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.
If you have extra time today, catch up on any other posts you're missing and then comment on some of your classmates' blogs.
For next week: Be ready to turn in your journal at the end of class on Monday, 14 October with 20 new full pages of writing. Any page with the Hello Kitty stamp was counted toward the last check.
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 graffiti 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 right away yet the misspelled, non-artistic message hasn't been...Grrr.
My sisters husband, Seth, was actually the one to do that graffiti piece! He was actually paid by the Park administrator to paint that and 3 days later some punk put a yellow line straight through with some words by it (Wolverines) about 3 days later. He fixed not that day, and the Park Admin. had some guy come out to cover the crappy words next to it, but he painted over Seth's painting instead! He was pissed to say the least. But small world!
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