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World Poetry Day Competition


The call is out to all G6-G12 students at Kuei Shan to submit their best poems to compete for the honored Cups of Written and Spoken Poetry in the annual World Day Poetry Competition to be held on May 11 from 4-6pm at the 6F MPR. Those who wish to compete must submit their poetry in pdf form via email to Mrs. Jillianne Burrow at jillianneburrow@kss.tp.edu.tw by April 17.


The poem categories include the International Mindedness Concepts:

● Global issues

● Identity and culture

● Multi/Bilingualism

● Cross-Cultural understanding


Spoken poems must be shorter than 5 minutes in length and written poems must be fewer than 500 words.

Poems will be judged by how well they:

-Tie in with the broad themes of International Mindedness

-Show creativity and good choice of language

-Have meaningful flow and rhythm

-Have passion and elicit audience engagement (for spoken poetry)

-Use a rich range of language


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