1. To be curious about the art of poetry

2. To engage creatively and critically with poetry

3. To demonstrate compassion and care in the way we interpret poetry

4. To be an independent learner by completing a choice of activities

5. To enhance our digital literacy skills

· ‘Composed Upon Westminster Bridge’ by William Wordsworth
· ‘Nothing’s Changed’ by Tatumkulu Afrika
· ‘In Romney Marsh’ by John Davidson
· ‘To Autumn’ by John Keats

nēnu dakṣiṇa bhūmi mīda pāḍaṭaṁ vinnānu

pasupu sūryakānti paḍaṭaṁ nēnu cūśānu

Norman churchilu unna knōls‌lō.

Mariyu ullāsaṅgā, biguvugā mariyu tēlikagā riṅgiṅg,

gāli lōpala dhvani yokka cōre,

Rōmnī ṭaun nuṇḍi Hythe varaku viar

dāni gāli prayāṇaṁ gāyantō pāṭu.

Ūdāraṅgu āviri yokka tera pravahin̄cindi

mariyu Straitsu veṇṭa dāni an̄cuni anusarin̄cindi;

nīlamaṇi vaṇṭi pai gāli prakāśistundi:

Mariyu gulābīlu svargapu kēndra dvārālanu nimpāyi.

Māsṭu‌lu tama ṭāps‌ni āḍin̄cāyi;

ūgisalāḍē alalu oḍḍuna egisipaḍḍāyi;

kuṅkumapuvvu beachu, anni vajrāla chukkalu

mariyu uppena poosalu, garjananu poḍigin̄cāyi.

Nēnu Dymchurch Wall nuṇḍi paiki rāgānē,

nēnu Downs takkuva śikharaṁ paina cūśānu

sūryāstamayaṁ patanaṁ yokka krimsan brāṇḍlu,

Wesṭ nuṇḍi flickar mariyu phēḍ.

Rātri munigipōyindi: Veṇḍi nippu rēkulu lāgā

oka goppa varṣanlō nakṣatrālu krindiki vaccāyi;

ṣhril gāli vīcindi; mariyu tīganu trippaṇḍi

Hythe nuṇḍi Rōmnī ṭaun varaku mrōgindi.

Cīkaṭigā merisē uppu samudrapu cukkalu

oḍḍuna alalu ḍhīkonnaṭlugā pravāhālu;

beachu, dāni anni avayava āgipōtundi

maḷḷī pealiṅg, garjananu poḍigin̄cindi.

Yes, that’s true, he wrote lyrics which can be used quite like poem stanzas. One song that relates to time and place is Man in the Mirror. After a time, Michael realises that he should make a change in the world and he explains that the man in the mirror should change first before he makes others change. He mentions seeing children without food to eat, showing how far the poverty crisis has come. Personally, I think that he was appalled and frustrated that no one was standing up and making a change so he wrote this song to show that he was going to do it first. What makes this song very important is that Michael Jackson is rather famous so he would impact many others to change for the better good. This would then, after a time cause the place to change.

The trouble that thou hath caused thee. 

Wilting willows shadowed in sorrow 

As the tears of the clouds exclaim that tomorrow 

Nothing will happen 

This land will stay barren  

For they have quenched their thirst too much 

And the farmers have now said that such and such 

Should leave this land 

And they gave you the hand. 

But you did not know 

So 

I say farewell for you aren’t me 

And I hope you’ll act more carefully. 

small,

Alack! Woe is she

Her worries build up tall,

Yet who is there to see.

The universe delighted

When I faced the past,

That is what I witnessed.

What do you say, Is it

now different?

I now face humanity

Against this treachery,

They say is destiny

But I say is criminal.

My good eye cries,

While the other lies

There in wonder.

Of how this world came to see.

Oceans flood.

Rivers die,

Land dries

They're losing their

own blood.

When I was young,

Oh! How I had run

In the emerald hair of her.

Now it's gone.

Sand has crept inside

my eyes.

Now I am not there to see:

The reality of she,

Ruined by thee.

How am I supposed

to trust you?

After what you do,

Litter amongst the streets.

It surrounds your feet!

She cries to me.

About what you

have done.

Although I cannot see,

I know…. I know all.

Her, eyelashes wilted.

Her legs sawed off.

Her pupils drained

and flooded.

Her bones melted.

Her lungs polluted.

Her skin protruded.

Her body shot.

But I saw not.

Alas, the world is

too small,

Alack! Woe is she,

Her worries build up tall,

Yet who is there to see?