If you had to perform a poem (in front of your class), which one would you chose to perform?

Answer 1

This poem was written by a young,terminally ill girl

SLOW DANCE


Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Do you run through each day
On the fly?
When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?

You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time
To call and say,"Hi"

You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.

Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.

Answer 2

Try finding one that's humorous... (make sure it's actually funny though... if you sound like your expecting people to laugh at something that isn't really funny at all you'll seem weird) it lightens the atmosphere, instead of people judging more by your performance or how good the poem was, all they'll really remember is "hey, that kid had a hilarious poem!"

Answer 3

I used to compete in poetry in forensics meets. Everyone always liked my selections from Shel Silverstein, like "Falling Up," "The Light in the Attic," or "Where the Sidewalk Ends." They're cute children's poetry that even adults enjoy. And they can be performed with so much expression.

Answer 4

The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost

Answer 5

The Jaberwocky

Answer 6

the only element that works, is to have the means to think of purely approximately what you're doing. no longer the place you're or who's listening/observing. practice your monologue repeatedly questioning relating to the form you choose each sentence to sound. approximately is this the main severe observe in the sentence or perhaps in the finished monologue. Then once you're in front of the class do the comparable element. sturdy success

Answer 7

Ozymandes, by Percy B. Shelley. I think it is one of the most powerful poems of all time.

Answer 8

'Tis the season! I suggest The Night Before Christmas.

Answer 9

"I Have Been One Acquainted with the Night" by Robert Frost. It is gorgeous, powerful, and it rhymes, so it's easier to remember.

Answer 10

(a lively melody)
Well, you take a neck from some old bottle....
and you take a leg from some old chair...
you take some yarn from some old ragmop...
and you have hair, well you"ll have hair...

Then you put them all together...
with some string, and some old glue
and I'll get more lovin' from the gosh darn dummy,
then I'll ever get from you!