Inspirational Poetry from the Girls at Project Education Sudan

We are reaching the final stretch of our Poetry Month Campaign and I have loved every second of being able to share my passion for poetry with all of you. From our poetry workshop in Brooklyn with Poet Azure Antoinette to the beautiful poetry written by some of the girls at our schools in India and Nepal, we have had a great time bringing National Poetry Month to She’s the First.

Today we have a special treat that will help pull this whole campaign together. The goal of our poetry campaign is to sponsor a girl’s primary education at Project Education Sudan. We are hoping to reach this goal through the selling of ecards. Ecards are $4 via Paypal. They are easy to order, super cute, and the perfect thing to send to loved ones throughout the springtime holidays.

Buy one! Buy three! Send a special gift straight to someone’s inbox.

In honor of our ecard sales, we are happy to share with you some of the original poetry from the girls at Project Education Sudan. The girls worked hard to produce these outstanding works. Thanks so much!

POETRY

Oh! Oh! Put learning in your heart,
So that you may escape the sweat of hard labor,
Or become a woman of reputation for lazy girl,
Who can recall that of the lazy girl,
Who was lazy in her school?
Lazy  she is loaded down like an ass,
Like a beast that carries for her master.
Who knows what she really worth?
Set your heart on learning,
So that you may, direct the work of the world.

By RACHAEL AKUOT DANIEL (p8)

CHILD OF THE FUTURE

I am a small child, but i am the person of the future.
I am the goodness of my land and I will do my best.
Teach me that my mind may accept the word of learning.
Learning is power; learning is the best in life today ever.

By REBECCA AJOH MAKUACH (P6) Anguei Girls’ p/s

THE STAR

Oh the star! Above the sky so high.
How I wonder, what you are so up!
So bright at night in the sky held up.
Oh the star! Above the sky so high.

Oh the star ! As shinning object.
So beautiful, so coloring to my night.
How I wonder what you are so up!
So twinkling up, so bright at night.

Oh the star! As a little child by age,
you make my  night so happy so nice.
How I wonder what you are so up!
So glowing up, so changing diamond.

By DIING CHOL GAI (p8) Anguei Girls p/s