William Wordsworthdescribes poetry as ‘Spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings’. Reading and writing poems brings great pleasure to our minds. One need not necessarily be highly competent in the language in which one attempts writing poems. If one’s mind is pregnant with a thought, the drive to deliver it in the poetic form will automatically bring ‘choice words’ to one’s hand. all of us agree that poetry writing is enjoyed as a solitary assignment. But recently I experienced the pleasure of doing it as a class activity wherein most of the children in the class were involved. A poem was composed in the class. Some student supplied word, some framed lines, some suggested ‘better word’, some tried to bring in the rhyme, so and so forth. Finally they saw poem on the board, that was composed by them all in about twenty minutes!.
The poem are given below read and enjoy.
A FLASH BACK
As I walked into the sun lit room
I felt nervous and was filled with gloom.
I was still holding my mother’s hand,
The class room was looking grand!
When my left I felt insecure
The teacher took my hand in her hand
With a pleasant smile and love which is pure
We began our journey to a happy land.
