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MicroPoetry

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beyond the limitsViviana and Joana make an amazing proposal of micro poetry in: en3palabras; their motto is to create dialogue through poetry, through micro poetry.

La micro poesía es universal.
Es un pensamiento colectivo, se pasea, se exhibe, se comparte. Es un bocadito de arte.
Son pequeñas rimas de lo cotidiano, se combina, se mueve, se genera a cada instante.
Es una manera de promover comunicación sutilmente… hablando se entiende la gente.

… se convierte así en una filosofía de vida: espontánea, transparente, atrevida.

I suggest visiting their site to see what micro poetry is. I’m sure once you’ll have tasted it, you’ll love it. I invite you to try it out and share your poems!

Image and micro poem by: Silvia Font

learning a language

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The following poem is a very interesting one. I think it expresses gracefully the process of learning a new language, how you may feel when you go through this never-ending path. I hope you enjoy it. You can share your feelings, emotions or thoughts.

Learning a language
is like doing a jigsaw puzzle
of a million pieces
with a picture that keeps changing.
It’s like getting lost in a foreign city
without a map.
It’s like playing tennis without a ball,
like being an ant in a field of grasshoppers.
It’s being an acrobat with a broken leg,
an actor without a script,
a carpenter without a saw,
a storyteller without a middle or an end.
But then gradually
it’s like being out in the early morning
with the mist lifting.
It’s like a chink of light under a door,
like finding the glove you were looking for,
catching the train you thought you were going to miss,
getting an unlooked-for present,
exchanging a smile.

And then one day it’s like riding a bicycle
very fast downhill.

Olivia MacMahon

I have come across this poem in the British Council website (Learning English).

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-magazine-themes-links-landing-page.htm