Monday, June 4, 2012

Creative Writing Workshop with Mary-Jane Newton


Today selected students from both streams participated in a poetry workshop with Mary-Jane Newton. Not only did Mary-Jane inspire us with her enthusiasm but she encouraged our students to write their own poems.



Typically German, she not only awakened our creative juices but also illuminated the whole process of writing poetry. Both the German stream and English stream benefited from this morning of cross fertilization of culture, language and knowledge. Thank you Anne Reiners and Gisela Golla for suggesting and organizing this workshop.



Below powerful offerings from our English stream students:


The Frontline

Hands gripping the gun
Sweating uncontrollably
Diving and swooping in the air
Boom, crash, another one annihilated

Welcome to my battlefield.
Adrenaline coursing through my veins
I need to obliterate all my enemies
To get them before they get to me
Wrecked carnage around me everywhere.

Congratulations, you have achieved a new high score.

Michelle Chong
5.6.2012


World Peace

World peace, what do we need?
Sieve out the bullets, the fighting, the violence.
Filter out the injustice, the crimes committed.
Pour out the hatred, the greed, the bias.

In their place fill the world with love and care.
Add a thick layer of peace and equality.
Don’t forget the large helping of a sense of community.
Lastly, sprinkle friendship across the lands.

By Maxine Kwan Michelle Chong, Hain Youn, Justin Wei and Kris Chu
5.6.2012


What Makes You Beautiful

Say "sumo"
and most people imagine
society's negative obese people

The time has come for self dejection to stop
The huge topless Japanese giants
have self confidence
and so should you.
Fat shaming is a
new and visious sport
Discrimination can stop today

Understand what youare.
BEAUTIFUL.
Don't be shy about yourself
Trust yourself and embrace

Maxine Kwan, Hain Heon, Justin Wei and Kris Chu
(Source, Young Post)
Appropriation poem


Thank you Paul for coming and taking the beautiful photos!


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