The reading of the poem "Gabbiani" written by the italian poet Vincenzo Cardarelli, suggested the idea to write poems dedicated to favourite animals, using it as a pattern on which the students have composed their poetry, manipulating the english words and structures studied over this year
Gabbiani
Non so dove i gabbiani abbiano il nido,
ove trovino pace.
Io son come loro,
in perpetuo volo.
La vita la sfioro
com'essi l'acqua ad acciuffare il cibo.
E come forse anch'essi amo la quiete,
la gran quiete marina,
ma il mio destino è vivere
balenando in burrasca.
LIONS by Chiara Torri
I don't know where lions go to sleep,
where they love staying.
I'm not like them but I'd love to
I would like to be strong like them,
I would like to be wild like them.
I just want to go away and be alive like they are.
TIGERS by Allegra Ferrari
I don't know where tigers live their lives,
where they prefer hunting.
I'd like to be like them
powerful, intresting and elegant.
I live my life as they catch their food
and like them I love action,
the action of the scary jungle.
This is the way I'm going to live my life,
seizing the day.
BUTTERFLIES by Camilla Salti
I don’t know where the butterfly has its home,
or where it can rest.
I am like it,
dancing in the grass till night.
I catch the smile of my friends
as the butterfly smells the sweetness of colourful flowers.
And maybe I am colourful because like it I am scared.
I hide myself under a hypnotic beautiful dress,
but I am not free in the sky,
I am bound to earth.
PENGUINS by Simone Bassini
I don't know where the penguin has its house
where it goes to rest:
I am like him,
I love diving as he does in the sea to find food.
And like him I love swimming,
adrift in the blue sea
among the waves: that's life!
TURTLES by Elisa Ferrari
I don't know where turles go to sleep,
if they dream about their life:
I am like them
I am lazy and I like dreaming about my future
I cross my thoughts as they cross the grass
I just wanna be like them
I just want my dreams to become true.
JAGUARS by Guglielmo Sora
I don't know where jaguars live in the savana,
where they find their peace.
They run fast and sleep deeply on the trees.
I love running
as they do when they're hunting their preys
I sometimes break my plans,
overestimating my agility.
In fact my destiny is to fight to survive in this world of men.
CATS by Manuel Matruglio
I know where cats live,
and where they rest. I’m like them: I never have a problem.
I am sometimes lonely but more often happy
I take life as it comes to me,
like cats do with the food they find.
Like them I also love sleeping,
and my sleep is very deep
But my life is frantic,
and I love it.
CATS by Samuele Ziliani
Cats, little domestic felines,
the most indipendent animals but also so playful and joyful.
They can stay a long time away from home
But, when they come back,they are the owner of everything.
I look at them and I see myself:
like a cat I run and jump in the open air
but then I need to rest
back to my place
Both when I feel happy ,
and when my soul turns down.
HORSES by Marta Camnaghi
I don't know where horses rest, where they find peace.
I am like them,in search of freedom
I love the way they run
on wide, green meadows
at the sunset,
beyond all limits.
BEES by Laura Fappani
I don't know where bees have their beehive
Where they found their energy:
I am like them
I fly away because in our life we must go on
And maybe, like them, I love annoying people
But my destiny is to live on,
Always going on pursuing my happiness.
PANTERS by Pietro Cottarelli
I don't know when panters go to sleep
Their life is active in the black night
Like them I want to see in the deep darkness of this world.
Like the panter I am fast and brave:
I fight with my claws to defend myself because
I want to live in peace in this forest.
WOLVES by Alessia Annunziata
I don't know where wolves go to sleep,
where they can feel safe.
I'm not like them but I'd love to
I would like to be as strong as they are to run
as fast as they do
I would love to be brave and fearless as they are.
I would like to run away from here
and stay with my herd
which makes me stronger than I am.
But my destiny to be on my own.
FIREFOXES by Flavi Spotti
The firefox is an animal with a striking mantle and with a small size,
who lives in an unsuitable place
always in struggle for his life;
Greedy of bamboo you are
and you prefer staying on your own
during the morning
and eating at night, in the dark and black night
when nobody can see you.
WOLVES by Beatrice Conti
I don't know in which wood wolves live
where they run fast and hunt
I'm like them
in perpetual motion
I touch the leaves of the trees,
like them when they hunt their preys,
and like them I love adrenalin,
the adrenalin of hunting, of the danger, of power.
And my destiny is challenging life
in imagination and in fantasy.
BEARS by Francesco Alovisi
I don't know in which cave bears live, where they find peace.
I'm like them, I like eating and relaxing every time.
I love sleeping
and like them falling into lethargy.
But if someone disturbes my peace,
from calm I become a savage,
and my destiny is to fight to survive
in this world of men.
TURTLES by Anna Lucchi
I don't know where turtles go to sleep where they feel safe.
I'm like them, costantly moving.
I live my life in search for freedom
and I love crawling as they do in large meadows
but my destiny is living inside my lyrics.
TURTLES by Agnese Zambinelli
I don' t know where turtles sleep at night, where they find peace.
I am like them,
I swim towards my dreams.
Life lulls me
as the current of the sea does with them.
And I love travelling as perhaps they do,
I love reaching new destinations,
but my fate is going on
swimming in a quiet sea.
TURTLES by Elena Cernei
I don't know where turtles go to sleep,
where they feel safe.I'm like them,
I'm always in motion:
I crawl in my life
as they crawl in the grass where they live.
And I love nature and its animals as perhaps they do.
But my destiny is living
dreaming of a better world for all the animals.
DOGS by Diana Neacsu
The dog is a faithful friend
sometimes he has got long ears,
to hear the footsteps of his master .
With its calm eyes
It never pretends anything
but it gives you
a world of happiness!
ODE TO THE CARP by Filippo Raglio
I don't know where the carp has its nest
Where it finds peace
I am like it
In perpetual search food
I hit life,
As it hits the ground to find food
And I also love the ditch
But my destiny is living
Stuck by a lock.
KOALAS by Francesco Leone
I don't know where koalas live
Where they rest in peace
I am like them
I look for my preys and I think how to kill them.
But my destiny is to sleep
to evade from a world of angry people.
MONKEYS by Francesca Albarelli
I don't know where monkeys go to bed
where they find their happiness I am like them
Constantly smiling
I skim life,
As they skim lianas to jump from side to side
and I love laughing as monkeys do
but my destiny is to live
jumping from trees to trees.
EAGLES by Christian Dall'Olmo
I don't know where eagles fly
and if they feel free,
but I like them while they are flying above the mountains
and among the trees looking for peace:
I want to be free as they are and fly in this wide world,
feeling the wind on my face
and I want to be free to fly forever
because I am in a prison
from which I wll escape flying away.
GAZELLES by Bianca Donida
I don’t know where gazelles have their hideout,
Where they can stay in peace.
But, when I Close my eyes and everything disappears
I dream that I am like them:
I touch lightly the wet grass, as I were flying
And gracefully I escape from all the predators.
So, when I open my eyes
I understand that my destiny isn’t this one:
I have to live as a human being and overcome obstacles
Like tornadoes in their ride.
LIONS by Michele Monfredini
I don't know where lions live
Where they can find their peace.
But I know that the lion is the king of animals
The most noble of the other
Without having many duites.
They can do what they want
without any problems
I'd like to be like them
But I can't
Or this could be possible
Only for a day in all year
just for my birthday.