| Poetry Slam Group Poem Make a Bridge of Your Heart Make a bridge of your heart Let love be your path Make du’a For the young mother At the top of the tower In a silky black headscarf Who wraps her child in the folds of her hijab Make du’a For the girl who is an endangered animal Lost in the crowds of a cruel carnival Make du’a For the child who is finding it hard to learn For the father who is finding it hard to earn Make du’a For the person who is finding it hard to live For the mother trying hard for her kid Make du’a For the man with an empty house in his heart For the boy trying to keep it together but it keeps falling apart Make du’a For the refugee who has to leave their family Who carries their country on their back Trying to put their land back on track Make a bridge of your heart Let love be your path. | On Thursday 2nd February 2017 Class 8 took part in the 3rd annual Tower Hamlets Key Stage 2 Poetry Slam. The poet Joelle Taylor worked with Jashminara and Class 8 writing and performing poetry. She chose a team of 6 and one individual to perform their poems at the SLAMbassadors Event, which was at the Rich Mix on Bethnal Green Road. The whole class went to the Slam to cheer on our poets. It was an amazing experience and really developed Class 8’s creativity and joy in writing and performing poetry. There were 5 other schools also taking part, and the competition was stiff. We were overjoyed to win two trophies! Our best year ever at the Slam event: roll on 2018! |