Poems for Paintings from Artist Profile

In a New Post on your blog please choose 2 pieces by the artist you profiled and write a narrative poem of at least 10 lines for each. 

A narrative poem is one that tells a story.  It doesn't need to rhyme.  You could tell a made-up story inspired by the painting, you could tell a story from your own life the piece makes you think of, you could make up a story about the subjects in the painting...You could connect your two 10-line poems or let them stand on their own. Try to include vivid, sensory details and rich, interesting word choices.  You might even try to include a poetic device (like alliteration, simile, repetition, etc.) if you're comfortable doing so.  Please include the piece of art you are writing about in your post.  Give the post a creative title.


ALSO:  Jessica and Marissa are looking for artwork and writing for a student feature page in the next issue of Kickapoo's magazine.  If you have drawings or poems or photos or stories, get them to one of these girls or Ms. Orman in room 201 in the next day or so.  Maybe something you've written or created during our time in this class or in your journal?

This is the last week of first quarter!  Be ready to turn in your journal on Friday, 10 October with 20 new full pages of writing.  Any page with the Hello Kitty stamp was already counted toward the last check.   I'll be posting final grades at the end of this week, so if there are pieces you haven't posted for whatever reason, please do so by Friday.

We will be moving on to MUSIC as our subject of inspiration as we head into 2nd quarter...

You all are such fun to work with!  Thank you for giving your best and being so open and kind.

XOXO  Mrs. Fraser

P.S. The image in this post reminds me of the underpass to the Greenway Trail right by my house near Wanda Gray Elementary...Have any of you seen where a spelling-challenged individual spray-painted the declaration "WOLVERENS" really big across the concrete wall?  Graffiti FAIL.  There was a really beautiful piece of professional graffiti (an artist was commissioned to do it) there for a while of a quote by one of my favorite poets, e.e. cummings, in artistic letters:  "It takes courage to grow up to be who you really are."  It got painted over.  Grrr.