For Educators/ Lesson Plans and Teaching

ADEMIN KALBI HASTA
Ademin kalbi hasta sifasi Kur'andadir.
Ademin gönlü darda ferahi Kur'andadir.
Adem ölmek istemez çaresi Kur'andadir.
Adem yalniz edemez vekili Kur'andadir.

Adem ilimi sever, ilimi Kur'andadir
Adem övülmek ister degeri Kur'andadir.
Adem bir kerre dogar, Kue'ana göre ölür
Bu iki hal arasi neleri yasar, görür.

Adem neslini sorar, nesili Kur'andadir
Adem Yaradan arar, asili Kur'andadir.
Adem günlük islerle geçsinmenin derdinde
Ebedi saadeti yitirme gayretinde.

Adem hiç, hiç unutma, sinav yeri burasi
Bu dünyadan gider adem gelince sirasi.
Ademin tek ümidi sefati Muhammedin
Orhan sende kendine bunu gaye edin.

Orhan Afacan

Friends,

Please note that my new book of poetry, " Dada Reborn: 21st Century Poems, " is now available on Amazon (Ebook) .

These poems are intended for a mature liberal-minded audience.

Thanks,

Joe

Considering the Snail

-Thom Gunn





The snail pushes through a green
night, for the grass is heavy
with water and meets over
the bright path he makes, where rain
has darkened the earth’s dark. He
moves in a wood of desire,

pale antlers barely stirring
as he hunts. I cannot tell
what power is at work, drenched there
with purpose, knowing nothing.
What is a snail’s fury?All
I think is that if later

I parted the blades above
the tunnel and saw the thin
trail of broken white across
litter, I would never have
imagined the slow passion
to that deliberate progress.

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Hello Poetry World! .Greetings to everyone.I invite you all to read the poems on my page.Please kindly leave your comments.
Thank you.

Yesterday, a supervisor of mine directed me to take down a bulletin board on which I posted student work that demonstrated their understanding of history through the medium of poetry. She said, " What does poetry have to do with history?" She went on to say that poetry is elementary and that poetry isn't rigorous. I vehemently disagree. What are your views?I do not wish to take down the work and I need supporting counter-arguments to her claims. Please respond.

hi to all im new here.....
im inviting you all to
please read my poems
and add some comments.thx

The Shared Poetry Project — inspired by this John Merrow blog entry:

http://takingnote.learningmatters.tv/?p=5454 — we'd like to invite public school students to film community members reciting lines of poetry, then edit the readings into a video for the Learning Matters YouTube channel. This exciting project provides students the opportunity to develop or strengthen real-world skills of teamwork, quality control, and production. It also can introduce the 80% of Americans who do not have school-aged children to the remarkable abilities of our youth. Not to mention exposes them to some great poetry!

Project Guidelines may be found here: http://bit.ly/xp2Jgz

A great project for National Poetry Month!

A rhyming dictionary can be a great asset, and I see there are online references that may help:
http://rhymezone.com
http://rhymer.com
http://wikirhymer.com
http://b-rhymes.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rhyme
http://rhymebrain.com
http://writeexpress.com
http://rhymes.lexemic.com

God Bless Not Only America(chapter 5) , I Am a Being(chapter 6) , and People Have a Little Earth(chapter 7) are three chapters in the poetry book GOD BLESS NOT ONLY AMERICA, which have poetry works good for students' discussions about the U.S. and the world.

For a college level poetry writing workshop, check out http: //foundpoem.com for a poetry writing warm up tool.