Thursday 25 April 2013
Another War Poem
This is an iconic photo taken by Joe Rosenthal on 23 Febraury 1945 of the American Flag being raised on the island of Iwo Jima, Japan.
The Poem is Prayer for a Fallen Soldier by Alfred Joyce Kilmer, an Irish Poet killed in July, 1918 in France.
Poem retrieved from www.poetryfoundation.org
Read brief details about the poet here.
Poet Alfred Kilmer
Anzac Day 2013
Flanders Field written in 1915
They shall grow not
old,
As we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them,
Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun,
And in the morning
We will remember them.
As we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them,
Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun,
And in the morning
We will remember them.
This extract from the poem The Fallen by The Ode came from 'For the Fallen', a poem by
the English poet and writer Laurence Binyon and was
published in London in The Winnowing Fan: Poems on the Great War in 1914. This verse is used in association with ANZAC commemoration services in Australia and New Zealand
Thursday 18 April 2013
We real cool
We chose this poem because the poem connects us with our school life. In the first stanza it says that they are cool because they left school. They are sabotaging themselves by not going to school and living up to their potential. Instead of being cool, they spend their days hanging round with their friends and wasting time. Even though they think they are cool, they have failed to reach their potential and contribute in a positive way to society. That way somehow describes us by thinking not to go to school would be cool.
Geraldine Brooks wrote this poem in 1959 but the words are still relevant today. This poem connects to one of Ms Hendersons favourite songs, "Young Homie" by Chris Rene. One line is "Life's too short, gotta live it long"
This is the link to the poem analysis:
By Adriel & Shaun
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