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Two Poems About Rain

Rain In Summer How beautiful is the rain! After the dust and heat, In the broad and fiery street, In the narrow lane, How beautiful is the rain! How it clatters along the roofs Like the tramp of hoofs! How it gushes and struggles out From the throat of the…

World Poetry Day

UNESCO celebrates World Poetry Day on March 21 and “recognizes in poetry its value as a symbol of the human spirit’s creativity”. This year in Greece, there was a special focus on racism, refugees and humanism as March 21 also  notes the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Welcome Spring! Vocabulary, Idioms, Games, Activities

What does spring mean to you? What vocabulary, images or feelings do you associate with it? Brainstorm for a minute and then explain your choices. You may wish to spot specific words or phrases in this springtime list found at the following cool site words-to-use.com. Gardening is the ultimate springtime activity.…

Get The Basics Of Figurative Language

  Just Outside the Box Cartoons by Marti is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work atwww.justoutsidetheboxcartoon.com. Come on! Don’t be a couch potato! Before exclaiming: “I’m done with figurative language!” take some time to STUDY the following resources. Then check yourself. I’m sure you will find it…

Farewell to Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou, this extraordinary personality, this much more than a poet and writer, civil rights activist, educator, actress, dancer, thinker and life dweller, left this world on May 28, 2014. She found me ignorant back at my university years, she left me dazzled about the wit and the dynamics of the…

23 April-World Book Day and UN English Language Day Celebrated with C.P.Cavafy

The United Nations Organisation has set 23 April as World Book Day  to promote reading and immersion to world literature. In the United Kingdom, the day is instead recognised on the first Thursday in March. The day was selected because it is the anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes, Inca Garcilaso…

A Taste of American and British Poetry

  “How Do I Love Thee?”, Elizabeth Barrett Browning  How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.  I love thee to the depth and breadth and height  My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight  For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.  I love thee to the…

What’s Poetry For or What’s Life For Should I Say?

Have you ever written any poems? What were they about? What made you write them? What is poetry for? How does it connect with us, our life and life in general? Do you agree with the following point of view? It is a video of  a small part from the…

Παράξενοι συνειρμοί…

Από τη μια επείγοντα νομοσχέδια, επιστρατεύσεις, προαναγγελίες απεργιών και ανακλήσεις αυτών. Από την άλλη η άνοιξη να οργιάζει έξω από το παράθυρό μου με τη μορφή …βερικοκιάς. Για δες καιρό που διάλεξε…   Αθόρυβη, ήσυχη, ασταμάτητη αλλά και αμείλικτη η φύση επί το έργον. Πόσο κοφτερά το είπε και η…