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“ Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow ”
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For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow ”
A “Sonett” for Saab
No greater love hath anyone than mine
Ninety-Two to Nine-Five grace deliver Of Saab faithful for sixty-two years shined, Thou merit shall stay the same forever. The gloom of the day alight the time GM bequeath thou soul to Koenig, Then those bitches changed their fucking minds Left thee lorn and survival you beg. Saturn, Poni commiserate the pain Of lost causes and what could have ascent, But strive and persist in this unjust game For big dollar buyout from the Orient. Will I ever behold your spirit again? Oh sweet enthralling charm of Sweden.
Creating calligrams
After having successfully learnt Gloria Fuertes' poem Mi escuela, mi escuela, I asked my students to copy the poem as a calligram. I had already read a very good post from Claire Seccombe about calligrams and I wanted to try it out with my students.
You can use calligrams for lots of different activities such as "displaying key words, introducing new vocabulary or including a glossary on a worksheet". For example you write the word "grand" in big letters and the word "petit" in small letters. This way students "visually" remember what the words mean. It could also involve sentences and even a poem, as I did with my Spanish students. I asked them to be creative and think of a shape which reminded them of the poem. Lots of them thought of the peace and love symbol to represent it and others had great ideas too!I then took photos of their calligrams and posted them on the school blog so they could all see their imaginative work :)
What about you? Have used calligrams in lessons? 
A Thanksgiving Poem
May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey be plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have never a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your thighs!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Persian Poems on the App Store
Persian Poems is now available from the App Store. This is a perfect app for all Persian-speaking literature lovers.
Persian Poems app is a complete collection of works of the greatest heroes of the Persian literature Ferdowsi, Hafez and Saadi. These great poets kept the Persian (Farsi) language alive and left us their wisdom and this app is homage to them. Persian Poems lets you browse four complete poetry books, save favourites and even search through the collection. The Persian poems app is completely in Persian, and was developed by talented Iranian developers Soroush, Sohrab and Ali. Keep an eye outfor our other upcoming versions!
Get the app from here.
micropoem
just finished drawing & folding this micropoem:
graphite on paper, 50" x 38", by K.I.A., 2009
ee cummings
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is youhere is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars aparti carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
Perspective II (poem)
A second take, if you read the first one. Please find it here.
