LOVE POEMS BY STUDENTS

When I checked my emails this morning I found this amazing blog post in my inbox. The author discusses Donald Trump, and the battle we all face between Love and Fear. In today's poetry workshop students wrote poems on the theme of 'Love'. We started off with a quick warm up exercise, in which I asked students to complete the following sentences: 'Loves tastes like...', 'Love sounds like...', Love looks like..., 'Love feels like...' and 'Love smells like...'. We then looked at two pieces of writing: Love Is by Adrian Henri, and this passage from Corinthians. Students then wrote their own poems. Here are two fantastic examples that I'd like to share.

Love is… by Nazifa

Love is the sickening feeling

that starts to grow in your stomach.

Love feels like a warm spark

going on in your heart.

It sounds like fireworks or wedding bells

quietly ringing in your ear.

Love is when your mum throws

the first thing she sees at you.

Yes, this is love.

Love is letting your favourite chocolate

melt in your mouth.

You can’t grasp love.

You can’t see love.

You probably can’t even taste love.

Love is blind.

Love is love.

Love is… by Zainab

Love is.

Love is fireworks and butterflies

Exploding in my stomach.

Love is colourful

Love is blind

Love is.

Love is feeling,

Feelings you can’t touch

Love is exciting

Love is dumb

Love is

Love comes in different forms

My form

Your form

It doesn’t matter –

Everyone experiences love.

Love is.

Love is

Oozy chocolate fondant

And that chocolatey smell

I hope it cooks well.

Love is.

Love is

When you’re turning 13 tomorrow

And you’ve got the embarrassing lessons

Where you’re gonna go red

And receive 100 presents

In a delicious Turkish restaurant

Just me and 4 families and a Turkish waiter

Singing Happy Birthday to me,

Bringing in the cake.