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Competitions
Rhymes / Poetry Performance
In the words of Sarah Kay, “Spoken word poetry is the art of performance...it involves creating
poetry that just doesn’t want to sit on paper, that something about it demands it be heard out
loud or witnessed in person…” and definitely the month of March heard and witnessed the
vibrant performances of our learners who delighted and enamoured everyone with their
brilliant display of performance poetry. The participants across grades (3-5 & 6-10) took up
themes of diverse nature including racism, nostalgia surrounding childhood, self-love etc. At
several points during the competition the level of identification with the poem was so intense
that poetry was soon forgotten and the stage was set for live performances that was way
beyond their age. As reflected in the words of William Watson, “I am always thinking of how
gestures add meaning or punctuation to a word or phrase”, with their energetic actions and
immaculate expressions, the learners of Cambridge generated life into the poems and made
the event worth remembering.
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