World Poetry Day was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) in 1999 and is celebrated on 21 March. The aim is to promote the reading, writing and teaching of poetry. According to UNESCO: 'World Poetry Day is an invitation to reflect on the power of language and the full development of each person’s creative abilities'.
The English Department have decided to share with you a beautifully crafted poem written by Leo Marks. What is fascinating about this poem is that he wrote it on Christmas Eve 1943 and he gave the poem to Violette Szabo on March 24th 1944 to use as code during the Second World War. The poem is entitled: 'The Life That I Have' or it is sometimes referred to as 'Yours'.
- The life that I have
- Is all that I have
- And the life that I have
- Is yours.
The Life That I Have
- The love that I have
- Of the life that I have
- Is yours and yours and yours.
- A sleep I shall have
- A rest I shall have
- Yet death will be but a pause.
- For the peace of my years
- In the long green grass
- Will be yours and yours and yours.
Please feel free to email your favourite poems to us at: englishonline@loretonavan.ie
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