Emotion poems

Studying literature is always a sort of tool to learn new words and expressions, especially when students are asked to create something new, like a poem.
After having revised what a simile is, students in 3bl have been told to write "Emotion poems" focussing on a feeling.
These are the poems they have written working in pairs or in groups of three or four.


JOY
It smells like a Sunday lunch spent with your big family
It tastes like a sweet candy after a disgusting pill
It sounds like the children's laugh on a sunny day
it feels like the sun shining on your cold skin
It looks like a crowd enchanted by the vision of  Northern lights
Joy is an extraordinary and intimate opportunity.

HATE
It smells like plastic burning on a spring day
It tastes like a bitter coffee in the morning
It sounds like bells on an  early Sunday morning
It feels like getting splashed by a car on a rainy day
It looks like a house burning to kill a rat
hate is nothing more than fear, fear of loving and fear of living
LOVE
It smells like a freshly baked cake
It tastes like a mom's kiss
It sounds like two friends laughing together
It feels like hugging someone who has been away
It looks like the sun after the storm
Love is enchanting and unlimited

PRIDE
It smells like a burning cake
It tastes like a bitter coffee
It sounds like the noise of a duel sword
It feels like a fire growing more and more
It looks like the rain on a sunny morning
Pride is inevitable and irrational

HATE
It smells like a withered flower
It tastes like a rotten fruit
Hate is like darkness
It sounds like the noise of weapons in war
Hate is bad like hunger and death
Hate is a feeling killing you




The following poem doesn't follow the scheme of an emotion poem .....but it is so nice that it is worth while .......

LIFE

Loneliness is that part of you

that makes you think about life

like a bear that lives alone

in its dark cave

And while you're thinking of a dark night

you can see a shooting star and you express a wish, the same as when you see a ladybird and you think it'll bring you good luck

But ....when you feel lonely

suddenly you may meet someone being close 

to your heart

like a firefly lighting up in the dark of a night

And together their hearts

become inflamed

like more and more fireflies giving 

more and more light in a group