Poetry

                        April Poetry Reading

April is the perfect month for celebrating reading, although  we'd rather celebrate it all year long. The 21st and the 23rd of April  are the Poetry and Book World Days respectively. On this occasion, the Heads of the Language Departments thought it would be a good idea to hold a multilingual poetry reading. 

So, we got down to work. First thing to do: find out how many languages we could include in the reading. A quick survey revealed that, surprisingly enough, students and teachers altogether could be able to read poems in eight languages: Spanish, French, Italian, English, Latin, Greek, Arabic and  sign language!

We had a great time selecting the poems, rehearsing and finally, on the 24th of April, taking part in the first multilingual poetry reading  celebrated in our school.  Have a look at the pictures below!

A group of language teachers, and the principal, after the reading.

An Italian student reading the " Divina Commedia"

A student reading " Demain, dès l'aube" by Victor Hugo.

A student from Morocco reciting a  popular poem in Arabic.