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<a href="https://youtu.be/vRsj8m4L9_s" target="_blank">Death be not proud</a>&nbsp;&#8211; John Donne</p>
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In every class there are learners that love poetry and those that struggle to see the point. They have just never found the poem that move their soul. In a classroom there are limited ways in which you can create an appropriate atmosphere for a poem. But with the addition of technology a few more options are available to you as teacher. Why not try one of these video clips next time you have to introduce a poem. (An list of Afrikaans poems are to follow)</p>
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<a href="https://youtu.be/TZO08C5vL2A?list=PLCC_AldZHr4JxAezEzV6JJI3F-aWFT-FF" target="_blank">Still I rise</a>&nbsp;&#8211; Maya Angelou (read by Serena Williams)</div>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/-FOiCQ4CQ9Y" target="_blank">An abandoned bundle</a> &#8211; Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOCLS2OLQuk" target="_blank">Sonnet 30: When to the sessions</a>&#8230; &#8211; William Shakespeare</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/lo0GMqqEuus" target="_blank">London</a> &#8211; William Blake</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/bAkEyFbGjTc" target="_blank">London (set to music 1)</a> &#8211; William Blake</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/PkGi_XAhtPc" target="_blank">London (set to music 2)</a> &#8211; William Blake</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/kzMQ4YlNR18" target="_blank">When I have fears</a> &#8211; John Keats</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/aj4nhSx3McM" target="_blank">When I have fears</a> &#8211; John Keats</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/m8-7LFUZqwQ" target="_blank">Futility</a>(photo&#8217;s) &#8211; Wilfred Owen</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/A6dFjj7mJs8" target="_blank">Futility</a>(1) &#8211; Wilfred Owen</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/qYeepbQ7FsQ" target="_blank">Futility (2)</a> &#8211; Wilfred Owen</p>
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<a href="https://youtu.be/I8Ysio3fQDw" target="_blank">Let me not to the marriage of true minds</a> &#8211; William Shakespeare</div>
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				<p>What a wonderful way to draw students into poetry.  My students are all new to English so we can benefit greatly when the text scrolls across the screen.  Thank you for your blog!</p>
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				<p>Thanks. I was just so dissapointed that I couldn&#39;t find much on South African poems. There is definitely a gap in the market for a teacher with some editing skills.</p>
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