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International Voice The ECS Poetry Workshop Journal July 2007 volume 1 Editors Introduction Welcome to the first edition of The ECS Poetry Workshop 2007 magazine. This publication represents the work that we did during the first week of the course between 16th and 20th July. We looked at poetic devices such as alliteration, assonance, metaphor, simile, personification and rhyme; and we also had the chance to study poems by Benjamin Zephaniah, WH Auden, „Imagine‟ by John Lennon and a speech by Martin Luther King The poems were written about daily topics such as „the weather‟, „if…‟, „love‟, and „I have a dream‟ and expresses our ideas and emotions about them. We hope you enjoy reading our poems. Hayden Berry (20th July 2007) The weather in Florence is changeable The weather in Florence is changeable Sometimes it is sunny And then is very funny A minute later is rainy And then you become crazy But in the end It‟s all confusion Alessandro Edrington Storm Tornadoes, thunder, Far away, a shower, It‟s hot; but humid, There‟s a breeze walking, In front, a storm playing To pour with rain, Beside the hurricane. Alex Coleman Cole Your Weather The weather is like your mind It isn‟t always fine When it rains inside you And out there is sunny You want to rain too And destroy all the funny When your life looks like a hurricane And the days aren‟t the same You feel the heavy rain What you do is to complain The sun comes from inside to outside You don‟t have to be wild Sit and wait to see the rainbow And when it appears, Try to follow. Andre Ramos Ambitions The lightning strikes The thunder screams The hail is hitting The wind is freezing. But I believe and I know Because I just know That my rainbow will grow. Dimitry Federov Mountain So high and tall You‟re like a wall, So big and strong I understand how time is long, No friends you have No friends you‟ll get, So beautiful and high Tell me again why Luca Lobjanidze The Weather The sun is very good But the rain is not good This area is very beautiful I like the sun and the sky I like the green trees I don‟t like the cold I like green gardens and flowers I don‟t like the weather in this area I like sunshine And I like this school Karanvir Singh Mind Rainbow When the rainbow comes We feel fine. We feel a breeze In our mind. If I see a hurricane Maybe one tornado I feel good. Because I‟m confused. Sometimes we feel nostalgic Sometimes we feel better. But our mind is magic. Like the weather. If I put on a hood I feel comfortable again Because I can escape From my thunder brain rain. Finally, after thinking I came to one conclusion We don‟t need nothing To feel our confusion. Laura Sequeira If… If there was no world There would be no bombs If there were no drugs There would be no smog If there was no alcohol There would be no drunk men If there was no war There would be more men alive If there were no thieves There would be more honest people This is the world I want Alessandro Edrington No war- no peace, No anger to increase No hate- no love That is all stuff I won‟t go far I‟m not a star Dimitry Federov If… If you imagine, You‟ll find an engine, It‟ll tell you many things, For example how would life be with wings, It‟ll be great, If you just wait, For it to talk, And tell you how to walk, And find, What you had in mind. If you were looking for war, Count till four, And you‟ll find a great war. If you‟re looking for an apple tree, Count till three, And you‟ll find the biggest tree. If you‟ve got nothing to do, Count till two, And you‟ll find the most interesting thing to do. If your dream is to touch the Sun, Count till one, And in your hands you‟ll find the Sun. But if you want to be a hero, Count nothing because you‟re already this engine‟s hero. Alex Coleman Cole If… If I was this worlds creator I should spend more time To build a world better Where all the things are fine If I had that great power To change the people‟s lives I‟d spend all my hours Changing the people‟s minds Union, equality, harmony Were the first words I met Please don‟t call me god I‟m just the world‟s advocate People are more important than technology We are destroying our planet with industry Who are the responsible? You and me This only happens because we live in an Idiocracy Don‟t try to change the world Change the person next to you A better world is my dream Make that your dream too Andre Ramos If… If If If If you you you you know everything are the smarter person are so annoying wouldn‟t like one lesson. Smile every day No hours, no time. What I can say? It‟s confusing, my mind. Strange sounds everywhere We didn‟t recognize anything No countries there Something… Erase your world now Write one beautiful letter Wake up! Say “ Wow!” When the world would be better. Laura Sequeira If… If the sky is red I can say no wars I sad, If the tree is white I‟m gonna fight, If the water is green I‟ve never seen, If the world is big The human is more stupid then pig, Why if we dream do we always have to say if? Luca Lobjanidze Why to live? To stay in love All the time I live And someone I‟ll be happy with Are gone tell me all her dreams. And my dream is To do all To make her dreams alive I really want to love Dimitry Federov All my world dies If I was your shirt I would take you off Because I idolize too little And it happens so much… a lot. I miss you all the time My heart was crazy But when I think of you My mind is so lazy. You were my sun My body, my head But now, you‟re my coffin Because you were everything for me. But it died. Laura Sequeira I love you You‟re beautiful like the stars in the night, Your face is the colour of the snow, Your eyes are the colour of the blue sky, Your hair is the colour of the sunshine, You made me cry, But I don‟t care, You broke my heart, But I don‟t care, I gave everything for you Because I love you Luca Lobjanidze If I was your shirt If I was your shirt Please don‟t take me off I want to stay next to you Near to your heart I‟m your best shirt I combine with you You can wear me with your skirt Serving you is the best thing I do Please don‟t break my feelings And wear a sweater And I will show to you Why a cotton shirt is better Andre Ramos Love The first time I saw you I had a crush I‟m fond of you I‟m in love with you and I adore you You are like a star And I like you more than anything I want to be your shirt Because I want to stay with you all the time Because I love you Alessandro Edrington Where are you? When we first met each other, I found something I wanted to live for, And I knew no one would bother, If I ever knocked your door. When I first entered your room, I found the best place ever, And when I looked at the moon, I wanted to look at your face forever. When you were with me, I felt more than happiness, Without you I wouldn‟t see, And I‟d be emotionless. Now you‟re not here, And I ask, where? Many people cry, but I can‟t hear, Because now I don‟t care. Alex Coleman Cole I have a dream I have a dream that one day poverty stopped I have a dream that one day drugs were dropped I have a dream that one day people making a rainbow world came together But I have a dream that all people have a dream. Alessandro Edrington The Polish Judge The whistle sounds All fans start screaming And someone scores All fans start screaming And someone falls The whistle sounds All fans start screaming But it‟s a goal kick- good refereeing!!! Dimitry Federov We need to fight to have a rest, We need relax to be pressed, We need some crime to have laws, We need to hate to fall in love. And what if we don‟t have all these? You will find someone to be happy with, You will have kids to care of So you will live not feeling these. Dimitry Federov I have a dream I have a dream, To rise with steam, To find God‟s heir, And whisper to his ear, To purify the air, And find in the future no fear, And the rules are fair. I want black and white, To feel alright, To be able to walk, To be together, To be able to talk, And be friends forever, To be able to buy the same stock. I want no possession, To be an obsession, For every one to share, For no one to be jealous, To sit on the same chair, To feel glorious, And friendship not to tear. Alex Coleman Cole I have a dream… …No I don‟t I killed all my dreams During the eternal search For answers But do u want to know What my dream was? It was that the blue and white peace In the sky came down to earth The beautiful jungle noises Move to the battlefields The water of the oceans Washed our souls The light of the sun Burnt our sins The world‟s strongest wind Changed our mind But then I woke up and saw The nightmare where I live Andre Ramos I have a dream Everyone said, “I have a dream” all the time But only some people realize it. And they are killed. I have a dream… Everyone said, “I have a dream” all the time But when is the time to do something No one did. Nothing. I have a dream… Everyone said, “I have a dream” all the time. Each day, people are killed and everyone dies And the others… The others only cry! A A A A dream dream dream dream isn‟t isn‟t isn‟t is to thinking crying praying act! I have a dream…! Laura Sequeira Dream I have a dream To not have any, Because in dreams the world is perfect There is only love and harmony. But when you wake up Only chaos wars and cruelty Are in the world. A dream is heaven and it corrupts Others and our minds so why oh why do we have to wake up Lets sleep and dream forever and ever. Luca Lobjanidze Friends What r friends? Friends r the beginning and the end They r water in a desert full of sand They r the harmony sounds of a band Without u I‟m lost and scared In a world full of traps I can‟t stop I have to win I know the jungle out there is mean Don‟t leave me I need u Andre Ramos ECS English country school According to my mood I like sports I like ECS I like this I like hockey and running This is fun This game is a very good game But I like Volleyball This game is not difficult and not easy I like sports I Iike ECS I like this This is OK Karanvir Singh Love is death No more happiness, No more love, No more fun, No more Everything is gone with you But tell me why, why did you kill ours hearts Why did you destroy ours lives? Even the kids don‟t go to play They are under the door waiting for you But I know I‟ll never come back. But I know that somewhere up in the sky Hear me now I‟ll love you forever and ever. Luca Lobjanidze The sun goes up The moon goes down The rain is going The light is falling And everything goes round so quick But my heart can‟t follow the beat So sometimes I feel sick I can‟t go anymore deep Because my heart starts raining And my brain starts paining But I have to win I don‟t even know what I mean But I have to know Where will I go? Dimitry Federov I like ECS I like ECS because it is a mess You can play basketball, volleyball and football When you arrive you are happy When you have to go away you are sad And then you became mad I like ECS You can go sailing You can go windsurfing You can do workshops You can go to Windermere around shops I like ECS You can make a lot of friends Chinese, Japanese, French, German, and many more from different lands You can eat with them and play with them I like ECS Alessandro Edrington Purple life Today isn‟t my day. Because I don‟t feel anything I‟m not angry. I‟m not happy. I‟m only…looking. I only can think about nothing I can‟t feel my feelings I can‟t dream. I can‟t chose And in the end… I loose. My blood is different It‟s soft and clean I‟ve never seen it. I feel (my only feeling today) That is purple. Like Like Like Like the clouds the grass philosophy. life. Laura Sequeira Happy Dreamer I‟m a happy dreamer In every kinds of way I‟m a happy dreamer I believe the world will change one day I‟m a happy dreamer I fight against poverty I‟m a happy dreamer I believe in loyalty I‟m a happy dreamer In a world full of sadness I‟m a happy dreamer Trying to clean all the mess I‟m a happy dreamer I believe that love can change the world I‟m a happy dreamer And love a simple word I‟m a happy dreamer I believe in love Andre Mauricio Laura Sequeira is from Portugal, Azores and says she is very happy! tartarugacores@hotmail.com Alessandro Edrington lives in Florence, Italy and likes hot dogs, water polo and sometimes plays computer games. edringtonale@tiscali.it Dimitry Federov is from St Petersburg, Russia and enjoys painting in the Russian style and playing football. dimafed07@mail.ru Alex Coleman Cole lives in Madrid, Spain and likes tennis, art and listening to music. alexcoleman7@hotmail.com Karanvir Singh is from Punjab, India and likes cricket, hockey and Punjabi dancing! Luca Lobjanidze is from Milan, Italy and likes football, waterpolo and beautiful girls! lobjani@hotmail.com Andre Ramos says: “I’m Andre…an Angolan man. I’m always happy, sadness is something strange for me. Reading is my passion…and I like big butts…sorry… I can’t lie” andre_maumau@msn.com Hayden Berry manages to stay eternally young and is currently living and teaching in Krakow, Poland. bronislav_72@yahoo.co.uk