SPEECH FESTIVAL: Dear Mum – Brian Patten

Speech 2012 Festival Poem: Dear Mum – Brian Patten

This video is a pronunciation guide for the Hong Kong 2012 Speech Festival poems – it is to demonstrate articulation only, performers should decide on how to deliver the poem!

Dear Mum

While you were out
A cup went and broke itself,
A crack appeared in the blue vase

SPEECH FESTIVAL: The Boy Who Dropped Litter – Lindsay MacRae

Speech 2012 Festival Poem: The Boy Who Dropped Litter – Lindsay MacRae

This video is a pronunciation guide for the Hong Kong 2012 Speech Festival poems – it is to demonstrate articulation only, performers should decide on how to deliver the poem!

The Boy Who Dropped Litter

‘ANTHONY WRIGGLY
SHAME ON YOU!’
screeched the teacher

SPEECH FESTIVAL: Until I Saw the Sea – Lilian Moore

Speech 2012 Festival Poem: Until I Saw the Sea – Lilian Moore

This video is a pronunciation guide for the Hong Kong 2012 Speech Festival poems – it is to demonstrate articulation only, performers should decide on how to deliver the poem!

Until I Saw the Sea

Until I saw the sea
I did not know
that wind
could wrinkle water so

SPEECH FESTIVAL: Autumn Woods – James S. Tippett

Speech 2012 Festival Poem: Autumn Woods – James S. Tippett

This video is a pronunciation guide for the Hong Kong 2012 Speech Festival poems – it is to demonstrate articulation only, performers should decide on how to deliver the poem!

Autumn Woods

I like the woods
In autumn
When dry leaves hide the ground,

SPEECH FESTIVAL: It’s Not What I’m Used To – Jan Dean

Speech 2012 Festival Poem: It’s Not What I’m Used To – Jan Dean

This video is a pronunciation guide for the Hong Kong 2012 Speech Festival poems – it is to demonstrate articulation only, performers should decide on how to deliver the poem!

It’s Not What I’m Used To
I don’t want to go to Juniors…
The chairs are too big
I like my chair small, so I fit

SPEECH FESTIVAL: Isn’t It Amazing – Max Fatchen

Speech 2012 Festival Poem: Isn’t It Amazing – Max Fatchen

This video is a pronunciation guide for the Hong Kong 2012 Speech Festival poems – it is to demonstrate articulation only, performers should decide on how to deliver the poem!

Isn’t It Amazing?
Now isn’t it amazing
That seeds grow into flowers,
That grubs become bright butterflies