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.
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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
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