The World Languages Department announced the following winners of the 上学校 Rienzi competition, who recited their poems at an assembly on March 8. Rienzi is an enduring Poly tradition that showcases students’ oral skills in an array of languages, as well as American Sign Language (ASL). The theme for this year’s 上学校 Rienzi Poetry Recitation was “Nostalgia.”

After an introduction about the theme by Spanish teacher Maité Iracheta, the program began. She reminded students to hold tight to their accomplishment of reciting their poems to their peers and teachers in Chapel. “Carry the verse with you,”她说。, “Be that person who can surprise family, 朋友, or college interviewers with a sudden burst of the lines you’ve learned. They’ll be astonished. No robot can improvise such a gesture. Poetry is a human thing, the fire that cooks the soup and proof of our existence.”

Families and 朋友 may view the assembly in its entirety here.

Congratulations to the following students, who presented the poems noted below.

我水平

古希腊

The Odyssey, Book 11 
由荷马
视频 本 & Lucas Hunter ’23 & George Thanopoulos  ’23

西班牙语

Si mis manos pudieran deshojar / If my Hands Could Defoliate 
by Federico García Lorca 
背诵的 Sienna Klauss ’26

法国

Le calmant / The Sedative
by Marie Laurencin
习题课的 Julie Chalk ’26

意大利

La valigia dell’emigrante / The baggage of the immigrant 
by Gianni Rodari
视频 Justin Mondesir ’23

日本         

私と小鳥と鈴と / Me, A Songbird, and a Bell
by Misuzu Kaneko
习题课的 Konatsu Iwai ’26

II级

西班牙语

La nostalgia / Nostalgia 
by Rosario Castellanos
习题课的 Maddy Warwick ’26

法国

Sérénité / Serenity 
by Doria Shafik
习题课的 Anthony Jerome ’26

普通话

思乡病   ◎非马 / 想家 
by William Mah
背诵的 Ian Frempong-Boadu ’26 & Izzy Leyton ’25

荷兰

De Heerlijke Gezelligheid van Nederland /
The Wonderful Conviviality of the Netherlands 
by Carina Hueber & Sander Swanson
背诵的 Sander Swanson ’26

葡萄牙语

Saudade / Saudade 
by Augusto dos Anjos
背诵的 埃琳娜 哨兵 ’24 & 本 哨兵 ’24

II级A / III

西班牙语

蓝色/蓝色; by Agustín Lara 
背诵的 Alex Smetana ’25

法国

L’impossible / The Impossible 
by Kamal Serdoumi
背诵的 Jane Littleton ’25

普通话

门前 （节录) / In Front of the Door 
作者:顾诚 
背诵的 Jasper Inamoto  ’26

西班牙语

Rima LIII / Rhyme LIII
by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
背诵的 Nathaniel Hyman  ’26

瑞典 

Utan Skicklighet Men Med Förmåga / Without Skill but with 强度
by Johanna Ekström
背诵的 Bo Casey, 26岁

希伯来语

Ani ohev shokolad / I love chocolate 
by Yehonatan Geffen & Yitzchak Klefter
视频 the class

II级IA / IV

西班牙语

When We Were Kids / Cuando éramos niños
by Mario 本edetti 
背诵的 Jasper Whiteley  ’25

法国

Le pont Mirabeau / The Mirabeau Bridge
by Guillaume Appolinaire
背诵的 Khari Freeman ’24

普通话

不需要一个一个说过再见 / No need to Say Goodbye One 
朱佩芬著
唱的 the class

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
I Want it that Way, by Backstreet Boys
Signed by the class

我水平V / V / AT

西班牙语

Oh tierra, espérame / Oh Earth, Wait for Me 
by Pablo Neruda
背诵的 Tristan Kelley ’24

法国

Le mal du pays / 想家
by Manno Charlemagne
视频 Jackson ten Oever  ’23

普通话 

橄榄树 ◎三毛 / 橄榄树
三毛
唱的 the class

西班牙语

Nostalgia del dodó / Nostalgia of the dodo
作者:Ida Vitale
背诵的 Ariana Rodríguez  ’23

法国

Barbara / Barbara 
by Raoul Follereau
背诵的 Sofia Schlomm  ’23

意大利

情歌: Amarilli bella mia / My Lovely Amaryllis
唱的 齐克·怀斯，24岁 & Adrianna Neal  ’23
Piano: Simone Ferraresi