Since we are members of a poetry blog, we should all have the video that follows as a source of inspiration! It is an 'alternative' video dedicated to the Environment where 77 Greek artists perform and sing parts of the poem "Erotokritos" by Vitsentzos Kornaros having as background various parts of Greece.

Considered to be one of the masterpieces of Greek literature, EROTOKRITOS belongs to the category of epic poems, was written by Vitsentzo Kornaros and is constituted by 10.000 verses, divided in five parts. Its name has been taken from Erotokritos, the main character of this poem, which implies the one that has been tortured by love. Initially, the story of the poem appears to take place in Ancient Athens, on the days of King Iraklis (fictitious person) but then the poet adds characters, facts and places that are reported in the Middle Ages and this period of time. The plot is twisting around the love of Erotokritos and Aretousa, the daughter of the King, a love that is being used by the poet as a keystone in order to praise friendship, bravery and the love for the homeland.

(source: http://www.grecian.net/music/erwtokritos.htm)

We hope you all enjoy it and be inspired by it:)

Apart from the chat room we have also created a Guestbook, as a way to share our opinion and also evaluate our project:)  If you are a visitor or even a member of the project, you can sign it and leave your comments on the project, individual pieces of work or even share your ideas for our future work. If you are a fan of our blog, it would be a good idea to share it with your friends, classmates or colleagues through social networks or through your personal pages, so that more people visit it, enter our world of poetry and leave a message in our Guestbook, sharing their thoughts and ideas with us!:))

Dear Young Poets,

Even if the project is reaching its end, our main goal is to keep contact with all of our partners! We have already decided to keep our blog open, so that all members of the "Young Poets Society" project can post their poems, videos, or their thoughts even after the end of the project and we have also created a Chatroom where you can meet your partners and exchange real-time messages!! We hope you enjoy your time on our blog and that friendships that have started in the project will be maintained even after the end of it!:)

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Four students participating in the "Young Poets Society" eTwinning project, members of the Greek group, chose the poem "Hope" by Alina Cristea as their favourite one and made it into a video! Enjoy it!

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In this video students from Greece participating in the "Young Poets Society" eTwinning project shared their thoughts and ideas about poetry, about what is like to be a poet and what inspires them to write poetry. :)

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Another beautiful "Shape Poem" by Napoleon Arahovitis was made into a video! Napoleon is also reciting his poem at the beginning of the video! Enjoy it!:)

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This video is based on 3 Haiku poems about Trees written by Natasha Tsioufi, Catherine Dassiou and Thanasis Theoharis, Greek students participating in the "Young Poets Society" project. In the beginning of the video, you are listening to Natasha reciting her own Haiku poem! :)

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Another video based on a poem was created by Maria Voulgari, a student of Junior High School of Zarko, Greece. It is based on here "sensory poem" entitled "Love". You can also listen to Maria reciting the poem in the beginning of the video:) We hope you like it!

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