PHS poets display creativity in writing and performing
Young poets at Piscataway High School showed great creativity and stage presence at their annual Poetry Extravaganza! Seven students in the Contemporary Poetry & Performance class each memorized and performed three original poems for the Wednesday, May 28, event – to great acclaim by the audience in the PHS choir room. “It felt like a piece of each person’s soul was on display,” one student said. A teacher in the audience added: “Every person in that audience could feel the life-enhancing power of creativity and trust through the medium of poetry in that room.” Contemporary Poetry & Performance is a full-year elective class designed to help students hone their skills in crafting and voicing their original poetry. The class is taught by Christopher Hamas, who is pictured with his students.