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Combine Your Grammar and Poetry Skills
Poems received in 1999 are placed on this separate page.
Write a 5-line poem in the following manner:
- On the first line write a noun of your choice
- On the second line write two adjectives joined by and to describe this noun
- On the third line write a verb and an adverb to describe this noun in action
- Start the fourth line with like or as followed by a comparison
- Start the final line with if only followed by a wish
Below is an example of such a poem (written by the Norwegian pupil Sven Grüner):
Politician phoney and false lying desperately like a mocking bird if only I had the key to the bird cage
Now it's your turn.
Use the white space below to write a 5-line poem of your choice. Whenever
you need to, you can call up a search form for Webster's
Hypertext Interface or Roget's
Thesaurus via Gopher to help you look into and/or experiment with synonyms
to the words you first chose. Make changes and decide which version works
best. This is great to discuss and actually sculpt your language. Note
that you can also copy (parts of) the text you find in the Theasaurus.
The finished poem can be passed on or published in many ways:
- mark the poem (use left mouse key, press down and drag your pointer across the text)
- use the edit option or Ctrl-C to copy your poem to the clipboard
- start a word processor or Notepad and paste your poem into it (Ctrl-V)
- or open your browser's mail option (if present), copy the poem and mail it to someone
- why not mail the poem to me anlun@online.no
Good poems will be published on this website for all the visitors to read!
It is also possible (and fun) to do this exercise in a very low-tech way: Decide on a theme for the noun in the first line. Then let the pupils suggest the subsequent lines, write everything on the blackboard. Make sure you go over the lines again to open up for synonyms, creative imagery and unexpected twists. The next versions will be so much better than first one.
Poems received:
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mean and bad always on our back like a fly if I only could give them some homework Andreas Raftevold 6790 Hornindal gum sleek and plain driving softly like a feather in the tide if only she knew that much sharad@outremer.com cars huge and fantastic cruising rapidly like Bill Gates if only I had a garage class 1A (after working with "American Dreams") fear silent and actual looking so normal like killings on t.v. with no volume if only at least i could do the same logovo@tij.cetys.mx (Liliana Gil Valdivia) Maracaibo's Lake polluted and sad screaming silently mercy as many others creatures of nature if only I had the power to make everybody hear Ricci Nava, Venezuela: ricci76@hotmail.com snowboarding swift and fast carving out the turns like flying through the air if only i could tame the mountain Richard John Deveridge, bellodev@acay.com.au Time deaf and blind passing quickly like a frightened horse. If only "then" could be "now". Lars tore Bækkelund larstb@online.no A dictionary abundant and kowledgeable consult conveniently like a tutor if only I could remember all vocabulary. From Tsai Tsui-Yun Claudia: u313@salmail.sjsu.edu
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deligent and foolish working continually like a moving ant if only I had a brilliant brain ftcinspe@aminet.co.kr computers tried and true loading slowly like an old trucker if only i didn't drive behind him Joe Murphree murphre@digital.net headmaster brutal and cruel snorting and bashing like a wild boar if only I could slaughter it!!! saadah faridah saadah@tm.net.my Little girl lonely and blue singing loudly like a soul bird if only that little little girl would come out and play the blues would be far away Anita y SAUL Martinez concierge@mail.sybcom.com Ogi beautiful and smart come here gracefully as elegant as can be if only I could talk to her even just one hour.. Hyunwoong Park, hwp@hotmail.com Fish Free and calm Always paying attention Like a little student If I had to give him his freedom... Monica Marten - Brazil Diana alluring and kind-hearted resting peacefuly like a sleeping beauty if only there was a Prince waking her up with a kissie From: jessica: u363@salmail.sjsu.edu ESL arduous and painful lying around me like the wide ocean If only I could drink it all From: Pablo: u365@salmail.sjsu.edu Sunshine Bright and warm Reaching endlessly Like an ethereal hand A wish at my command From: "j.j.": rabbi@ecrknox.com Dreams insubstantial and splashed violating the brain like a state of suffering in death with the pain if only you could survive you would get them again and again... Natalja: natalja@comnet.se |
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hot and light always on our head like a hair if only I could turn it off by Amera Ebrahim from Eritrea ocean quite and noisy lying in a quiet place like a street if only I could spend my vacation there by Van Doan from Vietnam mother sweet and busy running continually as a bee if only I could help her by Nhu Ngoc Nguyen from Vietnam television big and bright watching globally like a newspaper if only I could enjoy it everyday by Savy Soum from Cambodia house big and beautiful has absurdly huge windows like an aquarium if only I didn't have to clean them by Rita Vilkevich from Uzbekistan duvet big and heavy lying messily like the skin of a tiger if only I had a light blanket by Yunjeong Lee from Korea |
love
difficult and blind always in our heart like our blood if only I could take it out by Zemzem and Amera from Africa This flower large and beautiful has a good smell like your kiss if only I could give it to you by Fatima Villela from Brazil sun blazing and flaming glows brilliantly like a gold pendent if only it would rise when it is freezing by Abeer Al Turk from Jordan musician elegant and polite plays the piano as a god if only I had a piano I could play as the musician by Blanca Piedra from Ecuador boat smooth and fun taking us into the sea like a breeze after the rain if only I could own it by Maria Gonzalez from Mexico house big and beautiful always in our life like the earth if only I could build it by Edgar a Caceres from El Salvador Parents worrisome and happy watching carefully like birds if only I could make them happy. by Sovannareth Man from Cambodia |
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Green and radiant Growing slowly Like a small baby in that garden If only I could take it home with me. by Adalberto Cruz Blue Boy Always lonely and with sad eyes My soul cries deep inside Like a black hole in my heart that cannot be filled If only your smile could transform my blues away. by Chuy Rojas-Ramirez (Mixtecos@yahoo.com) Night Dark and passionate Sparkling and cool Like a glass of champagne If only it could last forever by Irene Perez |
Butterfly
Colorful and free Flying high and low Like and airplane, unreachable If only I could trade my arms for its wings. by Irene Perez Man Passionate and loving Running to my arms quickly Like a moth to a flame drawn by the fire If only I could keep him forever. by Jennifer Jury |
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paranoid and pestering preying perpetually like vultures if only they could value privacy by Helga Hoel, helhoel@online.no Diana, Princess of Wales generous and kind smiling desperately like a princess should if only they had obeyed her wish by Karen Nordskag Flowers flamboyant and fascinating lying silently like a blanket on the ground if only they had the power to bring her back by Ingeborg Volan The mind dark and lifeless absorbing me ruthlessly like a mental disorder if only I could let myself drift by Inger Marie Aalborg Haugen |
Friends
honest and polite smiling brightly at each other like a bird if only we could all be friends by Ingebjørg Stenhaug Exchange students fearless and unstoppable seeking intelligently like a leach sucking desperately for blood. If only they treated us with some respect. by Thomas Nordmark (Exchange student in Germany, 1996) Chopper mechanical and unreliable crashing fatally like a hippo from a tree if only pilots could fly by Axel Tidemann (... and finally the one who thought of something less distressing ...) Girls sweet and sexy glowing gloriously like fireflies if only I could feel their touch by Trond Ellingsen The people double and inconsistent thinking similarly as if they were one if they only could think twice by Gunn Helen Lundgren These contributions were all made in the course of 45 minutes at the end of a Friday. Who says pupils lack creativity?! |
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My dear teacher, Marianne, wantes me to write a poem inspired from Time
Magazine picture. This is my poem:"
pyramid ancient and mysterious stand permanently like legend if only I was the queen of Egypt by Yu-ching Tai Diane "I'm a SAL (Study in America Language) student of San Jose University. Last week, I saw many poem through your website. I want to introduce my poem." Princess Diana sleeps calm and silent forever with many bouquets like White Princess of Walt Diseney We don't forget you in our heart. by Jinho Shin "I'm a SAL student in San Jose State University!!! And I'm from Japan to study English. By the way, I have written to Santa clause in Norway when I was 7 years old." flower beautiful & sad blossom lovely like a human's life if only a flower could live forever by Akiko Ehara "In our class, we tried to create a poem in the format which you gave. I was able to have a fun to do so. I would like to introduce my poem to you.": Flower Beautiful and Pretty grows sadly like a cat crying in a rain if it is put in front of a grave. by Akihiro Matsuda (I wrote this poem after reading the article about Princess Diana's death.) Two more poems by Akihiro: Wind Cool and Comfortable blow kindly like it is encouraging us if only we have a pure heart Our dream Big and Bright come true like time going by if only we could make an effort "My teacher introduced your home page to us. It's very interesting and meaningful for me. Therefore, I'd like write a poem using your form in Home page": Diana pure and glorious deliver needs everywhere Like a peaceful white dove If only she could live long by Claudia Tsai |
"I study English in San Jose State Univ., and
I will stay here for 7 months. I study business in Japan, near Tokyo. Last
week, we learned about your poem, and I was so impressed. And we try to
write some poems about Princess Diana.":
a lot of bonquet neat and clean mature at once like Diana if only I could give her a bottle of water by Saori Oyama "I am a 20-year-old girl from Japan. Now, I am studying English and Economics at San Jose State University. I live in dorm with my pretty roommate, Marianne. I always have a nice time!" romance sweet and painful is born suddenly like a sun-shower if only it could happen to us, my boyfriend and I by Aya Kurashita "Hi!I am Jennifer Chiang from TaiwanIt's nice to know this homepage from our teacher Marriane,because I can read the poems from students around the warld. Meanwile,I am also willing to share my poem with you.": Princess Diana Beautiful and Enthusiastic Behaved gracefully Like a fair lady If only she would not have died by Jennifer Chiang "My name is Vivian Lee, I come from Taiwan. My major in Taiwan is Management Information System." Time Magazine good and knowledgeable issued quickly like as an English teacher if only I could improve my English by Time magazine. by Vivian Lee "I am a student,and my name is Justine. Now I study in SAL(studied Americam language)": Copy machine magical and fast make really like a standard national currency if only it could make true bills by Cheng Chia-Chi "My name is Soyoung Kim. I am poor at English speaking. Sometimes I hard to listen to English. But I get along well because many people help me. Last night I wrote this:" (2 poems) A heavy shower Powerful and refresh pour down hard Like a waterfall If only I could be exposed to rain all day. airplane big and fast fly quickly like a bird if only I could fly. by Soyoung Kim |
Poems received in 1998:
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dilligent and busy work hard everyday like a bee if only I could help them by Kim Hyo Deok, Korea Pupil loud and often rude continually getting on the teacher's nerves like cattle offending as often as they can if only I didn't like them so much by Karlheinz Schaffer, schakh.private@netway.at Windows95 Sick and mortal Ruin you and your com horribly Like a mad virus If only I can back to DOS by HyunJe Song genx@netsgo.com a book blue and big doing nothing like a bradypodidae if only I could turkish by Hayrabet Akdemir, 13, e-mail: hayrabet@hotmail.com Guildo handsome and smart singing sweetly like a bee in a honeypot if only he would win in BIRMINGHAM by Userantan@aol.com Father big and generous calling me in a series of arcs like falling leaves in fall if only I could touch his hand again by Kim YungBoo ybkseoul@soback.kornet.nm.kr Rainbow colorful and changeable vansihed suddenly like my dream if only I had a lock to the sky LEGACYXIA@AOL.COM Monkey Crazy and diseased Urinating wildly like a garden sprinkler if only you didn't have ebola by Ryan Anderson ryana@intranet.ca Life easy and hard has good and bad people like you think If only I could know about your heart by Manuel Duvan, Colombia dcastibl@hotmail.com Dreams black and white flying wildly like young butterflies if only I could fly that high by Christy Cressell KClahlah@aol.com frustration seeping and everpresent creeping slowly like a snail if only i could blow it away by Erguvanli Family erguvan@turk.net Love o magical and enchanment word always looked like a missing fortune if only I had it........ by Maricarmen Moncada, sroach@pearson-college.uwc.ca Monterrey - Mexico O dear love preciosus and enchanting smiling so faithfully like a sweet disturbing wind if only you could touch me........... by Ana y Maricarmen sroach@pearson-college.uwc.ca Monterrey - Mexico Girl pretty and smart walks lovelly like a smoothy cloud if only I had the key to her heart by marcia thurler (mthurler@yahoo.com) cloud unreacable and white going quietly like a dream If only I could ride on it by Mehmet Ula (topraktepe@ihlas.net.tr) boy young and vivid playing continuously like a happy dog if only he knew that he had not much time to enjoy his boyhood by Yun, JungHyun" (yoonjuh@kepri.re.kr) Mini Morris small and nice driving slowly Like a tricycle If I only could have that car Trucks big and noisy roaring vigorously like a big machine If I only could drive that truck by Marianne Synnøve Olsson (roywf@bergen-yrkes.vgs.no) laptop black and cool working quickly like Clinton's aides covering up if only I was as quick at waking up by Suzie Q (skb111@email.psu.edu) Love Crazy and passionate Touch deeply Like an arrow of Cupid If only it always stays... by Stephanie Rheaume (s_rheaume@hotmail.com) Monday very boring and depressing dragging endlessly as a crawling creature, if only Mondays were eliminated, it would help in fighting hatre Winter highway, Slippery and slushy, Enslaving treacherously, Like Serpent, If only I had the money for winter tires. by Marina Yawromyan (marina@radiopage.ru) mouse grey and little calmly runs like a slug if only I had a cat to kill it by Luca from Treviso (utente8@dns.tvtecnologia.it) Flower red and yellow delicatly aromatic like mountain air if only it could be for ever. by Fabiana & Marvi Tiffany Nice and steamy Making love with passion Like a sweet burning star If only she would always be mine by Alessandro Gardin & Matteo Bortoletto boys handsome and stupid thinking slowly like a horse if only I could ride it... by Kjerstin Høyem Reitan (kjerstin@hotmail.com) cat ugly and fat runs fast like Michael Johnson if only he was thin! by Ola & Erik (eaune_84@hotmail.com) Table brown and small standing still like a statue if only it could talk to me by Siri og Lorena (sirips@hotmail.com) Rose Red and Beautiful Shines up Like a star If only it could last forever by Stine & Tone (marquita_@hotmail.com) Teacher evel and cruel gives us boring homeworks like my mom's boss if only they could be kinder... by Gry Anette Hostvedt Haram (gry_anette@hotmail.com) |
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round and flat ticking slowly like a bomb if only i had batteries from hayrabet e-mail: hayrabet@hotmail.com Love True and deep Flowing Freely Like the One Who Saved Us If only we ALL understood this from jennifer email: jwatabay@hawaii.edu Sea dark and deep sounding loudly like thunder if only could know beyond its depth. from Jimena Ocampo email: jimeog@hotmail.com Here in New York big and wonderful it is alive like the stronger If only I could know it from Tunisa Bailey email: tunisia@clavin.compuville.com Dream beautiful but vague growing so fast like a baby become a boy if only we keep on thinking about from Ji-Yeon Yang email: jyyang@chat.carleton.ca Dolphin smart and elegant leaping up and flying playfully like a dancer on the sea If only I could be her partner from Kim Jae Suk email: meerokim@soback.kornet.nm.kr Rain.. fallen and gone it's taken into the dark like a black hole if only I could kick it out! rkyan@kes.miracosta.cc.ca.us Bride Scared and excited Waiting happily Like a child who has thousands unanswered quesions If only I have answers to all dong@digital-marketplace.net Elementary principal churlish and craven creeping nervously as a damp and tattered moth If only she had had the wings of the sentinel crows that guard and bless our school by Johnson darktanyon@earthlink.net Business calling and meet working hardly like a writing letter if only I know fluencly English by Suhail Abu Nofal abu.nofal.saz@inplus.cz man surprising and strong caressing roughly like the winter seas if only I were among the waves by tarenyelle@hotmail.com Teachers devoted and underpaid working frantically like there is no tomorrow if only they were appreciated by Mary E. Richards mrichards@zeus.chapel1.com Hair Silky and Sleek Bouncily Cascading Like a Waterfall If only I hadn't gotten it cut by Sharon Holan Bbonnetz@aol.com Flowers pure and beautiful growing infinetely like the sun that will forever shine if only I could be blessed by such grace! by ORCHID-FLOWER@webtv.net headache alive and unpredictable smashing suddenly like a wreck of mangled cars If only there had been a stop sign by Laura Linenberg (llinenbe@home.com) Beer cold and wet running down my throat like a coke but just better if only I had a bottle now . Milk white and cold coming from the cow,just press the udder like a white big bird if of only I had a glass of milk now. Bed warm and cosy never says no like a desperate little boy of only my bed was here in front of me. by Aase Sjursen og Merete Rosvold (siljekj@bergen-yrkes.vgs.no) Friends honest and caring always together like the bees and the flowers if only I had one Coca Cola black and bottled obeying thirst like water in a desert if only I could get the lid open by Siri K. Skorve and Jill Thorseth (roye@bergen-yrkes.vgs.no) boy big and fat runs fast like a tiger if only I could be thin by Mats Mikhel Moen (mats_mikhelm@hotmail.com) Love Crazy and passionate Touch deeply Like an arrow of Cupid If only it always stays.. . by Stephanie Rheaume (s_rheaume@hotmail.com) Internet big and wide extend rapidly like a storm if only I could follow up by Tao Li (li_tao_98@yahoo.com) Football Crazy and Fun Runs fast like a clown If only I could run faster by Jan Vidar Lysbakken (jalle13@hotmail.com) house the house is red and blue the house s burning down as a fireplace if only i could save the house i wish i could save it by Daniel Hanssen (daniel_hanssen@hotmail.com) cat black and white run fast like a leopard if only it can stop by karin og nishanthy (furuhaugen skole.) girls sweet and innoscent lying peacefully like an angel if only she could stop to lie.... by Mari Smistad (m_smistad@hotmail.com) Teachers Boring and silly Teaching badly like Magni if only i could kill them Liverpool Slow and ugly Playing sadly like a 3rd division team if only the were hit by a bomb. Man Utd Great and proud Playing Like Goods Like a team from heaven if only they`d beat the crap out of Liverpool (But they`ve already done that) by Jorge Barrera Grandon (yoshi_83@hotmail.com) Prague Spring Shiny and Fresh Breathing Lovingly As a Night in May If Only I were in this Mood Today by Michal Papez-Prague (michal.papez@csam.com) |
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"Hi there, I am a teacher of English in Salalah, the Sultanate of Oman. Today my students and I visited your web site. I think it is great. They wrote this poem. This is the first time for them. Greetings from Fatima, Musthail, and Ahmed, and me, Liz." |
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amusing and charming smiling beautifully like the Mona Lisa If only her wishes would come true |
Peace
Happy and safe Being in a perfect world Like the face of a child Like a peaceful white bird If only I could make everyone's life happy by naifa (bcsalala@gto.net.om) |
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beautiful and secret changed slowly like a human life if only it hadn't been damaged. Viktorie, Slovak Republic London noisy and polluted watch carefully like a magnet for tourists if only they had money! Lucie, Czech Republic |
Trees
big and small standing all together like the streets of London if only I had been the owner of one. Inger, Norway My sister sweet and intelligent convincing easily like a magician if only I had the same character. Virginie, France |
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The pupils write: Hi, we attend classes 7a and 7b at Vardenes school in Stavanger, Norway. We like English a lot and when our teacher said we could have our poems published on the net, we thought this would be great fun. We are currently writing a book of short stories, which is also fun. We write all our stories on PCs. We really hope all our poems will be published on the Internet! Greetings from all of us in 7a & 7b. |
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Beautiful and smart Caught strongly in a body Like a bird in a cage If only I could set it free Espen Pedersen Boys Sweet and cosy They can be cool and wonderful Like angles in the sky If I only were in love Lene Johansen Summer Funny and sunny Swimming calmly in the warm water Summer flying fast like a bird away If only summer would last forever Silje Due Olsen Last year The skies were grey Like selfish day I wish I could leave heaven blue Irja Camilla Sørbø Car Stupid and ugly I drive my stupid car fast Like a monster If only I could throw it away Magne Carstens Puppies Barking friendly Stealing your heart Like a baby If only I had a puppy Taran Nylund Summer Bathing in the see Just cool it in the sun Ice cream and cold coke If we just could have that in Norway Jan Eirik Sørbø Car Stupid and old I drive like mad through woods If only there was a road Jan Olaf Lindtner Fish Free and foul Swimming fast in the sea Fast and cool I wish I were a fish Mats Michelsen Winter Cold and snowy Skiing rapidly on the snow Like a snowmobile If only I had a friend Rune Salvesen Skateboarding High allies and kickflips Catch the kickflips fast like a basketball player I wish I could do it Kristoffer Holzmann Rain Wet and windy Falling silently from the sky Like silver drops I wish it never stopped Dicle Yilmaz |
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Wet and cold Digging hard Sweating in the small tunnel Black and sad Like an alien tunnel If only I could get some sleep Steffan Søyland Plane Tall and big Fly the passengers quickly Like a bird on the wing I wish I were the pilot Kristian Haugen A forest Green and deep Is standing there so silent Like a big heart If only I could live there Helene H Pedersen Car Nice and expensive Driving fast Like a lightening If only I could drive Tjerand Gjerde Lady Sexy and lovely Flirting seriously Like a rose If only she was mine Carl Thomas S Egenæs Dog Green and yellow Looking at you slowly and sweet Like a friend If only I had a dog like that Thomas H Eriksen Indian Fast and clever Runs faster than a raven can fly Like a shot If only I could be an Indian Trond Thorsen Liverpool Best and red Winning easily all games Like a winning machine If only they won the champion League Sindre H Lotsberg Pepsi Sweet and funny She jumps high in the grass like a bunny If only I could be like her But we'll always have our love Sandra Lorentzen Love Love is a beautiful and nice thing When you're in love You just want to sing Love is a beautiful thing For love I'll do anything Marianne L Marenburg Dino Black and clumsy Playing happily around on the beach Like a shadow If only I could be so happy Lisa Larikka Danny Sexy and cool Running quickly away Like a sweet rose If only I have you Aina Kleppa |
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Soccer Ball
It's round and quick and when you shoot it it goes fast If only I can play with the World Cup Soccer ball CARLOS MARIN Dirtbikes fast and enjoyable jump swiftly like a galloping horse if only you knew how to jump. ALBERTH OTAROLA. Space dark and huge orbiting asteroids slowly like a slow motion picture if only we knew more about solar systems. NAGARJUNA VELLANKI Bicycle swift and fast curving and turning like riding through the air if only I can dare RAPHAEL BAUTISTA |
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Music
exciting and fun dancing to the tune happily like Usher dancing if only I can meet him. BRENDA HEREDIA Ryan, repectful and good kisser sweet talker with a funny laugh like a little boy if only he can be my man! ENZA MAZZOLA School large and noisy days passing rapidly like happy days if only you would have a friend. SANJU. Gum soft and chewy delisciously fruity and minty like apple and strawberry if only it would taste good for a long time TSERING KHANGSAR |
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new and bright waking up like a new start if only I could skip school. -Yi-Chun Tsou, age 13 Monday tired and busy working rapidly like a tidal wave if only there was no homework. -Jacqueline Chiang, age 14 Refrigerator attractive and interesting giving generously like a treasure box if only I knew how to open it. -Andy Onishi, age 13 Noon noisy and exciting eating quickly like puppies if only I could play. -Yoo Lee Kim, age 12 Chang Hoon handsome and comfortable studying very well like the singer, U Seung Joon if only he never said "Ouch!" -Chang Hoon Kim, age 14 Dark peaceful and quiet starting the world like a mother if only I could rest. -Young Min Shin, age 14 |
Puppy
cute and soft drinking quietly like a baby if only he wouldn't grow up. -Michael Lo, age 11 13th period silent and empty studying unhappily like a librarian if only I could run away. -Won Joon Lee, age 13 Dorm office noisy and funny quiet sometimes like a zoo if only the dorm office was home. -Hiromi Chimura, age 13 School hard and tiring studying late like a large house if only I could skip the homework. -Brian Chung, age 10 Harker wonderful and beautiful being kind and nice to us like a mother and father if only we were independent. -Jin Rhim, age 13 |
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Marianist high school
nice and wonderful always exciting like a paradise if only our school could be a coeducational school by Jin Yeon-seung brother talkative and stubborn speaking continuously like a sparrow if only I had a needle and thread by Kim Jung-hun moon bright and mysterious changing everyday like a woman's mind if only I could stop her change by Kim Ji-ho book easy and pure always being in need like a friend if only I could be a walking dictionary by Choi Myung-kil flower beautiful and sweet making me happy like a sweet heart if only I had a flower bed in my heart by Lee Sa-ya cat small and pretty making me laugh like a comedian if only I had a kitten by An Su-chan sky deep and blue admitting everything like a lake if only I had a boat by Kang Seung-chan tiger strong and brave hunting the giraffe like a hunter if only I were in his place by Kim Myung-su kiss sweet and beautiful always fascinating me like a candy if only I had a true love by Park Chul-su dream complicated and mysterious always being forgotten like an English word if only I could remember the whole drama by Lee Chang-choon |
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funny and mysterious showing us many things like a magic box if only I could live in it by Lee Dong-ju girl friend pretty and kind helping me in a difficulty situation like a family if only she could be a my wife by Ju Ki-un orphan poor and lonely wandering on the street like a solitary man if only I could be a millionaire to help him by Lee Hyun-ju key mysterious and surprising opening and closing the door like a magic cane if only I had a master key by Park Sung-tan music beautiful and intense moving our mind like a magic if only I could become a famous musician by Kim Jae-kwang children small and lovely making me happy like a kitten if only I could return children's day by Kim Sung-hun baseball interesting and wonderful always making me happy like a delicious food if only I could be a baseball player by Moon Sung-jin injection painful and nervous making me afraid like a devil if only I could be a doctor by Jung Seung-hwan sweetheart moody and irresolute making me crazy like a swinging reed if only I could be her husband in the future by Lee Jin-wook money necessary and unnecessary making me merry or miserable like my brother if only I could live without money by Kim Su-min |
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Weather
changable and capricious embarrasing me always like a chameleon If only I could be an emperor and tell it what to do. by Ho and Arryanto Morning fresh and dynamic rushing to the future wholeheartedly like a strong horse If only I could always keep my life like a glistening dewdrop by Jee Won Music majestic and eternal healing sensitively like blue sky if only it could bring the world to peace by Yoshii and Erwin Loneliness Dark and silent. Deeply hurting sorrowfully. Like a solitary moon. If only I could fall asleep peacefully by Alam and Eun Kyoung |
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Love
sweet and dangerous coming easily yet departing painfully like a drug taking over a person If only I could find a cure by Rie and Sang Su Love foggy and windy hiding sometimes like a true story if only it happened to me how wonderfull it would be. by Ho and Arryanto Education smart and endless building confidence continuously like treasure and power if only it could create what humans are by Phat |
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varied and merry surrounding everything forever like the air if only I could plunge into them. by De Leo, Tursi, Vernaglia School ugly and bad persecuting schoolchildren like the most annoying salesmen if only it burnt down. by Costamagna Summer sunny and hot amusing unceasingly like an exciting game if only it lasted forever. by Belmonte, Calzavara, Costamagna Sky big and blue shining brightly like the Italian one if only I could fly. by Neirotti Oliver Bierhoff good and fanciful playing extraordinarily like Diego Maradona if only I could meet him. by Galgano Glass of water clear and pure refreshing lightly like a gentle breeze if only I had a swimmig pool by Caselli ,Devoti, Russo Water blue and bright glittering magnificently like diamonds if only I could dive by Muscarello Fun fair beautiful and exciting attracting violently like New York if only I could go by Neirotti My baby sister's eyes innocent and misterious looking passionately like a cat's eyes if only I understood what they say. by Tiozzo, Vanzetti Sea Beautiful and transparent shining lively like a giant bathtub if only it remained clean by Lo Presti |
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Girls
beautiful and likeable always late like the slowest snail if only once they arrived in time. by Belmonte,Calzavara, Costamagna Sky clear and blue lasting eternally like the stars if only it were clean by Stincheddu, Tiozzo, Vanzetti Birds light and coloured flying freely like my thoughts if only I had their wings by Caselli, Devoti, Russo Motorbike beautiful and fast speeding quickly like Valentino Rossi if only I had one by Neirotti, Pace Sun yellow and warm lighting the world endlessly like an eternal lamp if only I had one of its rays by Greco, Mastrodomenico World round and big spinning quickly like a ball if only I could kick it by La Saponara, Muscarello Moon round and enormous turning continuously like a ball if only I could possess it by Davì, Petracca, Villano Wind fresh and perfumed howling strongly like a wolf if only I could fly with it by Stincheddu Clocks noisy and boring turning magically like a mill if only I had a battery by Stincheddu, Tiozzo, Vanzetti |
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Thank you very much." Maria Giulia Pettigiani |
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Singers
Beautiful and sensitive Driving us mad Like the last day of school If only you were here by Laura, Mory , Eva Boys Horrible and beautiful playing always Like children If only you grew up by Mory, Laura, Eva Love Eternal and infinite Loving desperately Like Jack and Rose in TITANIC If only it were true . by Eva, Laura, Mory. Flower beautiful and soft flying sweetly like a butterfly if only I could touch you and make you mine. by Federica Jenny Cristina Mother sweet and sensitive listening patiently as nobody can do if only you were immortal . by Federica Jenny Cristina World happy and sad building actively like an ant if only it were better . by Federica Jenny Cristina Computer Intelligent and fantastic Working everlastingly Like a phone in my house If only I had it by Alessandra Bellini Scott Beautiful and sweet Singing extraordinarily Like a flower If only you were here . by Michela D'Amelio Giovanna ugly and stern crying hysterically like a goose if only she changed city . by Laura Gallo Television Big and beautiful Switching slowly Like a computer If only were light . by Roberta Franco Giovanna ugly and stern crying hysterically like a goose if only she changed city . by Laura Gallo Television Big and beautiful Switching slowly Like a computer If only it were light . by Roberta Franco Judge Tall and clever Worrying deeply Like a parent If only he had a job by Gianni and Marco F. |
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Family
Sensitive and sweet Dreaming proudly Like a teenager If only it had fantasy by Gianni and Marco F. Native American and clever Hunting freely Like a tiger If only he had courage by Gianni and Marco F. Strategy Efficacious and fast Working rapidly Like a factory-worker If only it had the time by Gianni and Marco F. Grinder Ladylike and little Grinding suddenly Like a coffee-grinder If only it had things to grind by Gianni and Marco F. Crystal Transparent and clear Brightening surely Like the sun If only it had light by Gianni and Marco F. Wagon Full and weighty Moving slowly Like a turtle If only it had legs by Gianni and Marco F. Occident Far and fantastic Travelling dangerously Like a train If only it had railway by Gianni and Marco F. Palace High and big Growing slowly Like a child If only it had life by Gianni and Marco F. Sea dark and violent frightening terribly like a night if only you were near me. by Elena , Federica , Noemi Flower stained and nice growing slowly like a butterfly if only you were in my garden.. by Elena , Federica , Noemi Michael blonde and beautiful singing divinely like a bird if only you could fly. by Elena , Federica , Noemi Christmas happy and good going quickly like snow if only there were some. by Elena , Federica , Noemi |
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Updated: December 17, 1998
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