
Or as simple as A B C
All the Scientists, doctors, lawyers and presidents
Respect you, Education
My world is improving because of you
Oh! Education, My mentor, my sunshine
My career is already brightened
Because of you, Education.
by Moloto from Access South Africa
My School
The most beautiful school I have ever seen
The most wonderful school I have ever attended
And the most attractive school that I know
That's my school, Molautsi High
Filled with love, joy and happiness
A school of wonders
That's my school
My school, Molautsi High
Like Disney Land in real life
Like Heaven on earth, that's Molautsi High
With best teachers and good learners
I know it'll take me to places
That's my school, Molautsi High
by Mokhudwane from Access South Africa
My Teacher
My teacher is a beauty,
She has a good personality.
I think, she is my best friend,
All have to think that.
If I do any mistake,
She tries to help me to solve that.
All respect her,
She stays anywhere.
Our developments are depended,
On her profession.
Everybody should appreciate her emotion.
by MD. Mehedi from Access Bangladesh
We Have the Right to Education
We have the right to education
Education you open up our future
We cannot live without you, education
You are the mother of success
You give us pride and the vehicle to succeed
Education, allow me to embrace you
Because you are my hero
I also want to be a hero
Education you the key of our lives
Open the power for me to succeed in our life
You, education, education our future
All I have to do is switch on the candle light
Mzantsi is offering you for free
Let me embrace this gift that is free
One day it'll not be easy
Because it'll not be free
I thank you Mzantsi
For offering me this beam of light
I will take shelter under you education
Use you profitably for my life
Hoping that my friends will do so too
Will love you; embrace you as the light, education.
by Gafane from Access South Africa
Education is the Key of freedom
Education is the key of freedom
Education is the success of the people
Everyone in the country has the right to education
I am here to encourage all the youth to go to school
Education brings the future to all of us
Without education there is no future
Without education, families are doomed
I'm here to encourage all of you
Take my advice and follow my steps to the key to freedom is education.
by Meso from Access South Africa
Education is Like a Fire
Is like a fire
A fire that grows beyond control
With flames that reach higher and higher
A fire that never burns out but just grows
It is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom
The more we want to learn
The more will come to know
And it is not all about reading
It is about how you see the world
You are the mother of all profession
The pillar of life itself
The saviour of mankind
The ladder that takes us to imaginary heights
Without you we are nothing only mere mortals
And shaping our personality is the motto
I want to thank you for your greatness
Because of you I have a future for which is bright and clear.
by Serone from Access South Africa
Education the Mother of Success
Education the mother of success
Education brings better tomorrow
Without education you are nothing
With education you can be successful in life
If you want to live like a king
You have to work like a slave
Then you will succeed in life
Education you are mother to orphans
Education you are mother to everyone.
by Raphadu from Access South Africa
Education: We Cannot Live Without You
We can't live without you
We can't work without you
You give us power to succeed
Education the key to success
You are my father and mother
You are the light of my life
You are our hero
If it wasn't you, I couldn't be where i am today
You are my future of tomorrow
Every day we think about you
Every night we dream about you
If it wasn't you, life couldn't be better
My future lies with you education.
by Dihangwane from Access South Africa
My School
My school is my lovely school
My school is peaceful, thanks to our teachers
We're encouraged to aim high daily
We have teachers who guide us
I am proud of my school
I see my bright future in my school
Molautsi Secondary School
If it wasn't for Molautsi, where would I be?
I am part of English Access Micro Scholarship because of Molautsi
Molautsi learners have respect
My school is for unity
by Matsi from Access South Africa
Education is the Key
Education is the key
The success and the future of tomorrow
Without education we are nothing in this world
Education is everything to me
My best friend, my work and the light to the future
Where shall I eat without you
Where shall I be without you
Because you are my life and you mean everything to me
I can read I can write because of you education.
by Matlou from Access South Africa
Education a Key to Success
Education a key to success
Without you we can't talk
You gave us the rules to follow
Without you is impossible
Education we need to choose a day to celebrate you
You are gleaming
You show us where is brightness and darkness
Education you are amazing
You change our lives and our future
You showed us the way
You gave us knowledge to learn more
You are powerful
We thank you education
Keep it up.
by Mothasa from Access South Africa
Education - a Life Long Journey
A life long journey,
Bitter road with sweet fruit,
Lead to a better life,
We can have what we didn't use to have.
Education
by Chorn from Access Cambodia
My School
I read in a school
Which is very cool
When our school is off
Our peon do it lock
We have a clock
It gives us hope
When we feel bore
We see its hall
Its hall is very nice
Which gives us delight
When we have recess
Everyone enjoy his mess
by Khadija from Access Pakistan
Teachers
Smart and friendly
Teaching so quickly
Like a fastest car
If only I had my own gas station!
From Poland
A Life Long Journey
A life long journey,
Bitter road with sweet fruit,
Leads to a better life,
We can have what we didn't use to have.
Education
by Chorn from Access Cambodia
Chess as Content
Dear teacher,
Focusing solely on structure and form
Brings no good but a storm
That drowns learners' motivation
Suffocates any form of inspiration
Increases inhibition and frustration
Impedes language learning progress
Causes failure to perform and express
Oneself in target language with success
Dear teacher,
Think of first language acquisition
Its environment and conditions
Create similar situations and context
To enable learners acquire at best
Integrate language and content instruction
Prompt interaction and meaning construction
Develop interpersonal language competency
Along with cognitive academic proficiency
Dear teacher,
Apart from academic subjects as content
Recreation is an area of interest
Among learners' hobbies I made my quest
As leisure activities incite them to do best
Hey! The most optimal I can suggest
Promote target language through chess
As it is fun and free from stress
So rich that vouches for learning progress
Dear teacher,
Chess is an optimal tool
For the effective learning goal
Gives learners mastery and control
To learn the language as a whole
Through integration and experience
Total Physical Response and graphics
Cooperative and task-based learning
A journey from low to high order thinking
Dear teacher,
Nothing to fear, just give it a go
Here are some tips you may follow
Through L1 teach them how
Get your ducks in a row
Then switch to L2 and start the show
Enhance what they already saw
Introduce what they didn't know
And use interference when doing so
by Chaouki from Tunisia
Yesterday
yesterday did not care to learn a language that is thought to decipher impossilvel
an opportunity emerged for me or I gave
my destination, I was chosen
accepted for the course
Today, I run for the hours I spend in CCBEU are not wasted,
Today, I am finally understanding English
I realized that I open doors
I know now that I can follow different paths, and that's because I have more knowledge.
tomorrow will not be seizing what ower or learned today
maybe tomorrow I'll be in the U.S.A or elsewhere
and because it completely mastered the English and I can go wherever I want
tomorrow I'll be willing to learn more and more.
by Bruna from Access Brazil
Be An Interactive Teacher
Dear teacher,
It's the early twenty-first century
Time to check your teaching inventory
So as to adapt a rich variety
Of classroom roles to share the territory
With learners and afford them mastery
Of their own learning and discovery
Dear teacher,
Say adieu to autocracy and welcome democracy
Overwhelm learners with much interest and courtesy
Create classroom dynamics with great efficiency
And perform an array of roles with high proficiency
To empower learners to achieve the intended competency
And use the target language with accuracy and fluency
Dear teacher,
Get rid of the ways you were taught
To get off to a flying start
Facilitate learning and avoid learning by heart
No more prevailing instructions, use directions instead
Make your guidance and assistance a work of art
And make the learning on student's part
Dear teacher,
We live in the information technology age
Time to be a tech-savvy to update your page
And time for learners to take the stage
Forget about being the only source of knowledge
And create productive learning environments to engage
Learners to develop skills needed in the workplace
by Chaouki from Tunisia
POEMS
Text (PDF)Read poems that students from around the world wrote about their schools, teachers, and education.
What are the hopes and dreams of students from around the world? Read the poems below or download the PDFs.
My Hope in Future
I see a dream every night.
I feel I am in New York.
I taste hamburgers and cheeseburgers.
I think my dream will come true soon in future.
by Russkikh from Tajikistan
Believe
Believe that life is good
And be sure that you’ll have:
Happiness and good mood ,
And all things that you want.
Believe that your dreams will come true
It doesn’t matter how they are
Just think about what you want to do
And you’ll obtain it, I swear.
Believe that love exists
And be sure that you’ll find it
Make everything to keep it,
‘Cause this feeling is a gift.
Believe in what you want to be
And it will realize, you’ll see
But never let your dream to be destroyed
‘Cause your life will be annoyed.
Believe in yourself
And never give up
Remember-you’re the best
And never make it stop.
by Ruxunda from Moldova
Be Strong
How to be when your heart is beating?
How to be when you have a feeling?
When all around you go wrong,
The only way to be is to be strong.
How to learn to tell a word?
How to learn to hear what we want?
When all around you go wrong,
The only thing to learn is to be strong.
How to start a better day?
How to start to find your way?
When all around you go wrong,
The only thing to start is to be strong.
How to do your dream to become true?
How to do your goal to have a clue?
When all around you go wrong,
The only thing to do is to be strong.
by Ruxunda from Moldova
A Dialogue…
-What do you feel now?
-I can’t say…
-Is it love or just a wish?
-I can’t say…
-Are you crying?
-Yes, I am…
-Why?
-Maybe because I can’t understand…
-What can’t you understand?
-Why the life behaves so with us?
-How?
- It lets us to cry when we have a pain in our hearts
It makes us to cry even if there is no reason for…
It makes to beat two hearts
When it chooses the door.
It makes us to smile
When the pain doesn’t leave our soul
And we want to scream for a mile
And we have no way to go.
It makes us to believe
When there is no chance
And everything we give
Is like a reverence.
by Ruxunda from Moldova
A Nice Dream
I saw a dream that I was in the moon
It was a yellow ball, where a rabbit smiles and calls
“Hi, my friend come close to me”
When I was floating
Everywhere was cool
Lots of stars were shining
Like a bright and blue school.
And I saw a strange thing
A pretty angel was coming
That I’ve never seen
The wand in her hand is shining
She whisper me softly
Son, you are rightful today
Then I woke up energetically
To survive the day!
by D.S.H Thilini and Thamashi from Access Sri Lanka and Han from Access Myanmar
The Morning
The moon is setting, the sun is shining.
The clouds are saying in the sky,
“Let’s start the day”.
The wind is blowing, the birds are flying.
The flowers are saying,
“Let’s add beauty to the day”.
The stream is drifting
The fish are playing
The angels are wishing
“Be a peaceful day”
The animals are gamboling
The children are caroling, and
Everyone is saying!
“What a pleasant day!”
by A.M. Amadi and E.A. Achini from Access Sri Lanka and Han from Access Myanmar
For the poem, “My Dream”
If I were a flower,
I'm in your sight
You will feel light and delight
And I will clear all your plight.
The fragrance I emit;
If you happen to breathe it,
You will feel just like eating the nectar
Which can make your feeling fresher.
We, young people,
Are just like flowers in the garden.
We have a mission called
Creating a better world!
I'll surely take part
In the nation building task,
A must I must do.
This is my humble desire
Which I will carry out in the near future
by Si Thu from Access Myanmar
Me or Nothing
I wish I can walk on the moon
I wish I become wealthy, famous and graduate very soon
I’d like to get everything for free
And have a room with money is up to the knee
I want to own a brand new house and a big car, new piano and the latest guitar
Live happily, just like a star
I dream for being the topic of the media and the news
I’d love to be the example all the fans would choose
I will lead this world and take it all; I will be out of control
I got a genius brain with a particular sign; I can even better than Einstein.
by Rihab from Access Tunisia
I Wish
I wish
I can…
explain the concealed
picture the enigmas
reveal the arcane
make a square deal
I wish
I can...
I can practice
Practice to open the eye
The eye of heart than physical
The eye of vision than sight
The eye of care than ego-centrism
The eye of worry than desire
I wish…
I can
by Sajida from Access Pakistan
Dream a World
I dream of a world,
Where no one tease other,
Where love bless the earth,
I dream of a world
From Pakistan
When the Leaves Turn Green
When the leaves turn green,
Sets love and thirst in the spirits
And bit by bit the breeder’s breeds broaden
Softened will be the air we breathe.
Global have gone values!
In the new horizon snooze new opportunities
Reform, not! Transform, yes!
Open now the true door
For the world to enter.
by Marcel from Burkina Faso
Start A Journey
Kill your fears
And wipe your tears.
Open your eyes
To see where the truth lies.
You can’t be blind
As long as you have a mind.
Keep a positive attitude,
Fill your heart with gratitude.
With love and tolerance,
With faith and confidence.
Dive deep in your soul,
And start a journey to your goal.
Is there a sign? A word?
Or is everything blurred?
Never mind!
Persevere and you’ll find
A guiding light
That’ll make your path bright
Follow your dream
However far it may seem
One day you’ll be there
But never forget to share
Be for others a shining smile
Their pain will fade in a while
by Henda from Access Tunisia
About My Future…
My future, I think, will be happy.
My future, I think, will be good.
I will be strong, clever and healthy.
And I will not be staying along!
I will stop up the aggression,
I will build up myself,
I will destroy the pressure,
I will grow my own respect!
by Zharkyn and Rakhim from Kazakhstan
Soon Coming Spring
Good morning, native land!
Did you sleep well this night?
What have you seen while you slept?
The sweetest dream, am I right?
I have seen the coming spring,
Which was wandering near the town?
Flying on the lightest wings,
Going and going around.
It got warmer at the moment
It got bright, fresh and clean.
We will see if I was right
About the soon coming spring.
by Alexandra and Kislyonkova from Kazakhstan
The Future of our Civilization…
We have much pollution,
We make wrong solutions,
We don’t want to regret,
How we live, what we spend,
We do not understand:
Are we good or bad?
We just used only one-
To destroy everyone!
And we don’t want to thing:
How to change everything?
by Madiyar from Kazakhstan
My Future
Future is something
That we can explain
Use our imagination
And take it to plan
Make our target
Go forward to it
Take all information
That makes us profit
In future, I hope
All of us will be friends
Who will help in the moment
When we will need them
We reach our goals and
We meet our love
And the best thing that happens
Is our family life
I believe everything that I’ve written
Will come true
And will give us a lot of happiness too
Future is good but we live only now
I love this great world
That makes me smile
by Kamila from Kazakhstan
I Want…
I want to be a spaceman
I want to live in Astana
I want to fly in space
I want to see these days
Nobody knows his future
But everyone wants to know
And all hope their dreams will come true
I believe in my power
And I want to see sky’s in blue
I never give up I to go up and up
by Alisher from Kazakhstan
My Future
Future is something
That we can explain
Use our imagination
And take it to plan
Make our target
Go forward to it
Take all information
That makes us profit
In future, I hope
All of us will be friends
Who will help in the moment
When we will need them
We reach our goals and
We meet our love
And the best thing that happens
Is our family life
I believe everything that I’ve written
Will come true
And will give us a lot of happiness too
Future is good but we live only now
I love this great world
That makes me smile
by Kamila from Kazakhstan
I Want…
I want to be a spaceman
I want to live in Astana
I want to fly in space
I want to see these days
Nobody knows his future
But everyone wants to know
And all hope their dreams will come true
I believe in my power
And I want to see sky’s in blue
I never give up I to go up and up
by Alisher from Kazakhstan
In Future
I’ll leave my town
I’ll go so far
I’ll travel around
Around the world
I get up early
I go to school
I study English
And it’s so cool
I’m just a girl
But I have big ideas
I’ll do good things
It’ll help my niece who has dieses
I want to be a doctor
I’ll study abroad
I’m hardworking
by Ayaulym from Kazakhstan
My Hopes and Dreams
I hope to live my dreams
I hope to be a different parson
in a different world
I hope to change the world the way it is
and turn it into a dream world
where people can dream to live their lives
the way they want
My dreams is to turn my life different
and never look back
my dreams is to make people’s lives
turn into bright future and I can
If I tell myself, I can do anything!
by Kgothatso, Boitumelo, Itumeleng, and Zandi from Access South Africa
Just Hope
I had a dream I was a king
I wake up still king
I saw the fingers inside a ring
and on my legs were some bee’s stings
I flew away as the darkness follows
I can’t even scream how terrifying it swallows
A torch of hope was coming from within
Water falls from the sky to wash our sins
But again war is spread all over the universe
Human beings, nature and even animals
Though we must always hope for a better day
Cross your fingers and pray
Don’t worry there is always a way
That’s when I wake up and light’s surrounding me
Everybody’s happy the it the he and the she
This is our earth in the 22nd century
Just hope
For the best and you’ll see
by Islem, Eya, Eya, Najeh and Ameni from Access Tunisia
A Dream
Like a bird;
Soaring near the horizon,
So it flies.
Like the skies;
Without boundaries,
So it extends
Like a song;
Deep in the heart of man,
The tune of it,
Only comprehensible,
By the one who sings it
So is a dream,
Hidden within a man’s soul
by Denzel from Zimbabwe
Hopes
They come and go
They raise and fall
They take you up
They take you down
They smash, crush and dash
They lift you up and encapsulate you
They are like the swinging pendulum
They either help you reach the podium
Or drop and drag you to opium
Hope my hopes hope me only the best hopes ever
by Hela from Access Tunisia
Hope
Show me your smile.
Show me your happiness.
Why are you sad?
Why are you crying?
Hope is life, hope is the future.
Spread your wings and dream high.
Achieve your dream
Trust in god and don’t be afraid.
Every sun goes down, the stars take her place.
You and I and everyone
Together we make the dream come true.
by Oumayma from Access Tunisia
Child Labor
My young child! Don’t cry
You can do, if you try
My young child! It will be alright
You tears will dry and you will get your right
No one can ever explain you “why?”
You have to fund the answer with sigh
Life is your friend, have faith in it
And then you will be fit
My young child! Just hold on
Soon you will see a dawn
It can take you anywhere you want
My young child! Don’t cry
by Aleem from Access Pakistan
Hope
Our past has gone in the night
Our future will be so bright
In the past, we couldn’t get anything
In future, we will sing everything
When the people will enjoy their life
They will taste a new bit of life
In my past, I was single
In future, I and my loved ones will mingle
In the past, my life didn’t shine
In future, the whole world will be mine
My young child! Don’t cry
by Ashafaq from Access Pakistan
“Peace”
Peace brings freedom that we crave
From great stress, it will save
One main thing, it does assure
We’ll feel at ease and secure
Peace Brings friendliness and joy
It is sacred, not a toy
Rooted deeply in respect
Justice something must protect
Peace brings us tranquility
Along with much needed stability
Sense of quiet good will
Peace is serene and very still
by Muneeba from Pakistan
Dream
Dream, Dream, Dream
To be engineer is my dream,
I want to fly on the sky,
And go so high,
Hiddine in the soul
Dream protects the goal, to continue doing something.
Dream, Dream, Dream
To be engineer is my dream,
Time makes us bolder,
We get older,
Dream, Dream, Dream
To be engineer is my dream.
by Access Program Pakistan**
I Have a Dream
I have a dream, one day I’ll fly like a butterfly
I have a dream, one day I’ll be bright like a star
I have a dream, one day I’ll swim like a fish
I have a dream, one day I’ll give light like a sun to everyone
I have a dream, one day I’ll give hope to everyone like a new morning
I have a dream, one day I’ll give knowledge to everyone like a book
I have a dream, to share a smile with every one
by Ayesha from Pakistan
Sunny Day
Sunny day
Make haste to come
The darkness that surrounds me
Are tormenting me
God is my strength
Even if I can't see
This storm will be gone
My joy will come
My smile will be born
by Matheus from Access Brazil
Dream a World
I dream of a world, where no one
tease each other, where love bless the earth,
I dream of a world.
by Taslim from Access Pakistan
The Future Starts Now
Like stars in the sky
And the waves in the sea
Access came into my life
And it came to guide me
If I had no way
Now I'm not alone
To create a future
We are on a journey
A great journey
Which has not stopped
For tomorrow, being someone better
But why I walk
A road, not alone
Despite all difficulties
we'll miss it
When it's over
by Joao, Liniker, and Matheus from Access Brazil
Hope
standing at the edge of life’s window
staring at the full sparkling moon
admiring the light and shadow
reflects what I swept with my broom
life’s hardships, deep or shallow
can be as light as a balloon
just focus on the rainbow
its colours make your dreams a doom.
by Manel from Access Tunisia
Freedom
Birds want to fly over the world,
But they don't want to live in the cage.
Like people want to live in the luxury world.
And show the freedom to speak to the world.
Freedom.
by EM from Cambodia
Some Children Have No Hope
Some children have no hope
Everything they own is gone
They spend all days alone
Cause everything around them is falling down
They don’t know if they are walking on a solid ground
Bad times are coming and they reap what they don’t sow
Well, all that glitters ain’t gold
Ichrak, Ahmed, Ahlem, Raed, Sahnoun and Habib from Access Tunisia
Learning treasure can’t be brought
By money treasure can’t be brought
We are all global children!
We will become good citizen!
Lets make the world global village!
Everyone has their own privilige!
by Access Program Pakistan**
Dear Earth
Dear Earth,
We the Star United Net,
We set the Sun in a high place,
To cover your whole space
We sent our rays
To make bright days.
To peace we kept our trace
Yet to fighting you race
And problems you face
We’ll be on a strike
Led by the moon
Through an eclipse that’s coming soon.
Give a nation birth
Or our SUN will set forever and disperse.
by Chahira from Access Tunisia
Homeless Children
Homeless children are living in the street
Walking with bleeding feet
Homeless children have a big burden
Because of hunger and suffering
They are stealing and begging
Children are God’s gift
Whose spirits we should lift
We should lend a hand
To save the children on this land
by Chayma from Access Tunisia
What are the hopes and dreams of students from around the world? Read their poems and find out!
Students wrote poems about their view of life, and many used poetic devices such as simile, metaphor, and personification. Read the poems below or download the PDFs.
Life
Why does life has to be so cruel?
Why life has many ups and downs?
Why when you try to fix your mistake it changes the question?
Why life has to be difficult?
Why do life has good and bad people?
Why does life have things that can harm or comfort you?
The word life is simple to say
But difficult to live it
Why sometime life makes
The people you love the most
Leave you?
Life, life, life
Something that makes us live in life
Something that we can’t leave without
by Mapule from Access South Africa
Time
Safe time safe life
Time is money
Every second lost costs
Time scare time wasted never regain
Earlier come best gain.
Early bird catches the fattest worm
Procrastinators waste time
Procrastination is the thief of time
Time managed time protected
Safe time safe life
Time, time, time and time
by King from Access South Africa
Life is Like a Ball
Life is like a ball
When it spins around
Because it has its up
Side down
Life is like a rabbit
Because it is too fast.
It is like a sand of a glass
Because it has its own limits
Life is like a donkey
It is rough
LIFE
by Team T and T from Access South Africa
Lead your life
Lead your life or allow it to lead you
Build your dreams or allow them to shape you
Love yourself or allow it to step on you
Trigger and create or follow and imitate
Predict and plan or be driven by the winds
Draw on every second and make it count or kill yourself by killing time away
Be your own Bernardshaw or be Bernashawed
by Hela from Access Tunisia
Life Has Roots
He who says past is past is a liar
A dormant volcano hides fire
Memories are there; they never expire
Their resurrection rejuvenates all desire
To make of you a dreamer and a lofty aspirer
Past, Present, Future are but a circuit with no wire
by Chaouki from Tunisia
Luck!
Luck never happens luckily
It has a well-defined itinerary
To reach a target immediately
It may pass by you airily
And if you are a bit lucky
You can grab a puff so quickly
Otherwise, you will lament its fatality
by Chaouki
Rise!
Ups and downs nurture life
Patience and endurance help you survive
Never know when life can supply or deprive
Jumping into despair is a futile dive
Why not refrain and derive?
Seek your potentials to contrive
Original ways to strive
Against balks all along your drive
Never lose hope, but thrive
Till life gives you five!
by Chaouki from Tunisia
The soul oxygen
Being free to think, to dream when hovering
This is the true happiness for all writers,
Being free to play, to run or dance
This is, oh yes, the true joy of all kids
Being free to choose one’s religion
This is the freedom of mind
Being free to live one’s passion
This is what makes the heart in full emotion
Always be free but never forget dignity, sincerity and honesty
by Manel from Access Tunisia
Life is name of sharing
Life is name of sharing
It’s the name of bearing
Yes we face suffering
There is no way to fight
Lord has given this pride
To help the humanity and feel pride
We should respect humanity
We should believe in equality
by Aftab from Access Pakistan
SUCCESS
Today’s failure may show success tomorrow
Today’s setback may not stop the river’s flow
So you must find your success
Embrace your success
When you hold success
You must keep it save
When you have success
You must share it
Success may not end with your goal
You need more and more to find it.
by Hok from Cambodia
What you see is what you get
"what you see is what you get
people trapped on the net
getting money as a debt
feeling sorry and regret
they're right and life's low
story starting time ago
like filming a movie show
white pigeon seeming a crow
fighting over humans rights
being chosen as good knights
knowing who's starting fights
giving us some nasty bites
i don't know even what to say
hurting like a tooth decay
get your cards and go replay
we have nothing just to pray "
by Ameni from Access Tunisia
Dear Life
Dear life, why do you play hard to get?
Do you remember the first time we met?
I cried as soon as I took my first breath
Since I didn’t know anything, I just accepted you
I had no choice except walking step by step with you
The first step was innocence, the second was reality
The third was dream, the fourth was difficulty
The fifth was hope, the sixth was responsibility
The seventh was hesitation, the eighth was certainty
The ninth step is still a mystery
After all you fooled me; you set all the steps before me
You were just watching what would happen to me
But now I will take the lead, and choose happiness as my one and only step
by Touil and Nafissa from Algeria
Poem About Life
Life is like garden
Which is full of flower
It gives us a pleasure
Life can be for nation
Life is like a sun
Some time it rises and
Sometime it sets
But gives result for what is done
by Access Program Pakistan
Life beautiful and pure
Life beautiful and pure in your way of being
Always surprising
Sometimes calm and quiet as the morning breeze
Sometimes turbulent as the waters of the ocean
And learning is eternal
Causing us to take lessons
Of deepest pains, we face
Or of the worst mistakes committed
And sometimes giving us immense joy
By things so simple
This is the life
That makes us go by unimaginable ways
Without knowing the right course to get
And what find the front
Simply beautiful and surprising,
In your essence
by Ana from Access Brazil
My life is like winter
My life is like winter, because it’s very cold and angry
My life is like zebra, because it’s two lines black and white.
My life is like sun, because is always light.
My life is like a flower, because its blossoms.
by Russkikh from Tajikistan
My life is like a spring
My life is like a spring, because I feel a greenness in it.
My life is like a bird, because anytime it can be end and flies to another world.
My life is like a light, because it always bright.
My life is like an examination, because I am sometimes lucky and sometimes I am not.
by Oimahmadova from Tajikistan
Confusion
Father tells to read and read,
Mother tells to write.
Brother tells to draw picture,
Sister tells to learn.
Elder tells to pray,
Friends call to play.
I am confused,
What to do.
by Mahmuda from Access Bangladesh
LIFE
Life, Make my daddy feel best,
Wipe my mum's tears,
Tell me When I will get free,
From muddy, enemy's revenges.
by Hudoberdi from Access Uzbekistan
MY LIFE
Like an insane ride,
Songbird or surprising kiss
Life still delights me.
by Margaret from Poland
Life – crazy and unpredictable
Crazy and unpredictable
Rushing madly
Like a natural phenomenon
If only I could know the answers
To all the questions
From Poland
Life – long or short
Long or short
Going desperately
Like a crazy clock
If only I could turn back the time…
From Poland
Life is His, His, Whose, Whose.
It’s a very hot day!
I can’t hear what you say.
Walking on the road alone,
I have nothing to mourn.
Everyone is so busy around me,
There is no time for them to see.
His, his, whose, whose! Nowadays!
Nothing to do, everybody says.
by Mahmudul from Access Bangladesh
What are the hopes and dreams of students from around the world? Read their poems and find out!
Learn about places – cities, provinces, villages, countries – that are special to the students who wrote poems about them. Read the poems or download the PDFs.
LIMPOPO
Limpopo my Province with beautiful people
Limpopo you have a beautiful buildings, shops and hospitals
Limpopo the Eden of South Africa
Limpopo my Province
We have schools where we get education
The schools are beautiful because of you
You have many departments
The premier's, local government, health and forestry and others
They all make us communities to live together
You give our grannies money to support us Limpopo
You take care of the orphans
Above all you give us education for free
I love you my Province Limpopo.
by Phukubje from Access South Africa
MY VILLAGE-BLOODRIVER
A village with no peace, joy and laughter
My spirit tightens as my heart beats
When I see people dying everyday
When parents wail because of gangsters
My heart is pounding as I learned that a 12 year old beats up his parents
Bloodriver
A village with blood everywhere
Parents spending sleepless nights
Worried about their children going to clubs and taverns to lull their brains with alcohol
Love your neighbours and they will love you
The wise man once said;
A person is a person because of other people
My village Bloodriver
Youngsters live telling themselves that; kill or be killed;
Will there ever be peace in my village?
I am yearning for it
Let us live like ordinary people in this village.
by Legonono from Access South Africa
LIMPOPO
Limpopo our Province
The province of peace and harmony
The home of beauty and brightness
The province of calmness
A mother to the beautiful people
I am rich to be born in Limpopo
For birds sings for me
Clear blue sky and the sun shines for me
How lucky i am to be born in Limpopo
The province of purity.
by Kgobe from Access South Africa
My admiration
How beautiful this place is
Like treasures in the case
And sunny summer day
Has a lot of happy faces
This flower is so pretty
This lake is very nice
You'll never forget this place
If you see it only once
Dinara and Sagidokassova from Kazakhstan
The City Poem
Happy faces, beautiful faces.
People are shouting, music plays loudly.
Taxis honking, builders banging.
These are busy city noises.
Businesses running, Ice-cream shop looks nice and cool,
Ice-cream taste sweet and delicious.
You see new pretty faces. Cellphones ringing,
People singing.
You will never know who you will meet.
by OMG Girls from Access South Africa
M'bambatt (Wrestling)
Every night we lit fire in the middle of Dîngîral,
Around which gather all the youth of the village.
Form groups of wrestlers.
Each group doing a good allowance, seeing reward.
Are also attended by young girls.
Wrestlers “ndaalas' “are colorful.
Strong supporters cheer
Before the fight, each group boasts show sits strength
Sketch rhythmic dance steps on the rhythm of drums.
Matches torsos wrestlers are dotted.
Each wrestler believes detain the best marabout, remains hopeful of winning.
As congratulations, we chanted banners,
Scarves followed by yells.
Wrestling is a sport, not only it hardens the body
But it also brings unites young people.
by Aly from Mauritania
Dîngîral (Campground)
A starry night head to the campground
Girls in ebony skins
Well trained breast
Refreshing smiles
The ivory teeth well tidy
With flat breasts
With wide hips
They form a circle
At the end of which
One of them is sitting there
Bathtub beneath her feet
She beats by lifting in a jiffy
Draped in their beautiful clothes
The other girls cheering in unison.
Shortly after tears up the air a melodious voice
And other together repeat
Then they make inputs on stage
Two by two, in a rhythmic pace
And the boys eagerly devouring eyes
Each dances, demonstrates, torpedoes hips as she can.
When silence or calm gives way to noise and brainstorming household,
The lovebirds meet, exchange rings and ideas.
The lover teaches the flower of his soul
To adopt good habits throughout life
Everyone enriches and learns from the other
Such as studious students eager to learn
In front of stories, riddles and puzzles
They are all ears
At daybreak boys and girls disperse
Like dead leaves scattered in the village
And are preparing to go to the very joyfully fields.
by Aly from Mauritania
India
Floret shrivels,before thrives Passing silently without whines, Awakening India in a choir Having our conscience a tear, Leaving us fume n inflamed Making heads sag in shame, Oh! Adieu ! Lonely Star !!
by Dev Gehlot from India
The Call Beyond the Sea
There is another land beyond this sea, Mother.
There is, I know.
I can hear its sirens screaming
into my ears.
I can feel the touch of steel and gold,
marble, and silver.
I can see its rising mountains
of condominiums and skyscrapers.
I can hear its call, I can hear its call.
This sea would not be a barricade,
This sea will bar me not
to venture into that land beyond.
That rich land is the reality
of my dreams, Mother,
the concreteness of my visions.
I could be who I am.
I will listen to the call.
I will listen to the call.
So, let me ride on the vessel
whose sails will take me there,
to that land beyond this sea, Mother.
I can be who I am
In that land beyond this sea.
by Maria from Philippines
Nation
My nation will get its right
If we will not fight
If you know your nation
You can make it a heaven
Your one wrong step can destroy the nation
Your one right step can make the nation
We can change our nation
With a new dimension
If we make our nation happy
We can make the whole world happy
My nation will get its right
If we will not fight
by Ashfaque from Access Pakistan
Motherland
I want to behold the beauty of Bengal sitting on the mat of grass,
I want to hear the whisper of breeze and the chirping of little birds.
I want to enjoy the golden wave on the arid land of ripe paddy,
I want to see the always shy veiled Bengal lady.
I want to see the little fireflies sparkling in the dark night,
I want to bath in the soft, luminous moonlight.
I want to behold my Bengal, I want to see my motherland,
She is the beauty in my eyes, she is ever grand.
by Fariha from Access Bangladesh
COLORS
A red rose warmly wrapped my dream
A blue butterfly blew a bright beam
A green glow hugged my golden heart
A yellow yacht yearned to make a start
A purple pen poured all my pain
A brown brush begged it to wane
A black bird beautifully bowed
A white wing waved on a cloud
I'm a queen without a crown
The kingdom of colors is my hometown
by Henda from Tunisia
Macedonia
It's a good night to die, oh yes it is,
this be the night we fight, oh yes it will,
we fight to death, till our last breath,
till the the last man, till no one's left
The sun will rise, and with it me
i fight for pride and glory, god help me if for greed,
my body stands still, and my hearts stays stout,
and when i go in battle, Macedonia i shall shout.
by Jas from Macedonia
Students wrote poems about nature, and many used poetic devices such as simile, metaphor, and personification. Read the poems below or download the PDFs.
I See Awakeness of Nature
I see awakeness of nature.
I fell the snowdrops pop out.
I taste sumanak in Navruz.
I hear twittering of birds.
I smell the fresh air from the mountains.
I think spring is good for going to picnic.
by The English Club Students from Tajikistan
My Dream
If I were a butterfly
I’d fly everywhere,
Sucking honey and lapping my wings,
Through the flower yards like
Angels’ paradise;
Over the hills
Across the wind
Strive to obtain honey with bees
They are hidden under the huge leaves…
by Piumi and Ganesha from Access Sri Lanka
The Stars
The stars dance in an endless
elegant pirouettes
Static, yet graceful movements
Sparkling like dewdrops
on dark leaves in the vastness
of the universe
Their rhythm beat with our hearts.
by Jean from the Philippines
A Love Reborn
Come, little sunshine,
Reflect into my heart
That it may see Love
Again in her pure state.
Come, soothing spring water,
Sprinkle a few into my wound
That it may cease to hurt
Come, rainbow, come.
Shower me with your splendor
That I may find this Love worth of her rebirth.
by Jean from the Philippines
In The Forest of The Night
Green, black and cold,
The moon,
The witness
In the forest in the night
Two species together:
The animals and I
In the forest
In the night.
Green, black and cold
A witness with an eye.
by Berenice from Mexico
Nature
How peaceful and wonderful it is
As pure as an angel’s kiss
As bright as an angel’s heart
Its hope lighten up the sky
Its faith colours the grass
And its truth keeps the living alive
All creature great and small
All things bright and beautiful
All birds that sang a song
The love that whispers
The joy that flies around
The sound that laughs upon
The soldier it all
The prince have done it all
The nature created it all.
by Mehlape from Access South Africa
The Sun
The Sun!
Sun is only one – just one
The Sun is a star
The Sun looks like a big ball
The Sun is only one
It’s not coal like ice
It’s very hot like fire
The Sun
Sun is only one
Just one just one
The sun is just one
From Access Pakistan
The Spring Sky
A scrap of heaven
Brushed with green watercolors
Outside my window.
by Margaret from Poland
Spring
The sky is weeping
Teardrops on the windowpane
The green bursts outside.
by Margaret from Poland
Winter
Snow covers your trail
White flakes fall mercilessly
Silent rejection
by Margaret from Poland
The Stars and the Moon
The stars are bright
The moon is shiny
I see the stars and moon
Shining all above the sky
The sky is beautiful and clear
I wish I could fly
So I could reach the sky
I wish I could touch the sky
Oh, the sky is shining
When is the sky coming
When am I going to touch the stars and moon
by Palesa from Access South Africa
Dégage To The Garbage
The earth should be clean
Let's help keep it green
Let's help the government protect the environment
Think about it please
Would you come with us and plant some trees
And even some flowers to help out the bees
Even the butterflies and the bird will sing
When the green ozone become king
If I was the mayor I will save the ozone layer
Like a hero football player
Who Saves the day With an amazing play
Help us find solution
So we can put an end to this pollution
Let's save the fish
By eliminating the rubbish
You don't need cash
To pick up the trash
You can do it in a flash
We say "dégage " To the garbage
And while we are at it, let's get rid of smoking
We are all really tired of all this choking
Let's let every day be an earth day
Not just once a year like your birthday
by From Access Tunisia
The Stars
The stars dance in an endless
elegant pirouettes
Static, yet graceful movements
Sparkling like dewdrops
on dark leaves in the vastness
of the universe
Their rhythm beat with our hearts.
by Maria from Philippines
Curse Not The Darkness, My Son
Curse not the darkness, my Son
when the moon is by the sun
not reflected of its light
and the stars are out of sight.
Curse not the darkness, my Son.
Get a match and light a candle.
Let its shimmering glow, be able
to radiate throughout the dark.
Let every flicker warm
the tip of every leaf of the trees
whose breath sighs with the breeze.
Let every ray send warmth of its chill
from the grove to the windmill.
Let every glimmer give hope
to anyone out there with a rope.
Let every twinkle stir a troubled soul
who is standing on a cliff about to fall.
I tell you, my Son.
Curse not the darkness.
It gives way to the sun
at dawn rises with its brightness.
by Maria from Philippines
Why animals bother me….
Donkey, monkey, lion, and tiger
I hate the animals either
They are horrible and dirty of course
Donkey is a fool, monkey is restless, lion is furious
And tiger is merciless
Hippo, turtle, alligator, and dog
They always give me a shock
Hippo is having big teeth
Alligator is powerful eating beast
And turtle is better but very slow
I simply hate animals.
by Abdul from Access Pakistan
Watching Clouds
I like to look up into the sky
And watch the clouds go sliding by
I like to see them, large and small; I like to try to count them all
I like them when they’re dark before the rain begins to pour and pour
I like to see them shaped like faces or maps of many different places…
I’m glad when clouds are in the sky so I can watch them sliding by…
by Muneeba from Pakistan
Rainbow Poem
Rainbow purple rainbow blue
Rainbow green and yellow too
Rainbow orange rainbow red
Rainbow smiling over head
Rainbow rise after raining
Rainbow has seven colors
It looks like a colorful flower on the sky
by Access Program Pakistan
Poem
The plants are beautiful
Their soft petals
Make me crazy
Their fragrance
Make my crazy
Their leaves are green
Flowers colourful petals
Make me crazy They look
Precious in rainy season. This
Season make me crazy
by Access Program Pakistan
In the End, Hope
Winter is the saddest season.
We can’t know the reason.
We only learn the lesson:
Winter is the saddest season.
In the winter, the trees are sad.
Like a soul, the weather is cold.
And the love that we had,
Went away and grew old.
Fortunately, the winter will pass
Now, we celebrate the rain
Let’s be less and less sad
‘Cause we can be happy again!
by Pedro from Access Brazil
Full Moon
Full moon
When she comes
Splendid in the moonlight
Who is she,
That moon to illuminate?
Its brightness is so intense
The stars hide.
I wanted to know
Where it goes,
When the clouds
Take their place.
Tamiris and Juliana from Access Brazil
Poem
Green Parrot Sing
Sing of the Days
Beyong the Cage
Sing of the Days
In mango Grooves
Sing of the Forest
Blossoms in trees.
Sing of the trees
In the swaying rain
Sing of the singing.
by Sumaira from Pakistan
The Sun
The Sun!
Sun is only one, just one.
The sun is a star.
The sun looks like a big ball.
The sun is only one.
It’s not cold like ice.
It’s very hot like fire.
The Sun.
Sun is only one
Just one just one
The sun is just one.
by Rimsha from Access Pakistan
The World
hundreds of stars in the pretty sky
hundreds of shells on the shore together
hundreds of birds that go singing by
hundreds of birds in the sunny weather
hundreds of dewdrops to great the dawn
hundreds of bees on the purple clover
hundreds of butterflies on the lawn
but one mother the wide world over
by Abdelrahmen from Egypt
Closed Clouds
Closed clouds
Eclipsed the Sun
Subsided sounds
Soon will people run.
You feel the gentle breeze?
It’s calm before the storm, it is
You see the sky as lead?
And darkness more
This weather spring
And thunder roar
Then lightning flashed
And fallen drop
Then rain splashed
You feel the light commotion?
And freedom sense
Of crashed emotions?
I like this season tense
I like this weather dance.
by Roman
Together....We Make
Few flowers on the verge of vale
Tossing, dancing vivacious
Making the aura mellifluous
In the company of each other
They are narcissus.
by Adiba from India
Poems written by learners from around the world. The theme of these poems is family and friends. Read online or download them!
My Family
It’s made up of love, tears and laughter
After years it is stronger because of memories
At times we don’t like each other for a while
Yet we love each other for a life time
It’s a place where values and characters are formed
Not due to riches but in its capacity to love
This is where you find those that encourage and
Believe in you
Celebrate with you and comfort you
A family is where one feels most at home
Because you’re always needed and loved
In this family we all feel important
We support and love each other
That’s my family.
By Ika from Access South Africa
Family
Family is all just about love and peace you need in years
It grows stronger with a passing of time
A family is where you feel most at home as you are always needed
You are welcomed, loved and wanted with the making of memories
It’s the place where you find someone to encourage you
Believe in you
Always there for you and cares for you
By Maunatlala from Access South Africa
Unrevealed Love
Whenever I look into your eyes, I find my greatest peace.
My heart fills with relaxation, all my happiness increase.
All my sorrows vanish like a magic, when I hear your voice.
Just to hear your lovely words, I'd love to live twice.
Whenever I hold your hands, I find my best shelter.
Can't find anyone safer than you, can't stay with anyone better.
All my tensions fly away, when you come into my sight.
May be I'm in love with you. Yes, I think I'm right.
Though I want to express my love, knowing that it’s true.
Still I can't say, "Mom, I really love you!"
By Fariha from Access Bangladesh
Mother
My mother is nice
She is very beautiful
She is very, very kind and give us love too
O my mom…
She is in my heart and she is my friend
We are prince of our mother she is queen of us
O my mom…
When we are sad she is also sad
When we are happy she is also happy
O my mom…
By Misbah from Pakistan
My Mother
you taught me how to love
as you loved me
you taught me how to feed myself
as you were feeding me
you taught me to be truthful
as you were truthful to me
today I am a grown woman
today I can do all the things
you’ve done for me all by myself
today I can take care of myself
all thanks to you
my mother
By Lerato, Petrus, Cynthia and Mokgadi
from Access South Africa
Happy Mother’s Day
This is a very important day. We
Must be grateful for this day. This
Day means a lot to our mothers
Who brought us into this world.
If it wasn’t for them, where
Would we be at this moment. Mother we
Are grateful for what you did for us
Here I am talking about a mother,
Who carried you for 9 months in
Her womb. Who raised you until now.
By Antonia from Access South Africa
My Mom My Rock
My mom is my rock
My mom is beautiful
Like a PEACOCK
When she smiles I
Just melt like on
Ice
There are many way to say
I love you,
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
You know sometimes
People say we look alike
But you are more
Beautiful than me
You are the only person I love
I love you mom
You will always be in my heart
There are so many word that
Describes u but all I know
Is that you are my mom
Her eyes are diamond
Shining up the sky
When she calls me
She is like a bird singing happy
Happy Mothers Day
(not anything must spoil your day)
Mom I guess all I meant to say
Is that I LOVE YOU coz u mean
My everything
World, Earth, country, life u name,
But all matters is that you are my mom
My rock
By Michelle from Access South Africa
Pray Song for My Mom
Mom you are everything and respectful
To me and you are important to me and you are like
The sun that comes up everyday
And you are like the stars that comes up everyday
And to me mom you are incredible
Mother and you kind, patient and you are sensible
And mom if I’m with you I feel
Like I’m with someone else and you are understanding mom
And I love you mom
My stars that comes up everyday
By Lolicris from Access South Africa
Best I ever had
From my birth to my elderly
There’s a caring person who always stands by me
In my childhood, you looked after me
When I was a teenager, you’ve been always advising me
You’re the only one who understands me
Whenever I do a mistake, you’ve been always forgiving me
Now it’s my turn to make you feel happy
I’ll give you everything if you asked me
You’re the best mum ever please keep holding me
I’ll never lose hope although you’re far away from me
You’re a treasure which I must keep it forever
By Yesmine, Nour, Masmoudi, Eya, Eya, and Sirine
from Access Tunisia
Mother
You are the queen of my heart
You are the star that brightens my night
You give me hope to achieve my ambition
You give me strength to succeed in my education
You help me in whatever situation
You offer me love and affection
You do your best to make me confident in myself
You teach me to be honest in my life
You never let me cry and always look of the sky
You push me to fly to say to failure goodbye
By Khadija from Access Tunisia
For Daddy
I may cry a river,
but the tears could never
have you back ever
into my arms.
The ripples could just be an alarm
of a world about to end.
They could be never a sign sent
to me that your soul's
back to your body, it crawls.
Alas, that Sly Shadow
shades anybody under the sun.
Deceiving as he is, I daresay!
Just creeping like that!
Stealthily creeping like a cat.
Oh, I could never connect back
the Thread which dooms
your earthly fate.
Yet, I could have been that early
to say, "I love you,Daddy!"
But time went wasted.
The sun of destiny had set.
Too late I have been.
Now, I cry in heavy rain.
By Maria from Philippines
The Old Rocking Chair
There stands my grandfather's
old rocking chair at the corner
of our white-washed porch.
Nobody sits on it now. No one will.
Maybe someday, someone would.
My Grandpa used to tell stories
to us, he, seated on that
old mahogany made rocking chair.
His pipe clamped between his
tobacco-stained lips;
the blue smoke would rise
and it aroused in me
to imagine things in
faraway lands;
the magical lamp of Aladdin,
the majestic ships of Sinbad
in turbulent seas,
the sparkling gems and
nuggets of gold inside
Alibaba's cave,
the towering pyramids
in sand-filled Egypt,
built by pharaohs
whose petrified
bodies now lie inside,
the useless glimmering
wealth strewn around.
My mind stirred with the clash
of swords of the Roman soldiers
who conquered other lands
and made their captives slaves.
My soul merged with the spirit
of the ancient gods worshipped
by tattooed African tribes.
My heart ached with the sentiments
of the Indians who
whispered the chants
of their mystical sages.
Childhood tales my Grandpa told
when seated on that
old mahogany made rocking chair.
Now it stands there
at the corner of our porch,
empty, alone and lonely.
Nobody sits on it now.
No one would, but someday,
somehow, someone will.
It could be me
when my hair turns to gray.
What tales would they be,
when seated on that
old mahogany made rocking chair,
I will tell to
my own grand offsprings?
By Maria from Philippines
My Family Isn’t Rich
My family isn't rich but
They can contact with another people.
They have a kind for help and always smile
They never think about money.
Good neighbors.
By Mouyneng from Access Cambodia
A Mother
A mother
in the kitchen she is a chef,
on the beach she is a doctor,
with the kids she is a friend,
with the family she is a leader,
there is nothing a mom can't do
Love you and salute you mom
By Umair from Pakistan
A Mother
a mother is,
chef in the kitchen
and
doctor with kids
she is the one,
who never gets tired
and
never get relaxed
a mother is,
lifeguard on the beach
and
teacher with kids
she is the one,
who always want to give her child
a quality education
the one who,
never take care for herself
but
always take care for her kids
a mother is like,
that God came on the earth in the
face of mother
salute you mother for all u gave us.
By Umair from Pakistan
Poem Sister
I love my sister. She is very
Intelligent. She is very beautiful. She helps the Poor.
She respects my parents. She is very hardwork.
She helps my mother. She is a
Doctor. She likes red colours.
She likes to eat apple. She likes to read story books.
I am proud of my sister.
May she live a long life.
By Sumaira from Pakistan
Mother (poem)
My mother is nice, she is very beautiful
She is very very kind and give us love too
O my mom…
She is in my heart. And she is my friend.
We are prince for our mother. She is queen for us.
O my mom…
When we are sad she is also sad
When we are happy she is also happy.
O my mom…
By Misbah from Access Pakistan
My Mother
my mother
we want to be together
without any other
today or in future
i will love you for ever
the first one i saw
the best woman i knew
i didn't see like mother
i didn't hear like mother
i love you mother
By Abdelrahmen from Egypt
Best Friend
To me you are an angel disguise
Full of intuition, intelligent and wise
Always giving and helping through good times and bad times
You are the best friend I've ever had!
By Oyista from Access
Friendship
Friendship
Great and wonderful
Stiffing, trusting, respecting
It always with you
Amity.
By Maftuna from Access
The Weather
The weather is sad for you,
The roses are crying for you,
The grass is weeping for you,
My eyes are crying for you,
My soul is waiting for you.
I see you everywhere i go,
I feel your voice everywhere when i can hear,
I feel your smell when i breathe,
I feel your smile when i smile.
My eyes are waiting to see you,
My lips are waiting to talk to you,
My arms are waiting to hug you,
My feets are waiting to come towards you,
my life n my smile are waiting for you my friend please come as soon as possible
By Zahra from Access Pakistan
Friends
Trustworthy and honest
Being close forever
As helpful as they can
If only I could thank them for what they are!
From Poland
Bad Friends
I am like this because of friends I’ve chased.
These friends are friends that I don’t want to see ever in my life.
I am a killer because of them.
I don’t know who I am anymore,
They are the reason why my community hate me.
They guided me to wrong things.
When I am walking on the streets
I hear people humming about me
Behind my back.
By Access South Africa
Friends
Friends are good things to have in life
Sometimes they are good
But sometimes they are bad
You sometimes regret to have
A friend
But sometimes remember a friend
So choose a good friend
So that you cannot be
A bad guy
How can you be a good guy with a bad friend?
By Zandi from Access South Africa
My Little Friend
Oh my little friend
Sing songs play the game
Eat, drink and be happy
Sorrow never comes to you
Happiness lives with you
I will pray for you
Oh my little friend
It’s a time to make your future
A great success forever
May Allah bless you
Oh my little friend.
By Access Program Pakistan
Solidarity
Together we stand
always ready to lend a hand.
Help the other when you can
you'll get better then.
Sow a good seed everywhere
others will ripe and share.
Friends Should be True
Friends should be true
Understanding, honest
But also lovely,
Sweet and have responsibility
This is a true friendship
By Rita Fortunato from Portugal
I Have a Friend
I have a friend
That keeps me company
When we are together
I's a big party
We like to walk
To go to the beach and to the country
We make parties
And have fun
By Carolina Abrantes da Fonte from Portugal
Friends
Friendship is like a flower,
It needs love to blossom.
Friends are always there for us,
Even when nobody else is.
They are not different
for they are exactly like us.
By Pedro Figueiredo from Portugal
Friendship
Friendship is like the wind
You can't see it
But you can feel it.
It is something that you must protect
If you don’t want to lose it.
Friendship is not about criticizing
It is about supporting.
If true
It never ends.
By Cátia da Silva Borges from Portugal
Friendship
Friendship can be so complex...
It leaves some discouraged and others happy...
It is the power of the weak
It is the realm of the strong
It may lead us into making mistakes;
The weak let it go,
The strong always raise their heads again
Sweet, sensitive, cold...
But always present in any part
This is friendship
By Diogo Pina from Portugal
Friendship
A lovely girl, with a big heart.
Sensitive, honest and with a great sense of humor,
I have no words to describe how much I like her.
She’s there to pick me up when I'm down,
And to support me.
I'll never let her down, I'll always be there to support her.
She's my friend, and, after all, she's my sister, too.
By Melissa Martins from Portugal
Friendship
Being a friend is not a mere word
A friend is someone who is always there
When needed.
A friend gives us strength
When needed.
Friendship is a strong value
It is the power of the weakest
And the fear of the strongest
Friendship is a true emotion
It is a feeling that unites us
It never abandons us,
But sometimes eludes us.
By Ruben Cortez from Portugal
Friendship
Friends are a good thing to have in life
Friends will always be friends,
Some better than others.
Having a true friend is important to everyone.
Trustworthy and honest
Intelligent and simple
These are the qualities a true friend must have!
By José Barros from Portugal
Friendship
We all need friends in our lives
With trust, love,
Respect and support
A friend for life you’ll have.
What are friends for?
To play with,
To grow with.
They are the ones who give you joy,
Happiness, safety and love,
They are your second family.
By Inês Borges from Portugal
Friendship Cannot be Defined, It Can Only be Felt!
Friendship cannot be defined, it can only be felt!
Friendship makes people happy but also discouraged.
When needed.
True friendship is when we have friends that are always there for us
In the good but also in the bad time!
Friendship is like having a brother or sister, at least from the heart!
Friendship never ends!!
By Camila Francisco from Portugal
Friendship
Having a friend is…
Keeping a treasure chest
Where honesty is the most respected value,
And where love needs no space and
Secrets are the most sacred things.
By Raquel Ramos from Portugal
Being a Good Friend is Being a Brother or a Sister
Being a good friend is being a brother or a sister
It is being there in the good times
but also giving support in the bad ones.
It is trusting one another with all of our hearts
It is not betraying one's trust
It is being patient
It is being tolerant about the differences
It is being a good listener.
A true friendship,
no matter how many years go by
or how far away people are from each other,
always survives.
By Mariana Teixeira from Portugal
Unfairness
Black is the color of my skin,
My neighbors believe as a sin,
Like a plague I brought in.
Because my mouth is toughly tied,
My alarming inner cries can't be heard,
Because my injured heart is painfully squeezed,
You don't know I deeply bleed,
Because my eyes are tightly blindfolded,
You don't know I 'm sadly jailed,
Because I'm black, my existence is unheeded.
by Mamadou from Mauritania
I'm from...
I'm from the land of sands.
Sun.
Dark skin and black eyes.
Petra.
The Dead Sea.
I'm from Jordan.
I'm from
Busy streets.
Up and down hills.
No snow.
No trains.
No subways.
Multinational neighborhood.
Nice houses with gardens and balconies.
I'm from
Dad.
Mom.
Hassan.
Hana.
Trad.
Mohammad.
Doa'a
And Yousef.
I'm from
"Don’t' be late".
"You have to get married".
"Listen to your mother".
"Pray".
"Keep hope".
"My heart will be always with you".
I'm from
Patience.
Passion.
Sharing.
Big hopes.
Little wishes.
Wild dreams.
Strong faith.
Loving peace.
Hating violence.
Wishing for a better future.
Wishing for more laughing.
by Wafa’a from Jordan
New Angel
Metropolis vampires,
here I am,
a new angel on fire
for you!
Apparently pure and innocent
until you feel
my inner essence.
Inverse conversion.
by Isaias from Brazil
My Name
Mnqobi
My name is my pride,
My name is my nationality.
I am an African boy,
the boy of great integrity,
a boy of love, peace and happiness.
My life is my South African right,
my name is my gift,
my name is replenishing my heart with joy.
This name is leading me to my wide future.
by Mnqobi from Access South Africa
No Respect
why I don’t listen, why I don’t respect
why I don’t have a trust
why I don’t feel pity for people who need my help
why I don’t appreciate, why I don’t learn from my mistake
I live a complicated life, I only care about myself not others
When something happens, I always take a blame
I’m the same girl you see, the girl with no respect
I don’t know if I can respect
I use to respect everything
But now I respect nothing
The girl with NO RESPECT
by Mokgadi from Access South Africa
Let’s Go Back to our Roots
Let’s go back to our roots
What happened to respecting others
What happened to respecting ourselves?
Let’s not try to impress others
Let’s just be ourselves
We can start by respecting the adults.
By respecting our cultures
Let’s look upon our ancestors
And love, care and respect of another
And also this beautiful country.
by Kotna from Access South Africa
That’s Who We Are
It is because of courage that we are called to fight
It is because of showing a personality that we are invoked to act
Who we are is not just a definition given by where we come from or maybe the place of birth, the surname we carry, or how we grew up
It is not a matter of what people have said about us that we are defined;
There is a strong instinct in all of us to thrust forward
That is why we move on, maneuvering at times with dangerous speeds in
The different roads of life
Only moving to conquer that dream that is hidden and kept sacred in the bottom of our hearts
Swimming in the pools of different situations, at times in strokes that we
Don’t know much on how to navigate through the waters of circumstances
With every breathe we take, there appears a new invention of thought
Conceiving some desire, giving birth to a passion
With every day that we live, we believe it is the beginning of a new thing in our lives
Never remain behind doing nothing, when you know you have a strong passion burning like a fire within you
You know deep down inside you want to do it, GO FOR IT
It defines what we are about and who we really are
We are, what we convince ourselves we are!!!
by Denzel from Zimbabwe
I Am Not a God!
I am not a God to hear her silence
I can sense her mind's ambiance
I am not a God to read her thoughts
I can feel her slightest expressions
I am not a God to foresee her future
I can predict her success and failure
I am not a God to map out her destiny
I can just pray to enjoy her company
I daren’t contradict God's will
Otherwise, I will lose everything
I am a mere human being
who has a definite margin
by Chaouki from Tunisia
Poem
I am the tree
I am shiny
I am beautiful
I have flowers
I want to be a big tree
I never get tired
I always provide shelter
I like air
I hate wood cutters
I love spring season
People need me a lot
Nobody takes interest in our growth
I wish every people protect me
Someday I’ll be used for a
HOUSE.
by Access Program Pakistan
Pakistanis
We are all Pakistani,
We proud to be Pakistani.
Our flag has a cresent and star,
That shows the peace and struggle-
Of super star.
We will make the Pakistani problem free,
Then all pakistanies will be tantion-free.
We need to work first locally,
Than we get respect globally.
by Access Program Pakistan
I Was the Shadow
I once overheard myself awakening to the inarticulate mumbles of the monsters in my brain. Half of me (I don’t know which) was still in a bed of dreams about right words, the sound of flutes and the soft forms of things.
But then I knew that my center was a black prism, perched on my hand, aiming at those giants and hairy beings and blood sucking creatures; trying to turn them into green, indigo, scarlet and tawny moonlight, so that they become forgetfulness very soon.
While harms calcified organisms and nocturnal insect hunters, my pen dropped and my awakened half kept ambulating in a deadly still fishing jig. Dissolving the horrors with every step, visually stroke but thinly conscious, murmuring dreadful words in monotone, I was an impenetrable shadow; infinite and numb.
by Cesar from Peru
A Mystic Hour
4 am is said to be a mystic Hour,
When the subconscious is in power.
The sounds of the world are dulled,
and common sense completely lulled.
The pictures in imagination racing fast,
I clearly see my present and my past,
I find the missing pieces of my dream,
and realize what makes my soul scream...
Although this awakening causes pain
I know what it helped me gain.
by Maryna from Ukraine
Fly
I like to fly high
But I'm very shy
I don't know why
Why I always cry
I see glowing future in the sky
Like diamond in the light
Staying alone in the night
Dreaming about the bright
But I don't know why...
Why am I shy ?
by Wejden from Access Tunisia
There Will Always Be
There will always be
A time when it’s hard
To remember your strength.
These are the times when
You need to give yourself
Special attention.
by Kgothatso from Access South Africa
Feelings
I have many different feelings and they are different
Because sometimes I feel like an animal,
Sometimes I feel like an idiot
But many times I feel so happy
Because this is me
And this are my feelings
I must know how to control them
Know what is giving me a kind of feeling
So that I don’t have to do such a thing
Because I know when I do it
It changes my feelings
And it changes my feelings into a feeling
That I don’t like because it hurt me.
The feelings are different
Like a stage when a person grows up
from being a baby to an adult person.
Feelings!
Are different.
by From Access South Africa
Weakness
I really wanted to cry;
But the tears didn’t just come out
It was really painful and heartbreaking;
But my body refused to succumb to the pressure
It was a moment of deep weakness;
But l found that there can be strength in weakness
Having a hard time doing something;
Is just a sign that you are not perfect;
Because you can never be.
by Denzel from Zimbabwe
Here I Will Stand
Here I will stand
Be it cold or hot
With my heart and hand
I will give a lot
Rarely do I take
I’m a palm tree
I’m hard to shake
How can you uproot me?
by Henda from Tunisia
Poetry
Oh it's hard to say,
Whatever makes me feel this way,
I don't know what to say,
what my thoughts has to play.
When i sit on my own alone,
Surrounded by everyone (family,friends and strangers ),
Whilst darkness emerges within slowly grasping normality,
What do i have to do,
To make the candle burn enough,
N spread the light around,
Nothing can change by just sitting and thinking over it,
May be one day i will be free to rise to soar to laugh,
Enjoy life and forget what use to be and finally yell hurrah!
If there's God, then why people still hate,
If there's hell, then why i am living it,
If there's heaven, then why i am living it,
If i am human, then why do i not feel,
When i fly, why can it not last,
When i fight, why does it not end,
When i shoot, why not me ?
When i am happy, why my happiness don't last ?
With my chains and shackles of life,
I am free without them,
I am lost and confined,
Oh God help me and get me my freedom n happiness back
by Zahra from Access Pakistan
To Women
In all places and countries
There are discriminated women and girls
Although they struggle against many difficulties
They don’t surrender achieving their dreams
They lift up their voices
They make serious and decisive decisions
Even if they were humiliated for centuries
They will always be dignified for other ages
They lit up these miserable lives
With their strength, willpower and victories
They will always be united across the distances
They will always be united despite the differences
Here there working hard in factories
Trying to protect and raise their kids
They’re always caring about others
By having lots of responsibilities as mothers
They’re bearing the burden of the worlds
But they overcome all the obstacles
Some think that they’re a shame in religions
But they believe that they’re an honor for all humans
They won’t let down their goals
Because they will defend their duties
So don’t care about some people’s rumors
Just keep smiling and laughing despite the problems
You’re right according to ethics and morals
World love you forever women and girls
You are the homes and days
You are the best melody of lives
by Abid, Khouloud, Ameni and Sirine from Access Tunisia
Sad Angle
Sometimes everything is going to be sad!
When someone leaves you in the mid,
Silence burns inside,
There is sadness everywhere,
Like the sadness of mine.
And ever thing is going to be shy!
There is so dark in the sky,
And ! there is so dark in my heart too
There is nothing but tears,
Are the ocean of my life,
And everything is going to be mysterious!
So far from others,
And! everyone is going to be deep & deep,
I can’t fine any one soul,
Because I am unable to do anything
And everything is going to be hard!
But I want to fly like bird,
Free and placid,
But I don’t think so,
Because I am too tired.
Hopria
Every Morning I Behold
Every morning I behold
The breaking waves of the sea
They tell the story of deep affection
To meet the shore with ecstasy
They inspire me to be
Spontaneous, fragile willingly
Being fragile is not a curse
It can sometimes work amazingly
A wave whispered in my ear
While I was beholding the sea
"I am foamy and fragile yet
I can sculpt the rocks easily."
I figured out and realized
The weakness of manki
by Maysa'a Adnan
Read poems about religion and spirituality by students from around the world. Read poems below or download the PDFs.
Read poems written by learners from around the world. The theme of these poems is English and Access Programs. Download the poems or read them online.
ACCESS Program
ACCESS is fun
It is the family that unites us all
And every voice here counts
To make a difference for us all.
We learn a great language
That is spoken around the world
As well, we learn how to manage
Your lives which are precious like gold.
by Vlad from Access Moldov
Dear Access
Access is my family,
Access is my friend.
Only for Access,
Now I am an English man.
English was difficult,
Before coming here.
Now it is easy,
I learnt in pair.
Thank you Thank you,
“Oh” Access
And also thanks them,
Who are here to help.
by Abu from Access Bangladesh
Access
Access is the learn store,
We go to learn there.
Access is the fun store,
We know that.
Access is the knowledge power,
Knows everyone.
Who comes here,
They learn there.
Sometime watching movies,
To learn many things.
Pair, pair doing work,
How, so sweet!
How, so sweet!
MD. Abdul from Access Bangladesh
Access Program
Access program is a program.
It is a platform for us,
It has so many opportunities.
We can do something special,
All teachers always help us.
We have some extra curricular activities,
We got the opportunities.
There are so many festivals,
We are also lucky to get these facilities.
We want to thank them,
Who introduce,
English Access Micro Scholarship Program,
Full name of “Access Program”
Anjuman from Access Bangladesh
Language Proficiency Center
LPC is an institution,
Which is our concentration.
We learn English here,
To have success in every sphere.
Not only we learn English,
But also learn not to be selfish.
There are programs here all over the month,
Have to celebrate, can't say “we can't.”
Make posters, give speeches,
For the topic, everyone searches.
Guests come from the embassy,
To have fun with us, to see.
Teachers share their work with each other,
Here, we are all sister and brother.
Hope, they will continue the course,
We will all succeed from this source.
Mahmudul from Access Bangladesh
Access
Access is a family,
We are family members.
Teachers are our fathers & mothers,
We are all sisters & brothers.
Sometimes we cry here,
Sometimes we have fun.
But everyday we come here to learn.
MD. Robiul from Access Bangladesh
I learn from LPC
I am a student,
I learn English in LPC.
I not only learn English,
I learn many things.
Every month I celebrate many programs,
The teachers in LPC are friendly.
They help us so much.
I also do co-curricular activities,
Which will help me to build up my future.
Nayem from Access Bangladesh
LPC
LPC is a center,
It is on the 4th floor.
LPC is a place
From where we can learn more,
Arifa mam teaches us grammar,
Fatema mam scolds us like our mother.
Yeasmin mam always makes fun with us
& we enjoy her classes very much.
Nazrul sir always plans the programs.
& Sufiyan sir always helps us to make our chart paper
Javer sir founded this LPC,
We are very thankful to American Govt.
For giving us this opportunity.
Rabeya from Access Bangladesh
Access Program
Access is an English program,
It is an important course.
If we follow it correctly,
We can have our life perfectly.
We do extra curricular activities from it,
From which we get credit.
Tania from Access Bangladesh
Access Program
Access program is a platform,
Where we can perform.
It has many ways,
To give us strong base.
It gives us many opportunities,
We can participate in various activities.
There is a library,
Its facilities are extraordinary.
Teachers teach us attractively,
We can learn everything easily.
Slowly we are achieving wisdom,
Frequently we are opening our knowledge kingdom.
Sometimes American teachers come here,
They inspire us to go there.
Finishing this nice course.
We will get a bright source.
We thank the U.S. Govt. cordially,
For giving the chance affectionately.
Shahanur from Access Bangladesh
Access
The name of our program is Access,
We study here to gain knowledge.
Teacher of our Access our very kind,
They teach us with pleasant mind.
We study with full attention,
We keep ourselves with a great position.
Our Access program is great as such,
We love our Access very much!
Sonia and Israt from Access Bangladesh
ACCESS
With astonishment and splendour
By the successful job you did for us
What a great opportunity
The changes to turn your future into miracles
You have made us think like we live on the summit of the wisdom
The solution for everything
The key to success
Now we are gleaming
We are in the summit of the world
We are going to be prosperous
Access the way forward
Access to success for successfully
The magic key to open all the dreams for us
Oh! Access
Access for success.
Kgwele from Access South Africa
Students of Access Program
They are eager to learn the ropes,
They have beaten the bushes.
They are no other teens than
My favourite enthusiastic 'Access students'.
They are glad to be the part of 'Access',
And be happy to get the tremendous opportunities.
'Access' has made paths for my unbounds
To access the global language of English.
O who is reading me be notified,
'Access' has changed some of their views of life.
In my vision they are becoming the leader of leaders,
Their latent spirits are now sparkling for others.
O 'Access' thank you for all the facilities,
For shaping up my unbounds.
MD. Abu from Access Bangladesh
Access
Access is a process
It is a systemic progress
Where Learners are benefitted
Through the work of education
The process of Access
Is to acquire knowledge
Through the skills of
Writing, speaking, listening, Reading
In addition the learners
Get motivation, encouragement
Inspiration and activation
To have better communication
Access is a product of
Everlasting knowledge wizards
Belonging to the future thinkers
Scholars from Washington and
Native speakers for the cause
of non natives
To have on equality of right
In all spheres of life
In a one unit world
For better education
For a greater world
Access Story
A ~ ccess are from 85 plus countries;
C ~ reating some amazing novel stories,
C ~ ollaborating with many agencies,
E ~ ngaging themselves with societal activities.
S ~ urely they will be the victorious aflame
S ~ uccess, no disbelief, is waiting for them.
S ~ tarted, they, their life gradually.
T ~ oday, they are incredibly fast;
O ~ rganizing a lot and going away far,
R ~ ecovering them to adjust.
Y ~ es, many of them are now shiny stars.
Hasan from Access Bangladesh
Access
I am student of Access
And it's my story of success
Before joining Access I was limited to my own world
But Access gave me friends all over the world
People used to laugh at my deeds and made me sad
But Access appreciated my deeds and made me glad
I enjoyed and did a lot of fun
Access give me light of knowledge like a sun
Access came in my life like a rain
And healed my all wound and pain
You can achieve your goal by joining Access
I can say that Access is way to success
Waseem from Access Pakistan
Access Program
Americans in October 2004,
Had students at the door.
For the Access Program,
With many forums.
The dedicated teachers,
Have lessons with many features.
Complete 24 months course,
With zeal and source.
Multilevel few fortunate students,
Expressing to communicate is ardent.
The smile on their face,
Is the achievement gained through pace.
The certificate at hand,
Is like a magic wand.
The success of the story,
Shines upon with glory!
Fatema from Access
Access Success
Two Thousand Four
Is a year to adore
For the underprivileged students
To make them confident
For Access is here
To get rid of their tear
Shy girls and boys
Have learnt to express their choice
They now know
What an open door can show
For Access has made their dream
A mug to hot coffee with cream
To enjoy to the core
The efforts they bore
Shaheen from Access Bangladesh
Access Class
Access Class
O, Access O Access
Access is key to success
It gives success
To the students of Access
Access is right
And its students are bright
Access is a source
To go on sky
Where Access students can fly
Manaim from Access Pakistan
Access
Access is the light house
Access is the bright house
Access gives me knowledge
Access gives me strength
Access is the way to success
Access is the way of brightness
Access is the right way
Access is the bright way
I can fly with Access
I can fly with Access
Access, Access every where
Tanzeela from Access Pakistan
Dear Access
You were my dream come true
The light in my darkness
The company in my solitude
The happiness in my evenings
Although the sun shines very strong
Or heavy rain, will come
I will be right here by my dear access!
Searias from Access Nicaragua
Access
Hey, Saturday come back soon
Let's meet in the afternoon
In a space full of wisdom
The access program is our kingdom
There, all the students meet
For them, access is a real treat
They are eager to learn
To their teachers they turn
They are ready to act
Their devotion will remain intact
Henda from Access Tunisia
ACCESS PROGRAM
Who are you Access Program?
You are many faces, a flight to the US.
I have never been there,
But I know US History, US Popular Culture, US Holidays, you name it.
You exposed me to Community Service and Personal development,
OH!! ACCESS you are a life saver,
You brought exposure, built confidence in me,
You kept me company in my lack, loneliness and hunger.
Moreover I now read, write and speak English.
THANKS TO YOU ACCESS
Access Students South Africa
ACCESS PROGRAM
You gave birth to a dreamer.
Since I met you, I dream more.
I see my destination,
Future is no longer
Dark and gloom.
But the future is bright because of ACCESS.
Njabulo from Access South Africa
ENGLISH ACCESS PROGRAM!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
For bringing my dignity back,
For giving me hope for the future,
For making me realize,
Realize that there is still hope,
Realize that I should make it for me,
Realize that I still have a chance.
Nontokozo from Access South Africa
English
English is spreading
Around the world
Because its important and global language.
The English Club Students from Tajikistan
English
English's very interesting,
with poems and novels,
with States and Australia
and Britain with Canada.
English is my dream
and today I learn it.
It's very good and rich
For me and my friends
When I first heard English
I felt it as love music
I fall in love with the language
Till now I'm as in magic
Farangis from Access Tajikistan
A great dialogue
between me and my English teacher (Sherine)
Sherine: I miss my Access class
Rawda: that is what I feel too
Sherine: Being away gave me a heart made of brass,
Rawda: I would lika ya miss to see you
Sherine: Hooray, let's enjoy sitting on the grass
Rawda: oh please take me with you
Sherine: Come along to have a glass,
Rawda: sure I'd love to
Rawda from Access Egypt
After a week of stress and tiredness
Can you imagine how much we long for happiness?
Cool! Cool! It's finally Sunday
Energy is recharged, change your mood, get ready to play
Sakura blooms and our heart content
So excited, so thrilled, in every event
Sweet talk we share
Come and see how much we care about
Hand in hand, we have eternal
Only access student can understand
OMG? How can a teacher be like a friend?
Love we breathe, in peace we live
Access school, you learn how to give
Rania, Maissa, Sahar, Intidhar and Hazem from Access Tunisia
Access
Access, Access
Come again
Cure my pain
Offer me the chance not live in vain
Merry times will never be out of my brain
Pleased and away from all disdain
Learning in fun will certainly ensure gain
Instills new well traced lanes
Showering with knowledge rain
Hoping to make the best education reign
Hela from Access Tunisia
"ACCESS and Success"
I have found a wonderful gate
By the help of U.S Department of State.
Through the gate, I am going to feel the success
It is only for you, only for becoming an ACCESS.
It makes me happy extremely
At a time I could not speak; I was fruitless
I did not know how to learn English
I was trying, but it was not in progress
Today, maybe, I am going to get the success
It is obviously, because of being an Access
Everyone observes the face of Munalisa
They say, oh my god! What a beautiful is this!
Why do not you look at me, and at my progress?
A disadvantaged student of Bangladesh
Who is going to touch the success.
Why do not you thank them?
Who played a great role to remove my darkness.
You may have seen a pitcher or a pot;
Very expensive but bottomless.
Then what would be? It must be waterless.
As a young leader I have to stop it, I have to close
With the confidence, I have to say
It's possible. It's I can, It's I will, because I am an ACCESS
I get myself changed, I get me developed.
I learnt a lot, I overcame my blindness.
I am not only learning the English language,
Besides this, I am getting the awareness.
Because, I exchanged a lot who faced duress
So, completely, I am going to see the success
No doubt, it for becoming an Access
How can I give you thank, you are really enormous
No language in the world to address
To give the description of your effort
Because, you made my foundation when I was baseless
Today, surely, I am going to have the success
It is obviously, for becoming an Access.
Thank you U.S. Department of States,
thank you the FHI360, and thank you all.
Hasan from Access Bangladesh
Access Poetry month
Access's become part of my life.
It made my dreams come true, alive.
I like to see the kids inspired,
And know that they are never tired.
American English they study,
Values and culture - country study.
They read, listen, write and speak,
Become stronger those who are weak.
They become active, friendly and dear,
And learn to be a volunteer,
To develop leadership skills,
And respect others' thrills.
Access makes students bright,
And their worldview wide.
They learn to work in teams
And be supportive teens.
Programmers become close friends,
Their friendship never ends.
Together they pass exams,
Together they live in camps.
It is incredible to learn from them.
It is such fun to be with them.
We have become Access community.
Thanks, US Embassy, for opportunity.
Sofia from Access Kazakhstan
Access
Amazing, Excellent
Developing, Helping, Solving
They can lead their community
Stars
Hasan from Access Bangladesh
THE REASON FOR MY CHOICE
Life is about choices
Choice of life is made
The English came into my life
As a choice well made
The reason for my choice
It was curiosity
I was looking to meet
Major new opportunities
Explore knowledge
not yet discovered
Know the foreign culture
Bringing it to my reality
The ACCESS is
the way of opportunities
Everything depends on you
ensure your success and your happiness
Dream on
never give up
have faith
it is not easy, nor will it be.
Jamil from Access Brazil
“Access My Achievement Tree”
Access is my achievement tree
It grows out of our efforts and learning
Access is my achievement tree, where I learned to climb up
Access is a shady tree, under which I learned to walk and relax
Access is a tree on which flowers blossom, which made me enjoy the smell of knowledge
Access is a tree on which grows the fruits of success, which made me to pick the best one
Access is my achievement tree, on whose leaves dew drops of success shines
Access is my achievement tree, a deep rooted tree
Which made me stand straight and strong
Access is my achievement tree
Mehreen from Access Pakistan
Access is like a seed
Access is like a seed
Released in a fertile soil
It is an opportunity
You just need to garden it
Make it to grow healthy
Planted in us by merit
Access sprout and bloom
With the help of committed teachers
Dedicated students
Access shows us that we will all get it
Regardless of the circumstances
As a tree which bears beautiful fruits
Access gives us different paths
Best choices
Making us grow as a tree
For Access, the sky is the limit
Clara, Julia, and Mariana from Access Brazil
Access Class, Access Class
Access class is the best class
We gain knowledge from here
We spread this knowledge here and there
Access class gives us manners
And we are true gainer
Access class colors are bright
And this path is right
Madiha from Access Pakistan
Access makes my fortune
Access gives me a new life
I like my access and
I use in every sort of life
before my access I don't english
Access makes my life very very wondérful
So i love my access
When G think about
Access is very useful in our daily life
Riaz from Access Pakistan
Access Poem
What is Access, What is Access
Access is a place
Access gives us knowledge
Access is important for me
Access is a key of success
In Access, we speak english
Access is great and good
Access gives us power to succeed
Nain Tara from Access Pakistan
Knowledge
One day I asked myself ...
Where's the know?
I answered myself
This response that few know
Often, get well soon
Other times they took days to understand
But I know that the error brings knowledge
And they have learned to live
A life is like a boat
That follows its path almost non-stop!
When you stop to fill your luggage
Of knowledge for the life you lead
English is one of them
For some very complicated to understand
For others, easy to handle
For me and for you is the same love
Patricia from Access Brazil
ALL THE REASONS
Access is freedom,
Because knowledge is the key to every door of life.
Access is opportunity,
Because it gives us a chance to go beyond our capabilities.
Access is also unity,
We've got to carry each other.
We are United by a single goal,
Not only dream, but see the truth,
And perform. See the world and make poetry.
Every verse reminds us of a day never say goodbye,
Just talk to see you soon.
We're better than the good,
Because we are students Access.
We have with us the best teachers,
And the support of those who believe that the world can still change
Julia and Cintia from Access Brazil
My Garden In World
Oh My Access, Oh My Love,
Your Love For Me Like A Stone.
You Are All That,
I Can Call My Own.
You Got Me To Tend,
The Mind To Mend.
The Character To Press,
Then My Discipline To Dress.
When I Felt Hunger,
You Became Like A Food Tree.
When I Felt Hot,
You Became Like A Shadow.
Sagheer from Access Pakistan
Thank You Access
Thank you Thank you
Thank you dear Access.
You gave me, you gave me lots of things.
Thank you Thank you dear Access.
You gave me confidence and courage and
Lots of things.
Thank you Thank you dear Access.
You gave me love
and happiness.
Nadra from Access Pakistan
A dream comes true
A merit that I won
a course that offers victories
and brings great memories
I am very happy to be in Access
I learn every day
I made a lot of friends
real friends
I intend to go to the USA
through the project young ambassadors
If God allows me I will go there
As soon as my English course ends
Wonderful people I'll meet
Great opportunities I'll have
And in the future, when I look back
I'll thank all the great teachers I've had
Yara and Thais from Access Brazil
ACCESS PROGRAM
The place of all comforts.
The foundation of all the ideas.
The birth of all opinions.
The start of all arguments,
The feeling of acceptance.
The beginning of a future.
The place of decision making.
Where the problems of growing up are told.
I SALUTE YOU ACCESS PROGRAM.
Portia from Access South Africa
Access
Access is a window
for young dreamers
a gateway
for generations of dreamers
No Matter the day
we get up in the certainty that
we will win another victory
And we are strong enough
To achieve our goals
And we'll never say never
Access comes
Bringing several opportunities
And that will helps us in the future
In the end we'll see that
Everything we did
was worth it and
We Won a stage of many
Access is not only
A Course But...
A great creator of possibilities.
Lauani and Leticia from Access Brazil
ACCESS
Have you ever thought of fixing a plot?
Jumping in the life ocean and getting this dream in motion?
Why don't you start to swim and change this dream to stream?
Why don't you start to sail and stop biting your nail?
Choose a safe boat, then you'll start to float
Join a group of dreamers, forget about the roamers.
Share with them an oar, help them reach the shore
To guarantee success
Board the boat ACCESS
Chahira from Access Tunisia
We are born, grow up and die.
But life is deeper than this, we can do better, we just have to try!
Life is simple after all,
But we can't stop above the wall.
When we have to decide something,
The solution will come as time goes by.
Just stop, and keep breathing,
But don't turn a blind eye.
Sometimes it comes with an opportunity,
Mine is the ACCESS,
Even has given me chance to help the community.
I believe that is the way to my success.
I'm thankful to have teachers who said that all can be possible,
Even friends, indeed amazing friends!
So I remember that nothing is impossible,
After all, I'm proud to have tried, because it changed my end
Thiago from Access Brazil
Part 2: English language learners from all over the world wrote poems about English and their Access programs. Download the poems or read them online.
ACCESS Program
ACCESS is fun
It is the family that unites us all
And every voice here counts
To make a difference for us all.
We learn a great language
That is spoken around the world
As well, we learn how to manage
Your lives which are precious like gold.
by Vlad from Access Moldov
Dear Access
Access is my family,
Access is my friend.
Only for Access,
Now I am an English man.
English was difficult,
Before coming here.
Now it is easy,
I learnt in pair.
Thank you Thank you,
“Oh” Access
And also thanks them,
Who are here to help.
by Abu from Access Bangladesh
Access
Access is the learn store,
We go to learn there.
Access is the fun store,
We know that.
Access is the knowledge power,
Knows everyone.
Who comes here,
They learn there.
Sometime watching movies,
To learn many things.
Pair, pair doing work,
How, so sweet!
How, so sweet!
MD. Abdul from Access Bangladesh
Access Program
Access program is a program.
It is a platform for us,
It has so many opportunities.
We can do something special,
All teachers always help us.
We have some extra curricular activities,
We got the opportunities.
There are so many festivals,
We are also lucky to get these facilities.
We want to thank them,
Who introduce,
English Access Micro Scholarship Program,
Full name of “Access Program”
Anjuman from Access Bangladesh
Language Proficiency Center
LPC is an institution,
Which is our concentration.
We learn English here,
To have success in every sphere.
Not only we learn English,
But also learn not to be selfish.
There are programs here all over the month,
Have to celebrate, can't say “we can't.”
Make posters, give speeches,
For the topic, everyone searches.
Guests come from the embassy,
To have fun with us, to see.
Teachers share their work with each other,
Here, we are all sister and brother.
Hope, they will continue the course,
We will all succeed from this source.
Mahmudul from Access Bangladesh
Access
Access is a family,
We are family members.
Teachers are our fathers & mothers,
We are all sisters & brothers.
Sometimes we cry here,
Sometimes we have fun.
But everyday we come here to learn.
MD. Robiul from Access Bangladesh
I learn from LPC
I am a student,
I learn English in LPC.
I not only learn English,
I learn many things.
Every month I celebrate many programs,
The teachers in LPC are friendly.
They help us so much.
I also do co-curricular activities,
Which will help me to build up my future.
Nayem from Access Bangladesh
LPC
LPC is a center,
It is on the 4th floor.
LPC is a place
From where we can learn more,
Arifa mam teaches us grammar,
Fatema mam scolds us like our mother.
Yeasmin mam always makes fun with us
& we enjoy her classes very much.
Nazrul sir always plans the programs.
& Sufiyan sir always helps us to make our chart paper
Javer sir founded this LPC,
We are very thankful to American Govt.
For giving us this opportunity.
Rabeya from Access Bangladesh
Access Program
Access is an English program,
It is an important course.
If we follow it correctly,
We can have our life perfectly.
We do extra curricular activities from it,
From which we get credit.
Tania from Access Bangladesh
Access Program
Access program is a platform,
Where we can perform.
It has many ways,
To give us strong base.
It gives us many opportunities,
We can participate in various activities.
There is a library,
Its facilities are extraordinary.
Teachers teach us attractively,
We can learn everything easily.
Slowly we are achieving wisdom,
Frequently we are opening our knowledge kingdom.
Sometimes American teachers come here,
They inspire us to go there.
Finishing this nice course.
We will get a bright source.
We thank the U.S. Govt. cordially,
For giving the chance affectionately.
Shahanur from Access Bangladesh
Access
The name of our program is Access,
We study here to gain knowledge.
Teacher of our Access our very kind,
They teach us with pleasant mind.
We study with full attention,
We keep ourselves with a great position.
Our Access program is great as such,
We love our Access very much!
Sonia and Israt from Access Bangladesh
ACCESS
With astonishment and splendour
By the successful job you did for us
What a great opportunity
The changes to turn your future into miracles
You have made us think like we live on the summit of the wisdom
The solution for everything
The key to success
Now we are gleaming
We are in the summit of the world
We are going to be prosperous
Access the way forward
Access to success for successfully
The magic key to open all the dreams for us
Oh! Access
Access for success.
Kgwele from Access South Africa
Students of Access Program
They are eager to learn the ropes,
They have beaten the bushes.
They are no other teens than
My favourite enthusiastic 'Access students'.
They are glad to be the part of 'Access',
And be happy to get the tremendous opportunities.
'Access' has made paths for my unbounds
To access the global language of English.
O who is reading me be notified,
'Access' has changed some of their views of life.
In my vision they are becoming the leader of leaders,
Their latent spirits are now sparkling for others.
O 'Access' thank you for all the facilities,
For shaping up my unbounds.
MD. Abu from Access Bangladesh
Access
Access is a process
It is a systemic progress
Where Learners are benefitted
Through the work of education
The process of Access
Is to acquire knowledge
Through the skills of
Writing, speaking, listening, Reading
In addition the learners
Get motivation, encouragement
Inspiration and activation
To have better communication
Access is a product of
Everlasting knowledge wizards
Belonging to the future thinkers
Scholars from Washington and
Native speakers for the cause
of non natives
To have on equality of right
In all spheres of life
In a one unit world
For better education
For a greater world
Access Story
A ~ ccess are from 85 plus countries;
C ~ reating some amazing novel stories,
C ~ ollaborating with many agencies,
E ~ ngaging themselves with societal activities.
S ~ urely they will be the victorious aflame
S ~ uccess, no disbelief, is waiting for them.
S ~ tarted, they, their life gradually.
T ~ oday, they are incredibly fast;
O ~ rganizing a lot and going away far,
R ~ ecovering them to adjust.
Y ~ es, many of them are now shiny stars.
Hasan from Access Bangladesh
Access
I am student of Access
And it's my story of success
Before joining Access I was limited to my own world
But Access gave me friends all over the world
People used to laugh at my deeds and made me sad
But Access appreciated my deeds and made me glad
I enjoyed and did a lot of fun
Access give me light of knowledge like a sun
Access came in my life like a rain
And healed my all wound and pain
You can achieve your goal by joining Access
I can say that Access is way to success
Waseem from Access Pakistan
Access Program
Americans in October 2004,
Had students at the door.
For the Access Program,
With many forums.
The dedicated teachers,
Have lessons with many features.
Complete 24 months course,
With zeal and source.
Multilevel few fortunate students,
Expressing to communicate is ardent.
The smile on their face,
Is the achievement gained through pace.
The certificate at hand,
Is like a magic wand.
The success of the story,
Shines upon with glory!
Fatema from Access
Access Success
Two Thousand Four
Is a year to adore
For the underprivileged students
To make them confident
For Access is here
To get rid of their tear
Shy girls and boys
Have learnt to express their choice
They now know
What an open door can show
For Access has made their dream
A mug to hot coffee with cream
To enjoy to the core
The efforts they bore
Shaheen from Access Bangladesh
Access Class
Access Class
O, Access O Access
Access is key to success
It gives success
To the students of Access
Access is right
And its students are bright
Access is a source
To go on sky
Where Access students can fly
Manaim from Access Pakistan
Access
Access is the light house
Access is the bright house
Access gives me knowledge
Access gives me strength
Access is the way to success
Access is the way of brightness
Access is the right way
Access is the bright way
I can fly with Access
I can fly with Access
Access, Access every where
Tanzeela from Access Pakistan
Dear Access
You were my dream come true
The light in my darkness
The company in my solitude
The happiness in my evenings
Although the sun shines very strong
Or heavy rain, will come
I will be right here by my dear access!
Searias from Access Nicaragua
Access
Hey, Saturday come back soon
Let's meet in the afternoon
In a space full of wisdom
The access program is our kingdom
There, all the students meet
For them, access is a real treat
They are eager to learn
To their teachers they turn
They are ready to act
Their devotion will remain intact
Henda from Access Tunisia
ACCESS PROGRAM
Who are you Access Program?
You are many faces, a flight to the US.
I have never been there,
But I know US History, US Popular Culture, US Holidays, you name it.
You exposed me to Community Service and Personal development,
OH!! ACCESS you are a life saver,
You brought exposure, built confidence in me,
You kept me company in my lack, loneliness and hunger.
Moreover I now read, write and speak English.
THANKS TO YOU ACCESS
Access Students South Africa
ACCESS PROGRAM
You gave birth to a dreamer.
Since I met you, I dream more.
I see my destination,
Future is no longer
Dark and gloom.
But the future is bright because of ACCESS.
Njabulo from Access South Africa
ENGLISH ACCESS PROGRAM!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
For bringing my dignity back,
For giving me hope for the future,
For making me realize,
Realize that there is still hope,
Realize that I should make it for me,
Realize that I still have a chance.
Nontokozo from Access South Africa
English
English is spreading
Around the world
Because its important and global language.
The English Club Students from Tajikistan
English
English's very interesting,
with poems and novels,
with States and Australia
and Britain with Canada.
English is my dream
and today I learn it.
It's very good and rich
For me and my friends
When I first heard English
I felt it as love music
I fall in love with the language
Till now I'm as in magic
Farangis from Access Tajikistan
A great dialogue
between me and my English teacher (Sherine)
Sherine: I miss my Access class
Rawda: that is what I feel too
Sherine: Being away gave me a heart made of brass,
Rawda: I would lika ya miss to see you
Sherine: Hooray, let's enjoy sitting on the grass
Rawda: oh please take me with you
Sherine: Come along to have a glass,
Rawda: sure I'd love to
Rawda from Access Egypt
After a week of stress and tiredness
Can you imagine how much we long for happiness?
Cool! Cool! It's finally Sunday
Energy is recharged, change your mood, get ready to play
Sakura blooms and our heart content
So excited, so thrilled, in every event
Sweet talk we share
Come and see how much we care about
Hand in hand, we have eternal
Only access student can understand
OMG? How can a teacher be like a friend?
Love we breathe, in peace we live
Access school, you learn how to give
Rania, Maissa, Sahar, Intidhar and Hazem from Access Tunisia
Access
Access, Access
Come again
Cure my pain
Offer me the chance not live in vain
Merry times will never be out of my brain
Pleased and away from all disdain
Learning in fun will certainly ensure gain
Instills new well traced lanes
Showering with knowledge rain
Hoping to make the best education reign
Hela from Access Tunisia
"ACCESS and Success"
I have found a wonderful gate
By the help of U.S Department of State.
Through the gate, I am going to feel the success
It is only for you, only for becoming an ACCESS.
It makes me happy extremely
At a time I could not speak; I was fruitless
I did not know how to learn English
I was trying, but it was not in progress
Today, maybe, I am going to get the success
It is obviously, because of being an Access
Everyone observes the face of Munalisa
They say, oh my god! What a beautiful is this!
Why do not you look at me, and at my progress?
A disadvantaged student of Bangladesh
Who is going to touch the success.
Why do not you thank them?
Who played a great role to remove my darkness.
You may have seen a pitcher or a pot;
Very expensive but bottomless.
Then what would be? It must be waterless.
As a young leader I have to stop it, I have to close
With the confidence, I have to say
It's possible. It's I can, It's I will, because I am an ACCESS
I get myself changed, I get me developed.
I learnt a lot, I overcame my blindness.
I am not only learning the English language,
Besides this, I am getting the awareness.
Because, I exchanged a lot who faced duress
So, completely, I am going to see the success
No doubt, it for becoming an Access
How can I give you thank, you are really enormous
No language in the world to address
To give the description of your effort
Because, you made my foundation when I was baseless
Today, surely, I am going to have the success
It is obviously, for becoming an Access.
Thank you U.S. Department of States,
thank you the FHI360, and thank you all.
Hasan from Access Bangladesh
Access Poetry month
Access's become part of my life.
It made my dreams come true, alive.
I like to see the kids inspired,
And know that they are never tired.
American English they study,
Values and culture - country study.
They read, listen, write and speak,
Become stronger those who are weak.
They become active, friendly and dear,
And learn to be a volunteer,
To develop leadership skills,
And respect others' thrills.
Access makes students bright,
And their worldview wide.
They learn to work in teams
And be supportive teens.
Programmers become close friends,
Their friendship never ends.
Together they pass exams,
Together they live in camps.
It is incredible to learn from them.
It is such fun to be with them.
We have become Access community.
Thanks, US Embassy, for opportunity.
Sofia from Access Kazakhstan
Access
Amazing, Excellent
Developing, Helping, Solving
They can lead their community
Stars
Hasan from Access Bangladesh
THE REASON FOR MY CHOICE
Life is about choices
Choice of life is made
The English came into my life
As a choice well made
The reason for my choice
It was curiosity
I was looking to meet
Major new opportunities
Explore knowledge
not yet discovered
Know the foreign culture
Bringing it to my reality
The ACCESS is
the way of opportunities
Everything depends on you
ensure your success and your happiness
Dream on
never give up
have faith
it is not easy, nor will it be.
Jamil from Access Brazil
“Access My Achievement Tree”
Access is my achievement tree
It grows out of our efforts and learning
Access is my achievement tree, where I learned to climb up
Access is a shady tree, under which I learned to walk and relax
Access is a tree on which flowers blossom, which made me enjoy the smell of knowledge
Access is a tree on which grows the fruits of success, which made me to pick the best one
Access is my achievement tree, on whose leaves dew drops of success shines
Access is my achievement tree, a deep rooted tree
Which made me stand straight and strong
Access is my achievement tree
Mehreen from Access Pakistan
Access is like a seed
Access is like a seed
Released in a fertile soil
It is an opportunity
You just need to garden it
Make it to grow healthy
Planted in us by merit
Access sprout and bloom
With the help of committed teachers
Dedicated students
Access shows us that we will all get it
Regardless of the circumstances
As a tree which bears beautiful fruits
Access gives us different paths
Best choices
Making us grow as a tree
For Access, the sky is the limit
Clara, Julia, and Mariana from Access Brazil
Access Class, Access Class
Access class is the best class
We gain knowledge from here
We spread this knowledge here and there
Access class gives us manners
And we are true gainer
Access class colors are bright
And this path is right
Madiha from Access Pakistan
Access makes my fortune
Access gives me a new life
I like my access and
I use in every sort of life
before my access I don't english
Access makes my life very very wondérful
So i love my access
When G think about
Access is very useful in our daily life
Riaz from Access Pakistan
Access Poem
What is Access, What is Access
Access is a place
Access gives us knowledge
Access is important for me
Access is a key of success
In Access, we speak english
Access is great and good
Access gives us power to succeed
Nain Tara from Access Pakistan
Knowledge
One day I asked myself ...
Where's the know?
I answered myself
This response that few know
Often, get well soon
Other times they took days to understand
But I know that the error brings knowledge
And they have learned to live
A life is like a boat
That follows its path almost non-stop!
When you stop to fill your luggage
Of knowledge for the life you lead
English is one of them
For some very complicated to understand
For others, easy to handle
For me and for you is the same love
Patricia from Access Brazil
ALL THE REASONS
Access is freedom,
Because knowledge is the key to every door of life.
Access is opportunity,
Because it gives us a chance to go beyond our capabilities.
Access is also unity,
We've got to carry each other.
We are United by a single goal,
Not only dream, but see the truth,
And perform. See the world and make poetry.
Every verse reminds us of a day never say goodbye,
Just talk to see you soon.
We're better than the good,
Because we are students Access.
We have with us the best teachers,
And the support of those who believe that the world can still change
Julia and Cintia from Access Brazil
My Garden In World
Oh My Access, Oh My Love,
Your Love For Me Like A Stone.
You Are All That,
I Can Call My Own.
You Got Me To Tend,
The Mind To Mend.
The Character To Press,
Then My Discipline To Dress.
When I Felt Hunger,
You Became Like A Food Tree.
When I Felt Hot,
You Became Like A Shadow.
Sagheer from Access Pakistan
Thank You Access
Thank you Thank you
Thank you dear Access.
You gave me, you gave me lots of things.
Thank you Thank you dear Access.
You gave me confidence and courage and
Lots of things.
Thank you Thank you dear Access.
You gave me love
and happiness.
Nadra from Access Pakistan
A dream comes true
A merit that I won
a course that offers victories
and brings great memories
I am very happy to be in Access
I learn every day
I made a lot of friends
real friends
I intend to go to the USA
through the project young ambassadors
If God allows me I will go there
As soon as my English course ends
Wonderful people I'll meet
Great opportunities I'll have
And in the future, when I look back
I'll thank all the great teachers I've had
Yara and Thais from Access Brazil
ACCESS PROGRAM
The place of all comforts.
The foundation of all the ideas.
The birth of all opinions.
The start of all arguments,
The feeling of acceptance.
The beginning of a future.
The place of decision making.
Where the problems of growing up are told.
I SALUTE YOU ACCESS PROGRAM.
Portia from Access South Africa
Access
Access is a window
for young dreamers
a gateway
for generations of dreamers
No Matter the day
we get up in the certainty that
we will win another victory
And we are strong enough
To achieve our goals
And we'll never say never
Access comes
Bringing several opportunities
And that will helps us in the future
In the end we'll see that
Everything we did
was worth it and
We Won a stage of many
Access is not only
A Course But...
A great creator of possibilities.
Lauani and Leticia from Access Brazil
ACCESS
Have you ever thought of fixing a plot?
Jumping in the life ocean and getting this dream in motion?
Why don't you start to swim and change this dream to stream?
Why don't you start to sail and stop biting your nail?
Choose a safe boat, then you'll start to float
Join a group of dreamers, forget about the roamers.
Share with them an oar, help them reach the shore
To guarantee success
Board the boat ACCESS
Chahira from Access Tunisia
We are born, grow up and die.
But life is deeper than this, we can do better, we just have to try!
Life is simple after all,
But we can't stop above the wall.
When we have to decide something,
The solution will come as time goes by.
Just stop, and keep breathing,
But don't turn a blind eye.
Sometimes it comes with an opportunity,
Mine is the ACCESS,
Even has given me chance to help the community.
I believe that is the way to my success.
I'm thankful to have teachers who said that all can be possible,
Even friends, indeed amazing friends!
So I remember that nothing is impossible,
After all, I'm proud to have tried, because it changed my end
Thiago from Access Brazil
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day on February 14th, this month’s poems by English language learners are about love and relationships. Download them or read them online.
Read a poem from this month’s selection of poems by English language learners. These poems are not categorized by theme or topic, so choose a poem and enjoy the surprise of where it takes you!
Rush
I can see your light every afternoon,
I can see your face on the moon;
If you do not come at noon,
Of love I will die pretty soon.
By Alberto Lopez
To a Shark
Here lies a white shark
Whose life was printed on a blue chart.
By Alberto Lopez
Triumph
Letters and books have supported
Our knowledge,
Through the wise teachings
The goal has been achieved
And with it,
Prosperity has been reached.
By Alberto Lopez
A Poem for the Martyred of Bomb Blasts in Pakistan
Crippled hope swinging high,
In the mid of Blackening day
Shinning sun, getting dimed,
Moving air catching fear,
Swerving legs, broken steps,
Perched lips, shivered souls,
Quickened motions, hustled clienteles,
Awaited eyes, pale learners,
Ajared ends, bewildered smiles,
Waned laughters
Half recovered injuries, half shook hands
Half opened lips_
Halted Fast
Forever Alas!
O father and daughter
O mother and son
O sister and brother
Of Departed Dear
I do not fear,
The ebb and flow
Because I know:
Heavens greeting thee
World is with me:
In the moving cyclone
I’m never Alone
I’m never Alone!!!
By Asia from Access Pakistan
Blood Ruby
Blood
Red like a ruby
Red like the sunset.
Blood
A vehicle for oxygen
For life.
Blood
Red as a beating heart
Red like a red soldier
Starving to live and to fight
To get that red ruby
In a sunset made of blood.
By Berenice from Mexico
Death
What is death?
Is it when you are not able
To talk to the one you admire,
Not being able to see the face
Of whom you adore, not being
Able to touch them, I don’t know
What is death but I know what it’s not
Death is not when you are able
To smile and to laugh with your loved ones
Death is when you are not feeling the pain,
The anguish, melancholy and the isolation
I don’t know what is death but I know what it’s not
By Precilicious from Access South Africa
Don’t Be Inane
Get rid of the train
That roars in your brain
Your sanity is likely to wane
Relying only on others is in vain
Many of them are eager to feign
And over you, they tend to reign
Once they mesmerize you, they will never refrain
Break the chain and seize your own rein
Only your own wits can help you attain
The shoreline before you faint
We Long for Peace
No need to retrace
Previous faults or disgrace
Just look ahead and think twice
How lovely it could be nice
If we live together in one place
With good grace
Show a smiling face
That fills the whole space
With a message of peace
That none dare to efface
By Chaouki from Tunisia
Fighting Failure
Heads down as we fall
It was a dream, it was a goal.
We all say we out of luck,
We sit down and no stall.
So how in earth we just expect
Much care and no neglect?
Giving up will make us deserve
By Ahmad from Jordan
Haiku
A deserted heart
Rotting in despair drowning
In all sorrow past
By Denzel from Zimbabwe
Honest
I was born honest because I’m
Just being honest. I was going to tell a
Life but I had to tell the truth I’m just
Being honest. Sometimes being honest is good
Honest, do you know what is honest? Honest,
Is the opposite of reliable. You can lie to me
But be honest to yourself. Honest the
Prosperity for life. Honest is like a poem
That can’t be written. Honest is like our
Promises of another tomorrow
By Mamelodi from Access South Africa
Hypocrisy
A multi-faced spook figure,
With moving hands and twisted legs
Eyes at four sides;
Looks bitterly sweet and weirdly good,
Caste spells to capture the soul,
Golden dragon at hand
Spits out fire,
Nails like hair it grew on body,
When look
its soft,
When touch it hurts,
Arms wide open for embrace
Under that a stinging scorpion rest,
Deceivingly Graceful
Oh! You be careful!
Once come in it’s grip
No way to skip;
Sated thorny way,
For that I say,
Just run away
Just run away!!
By Asia from Access Pakistan
Ice cream
I don’t think
Intagation
Entered
Into it
Officer
You see
There were
Little negro girl
Standing here
Alone
And her
Mother
Went to that
Store there
Then
There came by
This little boy here
Without his mother and
Eating an ice-cream
See there it is strawberry
By From Access South Africa
I'm Waiting for Nothing.
In the end, all is disappear.
You didn’t come back.
The truth is no longer girded.
My sight full of illusory.
That wishful always relentless calling you out.
Continue to get you out.
My twilight is so sad.
You quickly passed.
I hope, that differences unite us again.
Tight, like magnet.
Gravely... I shouldn’t be like this. But, my soul has been entangled.
My soul has burned.
Smolder, full of pain.
so bright like sunscreen.
I didn’t have tears anymore.
Let my love charred.
But, I've been fallen.
How else? Please, take me out from this yearning!
By Abella Novalia
I Need a Girl!
I need a girl,
who never thinks to go,
and who has no farewell,
in her principles,
a girl who can be my mirror,
smiling to me,
in both happiness and anger,
a girl who is able,
to give me a little baby,
being me in a beautiful picture,
a girl or a boy from me,
to whom I should struggle,
to whom I'll bring happiness,
to his/ her fluffy pure life.
I need a pretty girl,
who will be in love clever,
the one to whom my heart,
will breath with non-stop,
in order to live together,
I need and I need not,
any girl that knocks my door,
but a girl who stays forever.
By Yahya Anir from Morocco
Lady Bird
Lady bird, lady bird
If I am a good girl,
Can I get a black pearl?
My little sister a blond curl?
My brother many white cats that purr?
My mother a brown fur?
And a long life to my father’s green fir?
By Hela from Access Tunisia
Listen to a Citizen!
Blah... Blah... Blah...
Hush and hold still!
You sent me through the mill
You made my head a landfill
You're only casting a chill
That chains both my soul and will
You've made me constantly ill
You're no longer a bitter pill
It seems you don't know the drill
Leave the stage to those who fit the bill
As you're already over the hill
By Chaouki from Tunisia
Moon's Halo
Oh! my dear,
You are like a moon in an evening lie—
so bright in a clear night sky.
Even my thicketh wall in my heart—
penetrate your lovely radiant.
The more I see your different phase,
the more I want to say, what a noblest Moon .
But, Please! Don't stare at me—
the way you do to me, right now.
It made me shut,
And crawls the knot.
Yeah! like a moon—
You are too high
up there in His throne.
And... I know,
Everyone loves you—
like the way I do.
That's why, I'll wait for (...)
To see you, to ---- you more and more.
I will never be afraid 'coz I know—
you are somewhere there in His core.
By Febee Celia Q. Elemancil from the Philippines
My Perfect Soccer Boots
My perfect
Soccer boots black and yellow
In colour name Nike Tiempo they are
From Nike factory. Factory that produce good
Quality product. I was happy when I bought
Them in Nike factory, but now someone stole them
I don’t know who stole them. It was fun when
My soccer boots is with me by the time now. I think
Is not cool when you stole someone’s property.
I think is not cool when you stole is embrasiting
your self and other people. I think a person who
stole my soccer he/she didn’t stole my soccer boots
only he/she stole many things to other people. God will punish
who stole my belonging soccer boots
From Access South Africa
No Ways
1 7
I'm not safe No eyes and no boots
Nowhere to go Even, not any line
I'm almost dead After a waiting
I think so I'm not getting any sign
2 8
Spoiled of food No god to protect me
But, it's not even shown And no god to save
So, nothing to eat When human is the god
Nowhere to sit down [1] In every cave
3 9
Nothing more to say No one is relative
A lot I've said No one to depend
And nothing to pay Nothing to get back
Everything is paid What I spend
4 10
No half to share No profit to have
No partner to care Nothing to get alack
And no friend to trust on What I did it's gone
Heart is full of fear No way to get back
5 11
No ways to rescue No tricks to win others
And no ways to run No process to be good to all
When a friend comes When I say the truth
With its gun I'm out of the hall
6 12
No works to be done No hope to fulfill
But, still, I'm doing No wish to say
America, I've given you all Now I'm upset
And now I'm nothing[2] Thinking, what I may
By Hasan Al-Mahmud from Bangladesh
Of Glory and a Story
Coconut nectar to dip your lip,
Lest hazel nut juice is too cold to sip,
For the freezing teeth, the cracking sound,
Let natural grease make the bound.
Zip the code, find the link
Sink the globe into a myriad of hip
Hold the hope, suffice the clip
Take the sheep into the world of ship.
Begin the journey of soft and pink,
Of a lasting glory with a ephemeral drink.
By Sana from Morocco
On Behalf of the Dead
This is for those who’ll die tomorrow, now planning for ages to come
“Broken alarms cannot be fixed with paper clips and minted gum”
A homeless guest so featureless to know where he is coming from
He lives within that hollow promise, between those hopes however old
Inside the steel safe in the bedroom, laying beside the buried gold
Far from the sun and its reflection, for life is warm and death is cold
The sleepless nights, the semi-whispers, the tortured souls that make my bed
Red collar slaves that never lived, but now at least they’re being read
The oldest song I’m chanting now
Written by spirits more than dead
By Benyoucef from Algeria
Photography
I cannot imagine
that I captured the Past.
And able to step inside
a memory of a lass.
She's staring at me
from across the centuries.
And never been thought,
that she was a ghost of worries—
a ghost preserved by Light.
I know it may not be possible
to travel backward in TIME—
to control time.
But perhaps, I might say—
right now, I'm patiently holding the past—and even its memories.
By Febee Celia Q. Elemancil from the Philippines
Race
The wheels turn like the earth
Children love to play with the wheels
They have black, pink
Every evening they gather at the Grand-Place
To play racing wheels
They line up and wait
The impact of the whistle
Whenever the start is given
They turn all their strength
The wheels turn as the earth
They probably crush anything they find on their way
Even old man but children believe much stronger than the wheels
In that they manipulate their way
While they are certainly subject by them
The wheels turn as the earth
Sometimes the first is the one with the black wheel
Sometimes it is the one with the pink wheel
Whenever it is the black wheel
All children laugh at the first, grumble, heckle
If it is the pink wheel all the children dance, clap
With strength and waving handkerchiefs and gifts for the child
But the children know why they love pink wheel.
By Aly from Mauritania
Secret
I keep our secret
Hidden inside the chest,
Of memories, treasured
Like the constant ooze
Of the spring water
From the hole rivuleting.
Guess, the bubbles could not tell Nor could print it on paper to sell;
The water of course washes it
Away to faraway seas.
It is best for our secret
To sail in the ocean of our hearts
Where no one could ever hear.
The lap of waves of its mystery
Except your blood vessel and mine.
By Maria from Philippines
See How You Create Liars and Crooks
He's become a wardrobe full of cloaks
Like a lizard with different looks
To please your tastes, selfish folks
You drove him to pretend and coax
And custom-make a vesture of hoax
To fit the characters in your own books
By Chaouki from Tunisia
Tell Me!
I wonder why some people do not ponder
Before acting or uttering words of wonder
Is it out of denseness or narrowness?
Or maybe due to immaturity or impulsiveness?
Or just to vex or show rudeness?
Are they aware of the repercussions
Of their irresponsible actions
and verbal aggression?
Shall we resort to avoidance
Or wear a costume of patience?
By Chaouki from Tunisia
The American Flag
In front of White House
Looking at the Flag
Noticing the wind wave
Where it has a drag
What does it lack?
When he is Here
To display the freedom
And America’s fair
The flag is flown by herself
Or air flutters it, in its power?
Does she want to be free
Or feels free with no answer?
As a symbol of independence
It’s controlled with a pipe and rope
How does it look like?
And what does America hope?
Small, white and five-pointed stars
In the same sky in fifty types
But, defeating Them, why they are as
Thirteen-alike-straight-red-stripes?
Not any end of beautification
Here, the perfection lies
To make it significant a lot
It’s reformed for 26 times
Not only for America
It’s a sign of peace
How it flies and offers hope
Rest of the universe, it sees
By Hasan Al-Mahmud from Bangladesh
The Mouse Catcher
He stealthily creeps on the roof at night.
You could sense him, though he is out of sight.
His brilliant eyes could spot any thing in the dark.
His feet on the wet sink leave paw prints like mosaic
which is not colored but only black and white.
In the morning, you could see rats and mice
lying cold on your kitchen floor.
You curse the culprit of the deed,
only later you get it.
The hairy being did it
to save your household things
from being gnawed and bitten.
By Maria from Philippines
The Sound and a Fury
Gee, Blake whose Sound shops
Let the beaker spill in drops!
All the black dreams and streams and hopes,
As they slowly melt at the beckoned globe,
On top of the slopes’ race and face and grace.
Beware though as you cross the fields,
For trees might still hold wee mosquitoes
That might catch your glimpse as you hurry
To the Snow forest amidst all Fury
By Sana from Morocco
The Web
The web, a free-association
A window for possibilities
A green path of shift and access
A web page
A radio cluster trial
A vision to access mass communications
Weaving cables
With control like a spider
As a flash of meanings
With no exact meanings
A blue fish of solar energy
In a fisherman’s net
The web a free-association
A window for possibilities
A green path of shifts and access
A window, a nucleus.
By Berenice from Mexico
The Writer
With the pen in hand, lifted till a height
Imagination wonders to crawl up, blown with insight..
I am paused, just to get the right of this epitome
Waiting for thoughts, that urges me at home..
To overlap rainbow, hoping for turquoise
This is an author’s voice, depicting a writer’s choice..
Memory persuaded, to keep it short
Life is full of dreams, for getting up at another fort..
Daily routine circled round, time is few
“Oh boy, Oh way”, realized each time when it’s new..
To graphein, nitty-gritty is needed in group
“Not new, not again” sounded cacophonous, when asked for proof..
With the logos relates to fruits, being through
“Strawberry Avalanche” Always gets screwed..
When state of being Impecunious, Always held around
Poverty lends wakeup thoughts, Shall dig in deep it sounds..
Nausea & Nostalgia keeps a target, when bumps in
Idioms on Ship & Home prompts, for fishes watery fins..
Sometimes Inspirational and moved, arouses Goosebumps
Jotting those ascetic views too, caused due to slumps..
Being philologist, Encounters for everything in words
To keep it vivid, riddles the milk with doubted curd
To make everything in just dreams, out those dreams
Then keep everything where it needs to be, A Semanticist whims
To verbose for essentials, maintaining the poise
This is an author’s voice, depicting a writer’s choice
By Ashutosh Purohit from India
They Believed Him
They believed him, because he was so much of a role model
They believed him, because he pampered them so much with gifts
They believed him, because it was a matter of life and death
They believed him; maybe it was the only thing that would give them hope
They believed him, because he really knew how to choose his words
They believed him;
Coz he always had an answer to their problems
I really believe, they believed him;
Because everyone believes in something.
By Denzel from Zimbabwe
Tolerance
Small piano symbols
Left on artist’s fingers
Placed on the right keys.
Black and white notes
Marched together
One behind another.
Troops in harmony
Created a symphony
Knocked a deaf ear
He danced.
By Chahira from Access Tunisia
UN-PERSONIFICATION
It was a day of the fall
And the trees were crying for the gray Land
The Land was burning with a cold fireball
And the Vultures were the Waiting Band
My pen was looking through the sash
At the ashen people as the dolls
Spiritless like the ash
Without a movement as the walls
He was whispering:
The new style of writing
Un-personification; human is a lifeless thing
Then on his face, tears were streaming…
By Moustafa Rahmani
Untitled
Every day, i get up at half past six (6h30 AM), i take my breakfast and i wear my warm clothes
for my behaviour in my work and in my life, i leave our house at 07h30 AM and i go in my work
for beginning my day of the week, during day i call my mother and my sister because i like my
family without forget my nephew (the daughter of my young sister), in the end of time of work at
16h30 PM, i leave our enterprise's office for to back at home, finally in the week end i try to
enjoy my time with my family, with watching tv and internet for to meet a very nice and
important people in facebook .
By Mounia from Algeria
Untitled
Fallen fallen completely for you..
I didn't know I would,
But you showed me I could....
My feelings for you when you are around and near,
Are so unexplainable my dear..
Feels like butterflies full of colours in my tummy and face painted pinkish hue,
That immediately drains to hide it from you...
With that smile of yours I must say,
You brighten up my day....
Stepping out in the daylight my eyes are for you in quest,
When in bed these eyes dream of you and rest...
It was just wonderful to hear you call my name,
Looking forward for the day when again you call me the same....
This feeling of love I never before felt,
And now in your arms I wish to melt...
You and me getting together is just not possible,
Which I failed to realize before falling into this puddle...
Hence, decided to just gape and dream of you,
Coz I've completely completely fallen for you...
By B-Sushma Sukruthi
Wise Man
An old wise man
Experienced by life and marked with its scars
Persistently trying to pass down his wisdom
Like a book trying to make us live with dignity
If only I had listened to him when I could!
From Poland
Yesterday
With the rising of the sun,
Each morning;
We undertake our daily chores
What we do know is this
A day has been added to our lives
We endeavor for a better tomorrow
But we do not forget that there was;
Yesterday
There is not a tomorrow without a today;
And there is not a today,
Without a yesterday.
When all is said and done
No matter where, you’ve gone
People will always want to know;
Do you have a yesterday?
By Denzel from Zimbabwe
YOUTH WILL
YOUTH WILL accept right among the wrongs
YOUTH WILL make rules and follow them too
YOUTH WILL be brave when they will face fear
YOUTH WILL give light when they will find dark
YOUTH WILL provide them food who are hungry
YOUTH WILL assign tasks to remove the poverty
YOUTH WILL give them suggestion who will need it
YOUTH WILL complete vision when they will have it
YOUTH WILL help them who will face any difficulty
YOUTH WILL open mystery when they will realize it
YOUTH WILL be strong when they will make decision
YOUTH WILL take opportunity when they will catch it
YOUTH WILL overcome struggle when they will face it
YOUTH WILL touch the success when they will grasp it
YOUTH WILL delete superstition when they will notice it
YOUTH WILL make friend when they will discover enemies
YOUTH WILL be rational when they will notice irrationality
YOUTH WILL gift happiness when they will get unhappiness
YOUTH WILL sacrifice them for the development of others
YOUTH WILL provide knowledge when they will find ignorance
YOUTH WILL find out solution when they will face any problem
YOUTH WILL meet challenges when they will face tough situation
YOUTH WILL make a better world where there is no crime and violence
YOUTH WILL gift us a peaceful life where we will sing the song of peace
By Hasan Al-Mahmud from Bangladesh
Thousand Persons Cannot Recover Absent of One
There was a world of peace,
Where there was no storm of grief
There was only peace and love
A dream world like heaven
Your shelter was over my head
Like an aspirin for all my sorrows
But now everything is altered
My life is complete yet incomplete
I remember you and your care for me
But hope ends with life
People says that absence of one person can’t stop life
They don’t know presence thousand persons can’t recover the absent of one.
By Nadra Ahmed from Pakistan
Glowing Grains
The sky was a sea of blue,
Adorned with fleecy white puffs,
Under this deep wash of blue,
Grains scattered on this square yard,
I knelt on the sea of grains,
Wondered like a child,
That man kept opening sacks
And shook off more grains,
Like a magician waved his handkerchief,
Conjured out things endlessly,
Left the watcher mesmerized
The sea of grains made a warm quilt for earth,
I ran my fingers along the wheat,
Each one plump and unique,
Reflected off the sunlight,
Squinting and leaning,
I identified the subtle change in colors,
It wasn’t just the golden tone,
Pigments of auburn, ocher, pale gold all mixed on the palette,
Forming a sea of glowing beads
As I was in a trance,
The magician spilled the whole sack of grains over my head,
Corns and wheat cascaded down my body,
In awe,
I squirmed and squealed,
A wave of joy flowed through my body,
As if I were in a baptism,
Reborn by nature,
Clean and cozy,
Ready to embrace the world with a grin.
By Serena Shi
Free
As human we are never free
No matter how much we look up to the sky
We were born to put our feet on the ground
Even when our head is in the cloud
Every second , we keeps wishing for something
Yet we can only hoping
The world is too harsh
I wish to protect something
But something had gone
There is nothing that scares us
Except that we got nothing we truly yearn
And things we truly want to protect without any selfishness
If you think you are free
Think again
We live to please and tolerate with people
No matter how much we think we are free
There will always be someone that we love that will stop our freedom
We tend to follow because we just want them to be happy
You're not free unless you never love anyone other than yourself
By Ain Azizan