‘Cool’, ‘amazing’, and ‘exciting’ were just a few of the words which Etone pupils used to describe their sessions with Damani Dennisur on National Poetry Day (3rd October 2024). Damani’s performance poetry was exciting, dramatic, and engaging for years 7, 8, 9, and 10 showing them how relevant and impactful poetry can be.
Some workshops included poetry writing, feeding creativity and encouraging pupils to express their ideas. Eric and Autumn, Year 7 were particularly pleased with their poems and enjoyed sharing them with Damani at breaktime in the library.
Dark tonight,
Falls of sun light,
Stars fall into each other
As the darkness of space welcomes skyfall.
Eric, Year 7
We are very much looking forward to welcoming Damani back to Etone in the future.
