February Poem Competition

Sure you all have a favourite poem. The poem above these lines is one of my favourites. I find its message a very positive one and it makes me happy. There are as many definitions of poetry as there are poets. But what is POETRY?

Wordsworth defined poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings."

Emily Dickinson said, "If I read a book and it makes my body so cold no fire ever can warm me, I know that is poetry."

And Dylan Thomas defined poetry this way: "Poetry is what makes me laugh or cry or yawn, what makes my toenails twinkle, what makes me want to do this or that or nothing."


Poetry is a lot of things to a lot of people.

Well, now it's your opportunity to react to poetry and say something about it. To vote the best poems at www.palimpalem.com/4/English4PET you can write the TITLE of the 3 poems that you have liked best and give them a score (3 points for the best poem, 2 points for the second best, and 1 poem for the third best). Write down why you give that score to each poem, why you liked it, what it transmits to you, etc.

Read you soon!