Write your own autobiography poem on peace
Write your own autobiography poem on peace and happiness.
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“Poetry. It’s better than war!”
Michael Rothenberg, cofounder of 100,000 Poets (and friends) for Change
Introduction for grownups
This year (2018), 100,000 Poets for Change promoted its newest initiative, Read a Poem to a Child!
Write your own autobiography poem on peace
Poets all over the world have visited schools, community centers, libraries, and living rooms to read poetry to children.
Update 28 September 2019: This initiative continued for a second year in 2019, with poets and others again reading poetry to children.
More resources and supplies are available here.
As a supplement to this amazing sharing of poetry (and stories, music, art), I am sharing this updated and revised exercise. In 2013, I originally developed this exercise for some poetry workshops geared to upper-elementary school children in English language classes at The Jerusalem School of Beit Hanina, in East Jerusalem.
The school’s motto is “Peace begins with me,