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Unlock the Poetry Paradox:   I can only try to be the one I see in my dreams.




                                                              Whilst in real life,
 Reverse poems!                     And let those dreams soak up my pain.
                                    I wish of being who I knew I'd never be

                                                             As I pretend to be,
                                           On my heart is left a bloody stain
 Students are always encouraged to      That goes deeper each passing day
 experiment with new forms of                            As I notice me at day
                                                            Notice me at night
 poetry. Reverse poetry gives students                 Knowing I would kneel

 the opportunity to tell creative                                          down
 stories and engage the reader by                To the person I dream to be
 being coherent when read forwards                    That I know I'd never be
 and backwards. Try and see how the              The bloody stain spreading,
 meaning changes when you read                        taking over my heart so
                                                                    This division
 from the bottom to the top!              Because between who I am in my
                                                                            mind
                                                           And who in real life
                                              Pretending to be, the person I
 The Dark World                                 know I would kneel down to.
                                                      In my dreams, my mind
 This world stands full of                                           relentlessly
 misery,                                  Gawks at the world it cannot be a
 I do not believe that                                                    part of.
 I can sustain for much   School             As a fish stares above the water
 longer.                        To see the shaking reflection of a Stranger
 There is no hope and life   I hate school,  I stare to the shaking jumbled reflection of
 can’t sustain any more.  It’s not true that                                  me
 It is false that  My teachers are good at              Who Is not a Stranger
 This world is full of   explaining.            A Person I know All-Too-Well
 beauty.  I believe that,                     A person who I would kill to be
 I can’t learn by myself.                       A person who in my dreams.
 Rishabh, MYP 2A  I don’t think that,                         Soak up my pain.
 My classmates are nice.                                     As I pretend to be.
 I know that,                                    On my heart, a bloody stain.
 School is bad.
 It’s not true that,                                By Nikita Chugh (MYP 2)
 I love school.


 Anvi Dhawan, MYP 1A








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