ENJOY WRITING http://isabelcasals.lacoctelera.net COME ON!! es-es Cultura the-shaker v0.1. More on http://www.the-shaker.com "My Haiku" http://isabelcasals.lacoctelera.net/post/2008/04/11/my-haiku 2008-04-11T18:50:12+00:00
A gentle wind blows,

an almond tree in bloom,

A cool rain drop on my crown !

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Haiku (俳句) is one of the most important forms of traditional Japanese poetry. Haiku is a very short poetic form, consisting of three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables each, and must have a special word - the kigo - that indicates in which season the haiku is set.

The poet must be concise because of the brevity, while concentrating deep spiritual understanding into the poem. The haiku poet usually takes up the changes of nature which have impressed him in order to express the intangible world of the spirit.

An old pond!
 A frog jumps in-
 the sound of water. 
 
  ( by  Basho )
]]> http://isabelcasals.lacoctelera.net/post/2008/04/05/a-haiku#comentarios EASTER http://isabelcasals.lacoctelera.net/post/2008/03/06/easter 2008-03-06T13:16:02+00:00 The Easter Bunny

by M. Josephine Todd, 1909

There's a story quite funny,
About a toy bunny,
And the wonderful things she can do;
Every bright Easter morning,
Without warning,
She colors eggs, red, green, or blue.

Some she covers with spots,
Some with quaint little dots,
And some with strange mixed colors, too --
Red and green, blue and yellow,
But each unlike his fellow
Are eggs of every hue.

And it's odd, as folks say,
That on no other day
In all of the whole year through,
Does this wonderful bunny,
So busy and funny,
Color eggs of every hue.

If this story you doubt
She will soon find you out,
And what do you think she will do?
On the next Easter morning
She'll bring you without warning,
Those eggs of every hue.

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]]> http://isabelcasals.lacoctelera.net/post/2008/03/06/easter#comentarios SCHOOL DAY OF NON-VIOLENCE AND PEACE: 30 TH JANUARY http://isabelcasals.lacoctelera.net/post/2008/02/01/school-day-of-non-violence-and-peace-30-th-january 2008-02-01T19:17:11+00:00 PEACE.wav ]]> http://isabelcasals.lacoctelera.net/post/2008/02/01/school-day-of-non-violence-and-peace-30-th-january#comentarios FOR YOU http://isabelcasals.lacoctelera.net/post/2007/12/21/for-you 2007-12-21T09:47:22+00:00 http://secure.smilebox.com/ecom/openTheBox?sendevent=4d5467304e54557a4e413d3d0d0a&campaign=blog_playback_link

]]> http://isabelcasals.lacoctelera.net/post/2007/12/21/for-you#comentarios CHRISTMAS GREETINGS http://isabelcasals.lacoctelera.net/post/2007/12/15/christmas-greetings 2007-12-15T20:37:05+00:00 fROM ME TO YOU, MY DEAR STUDENTS:

" wHEN thE StaRS Go BLue ..."


"When The Stars Go Blue"

Dancin' where the stars go blue

Dancin' where the evening fell

Dancin' in your wooden shoes

In a wedding gown

Dancin' out on 7th street

Dancin' through the underground

Dancin' little marionette

Are you happy now?

Where do you go when you're lonely

Where do you go when you're blue

Where do you go when you're lonely

I'll follow you

When the stars go blue

Laughing with your pretty mouth

Laughing with your broken eyes

Laughing with your lover's tongue

In a lullaby

Where do you go when you're lonely

Where do you go when you're blue

Where do you go when you're lonely

I'll follow you

When the stars go blue

The stars go blue, stars go blue

]]> http://isabelcasals.lacoctelera.net/post/2007/12/15/christmas-greetings#comentarios CHRISTMAS ACROSTIC http://isabelcasals.lacoctelera.net/post/2007/12/11/christmas-acrostic 2007-12-11T07:49:46+00:00

Summer is gone

November too

Oh, my God

Winter is here again

Merry Christmas

And a happy

New Year!

Cold

At

Night, light a

CanDle,

Light your

Empty heart

]]> http://isabelcasals.lacoctelera.net/post/2007/12/11/christmas-acrostic#comentarios A CITY http://isabelcasals.lacoctelera.net/post/2007/11/30/a-city 2007-11-30T16:20:50+00:00 Two years ago I went to Italy with 68 students from Castelló d'Empúries.

]]> http://isabelcasals.lacoctelera.net/post/2007/11/30/a-city#comentarios FILM REVIEW: THE SECRET LIFE OF WORDS http://isabelcasals.lacoctelera.net/post/2007/09/30/film-review-the-secret-life-of-words 2007-09-30T09:15:27+00:00 Hanna (Polley) is a Yugoslavian native working in a factory in Northern Ireland
She is forced to take a holiday. One day she overhears a conversation about a need for a nurse. She takes the job
as private nurse for burn victim Josef (Tim Robbins). He is bedridden on an oil rig after a fire on the rig, and has severe burns and is temporarily blinded. The rig is not operational awaiting an investigation, and few people remain on board.

Hanna talks very litte, and especially does not want to talk about
herself. In spite of his pain, Josef is constantly making jokes; Hanna's care for him includes holding the urinal and washing his entire body. As they get closer, they start sharing their experiences.

Hanna learns from a colleague that Josef was injured while trying to save a man who threw himself into the oil-rig fire and was killed.
Eventually Josef confides to Hanna his greatest secret guilt, and
she tells him about her previous life in the former Yugoslavia. She describes the horrors she endured during the Balkan Wars
including being kidnapped and raped. She tells of the death of her best friend who was kidnapped with her, and lets him feel the scars on her body from the wounds inflicted on her.

Josef is not getting better, and at Hanna's initiative he is taken to a hospital. When the helicopter lands, Josef wants Hanna to accompany him, but she walks away without a word. However, she leaves behind a backpack , and it contains enough information to give Josef a chance to find her. After he recovers, Josef travels to Denmark seeking to learn more about her. He then goes to the factory in Northern Ireland where she works. ...

I recommend this film to those who like films based on human relationships, love and friendship. I enjoyed it very much!!

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