Beautiful magic can be made when words and images collide. For that reason, Waters 7th graders dove into the world of Ekphrastic Poetry. Ekphrastic poems are written in response to an image, often a work of art. Students examined Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss” before reading “The Kiss” by Sasha Pimentel. After talking about similarities between the two, students looked at an online image gallery and each selected a poem to respond to. Take a look below and enjoy!
Ms. Hernandez’ Homeroom
Climbing the Mast
by Chloe S.
Climbing,
Climbing,
up the mast.
Trudging to furl the sail.
The ocean is running and the birds call.
It’s cloudy. Is it windy up there?
1924, it was 101 years ago.
It’s Egypt. Is it hot?
Out in water. What fish have you got?
A Friend in Need, 1903
by Connor A.
Cards there were dogs in a garage playing poker they were barking and barking
one dog bet 500 dollars and the other dogs went crazy so one dog was like bark
bark bark and the other dogs were also like bark bark bark so one dog bet all
their money but one dog had some good cards so that dog got the money then all
the dogs were like whine whine whine and then that one dog won it all the end.
Roots By: Frida Kahlo
From Frida’s perspective
by Avery W.
I’m tied to my roots holding me down to the broken cracked stone my ancestors
walked along
The words of my mother tear through me like strong floor vines of an oak tree. She
speaks with such strength as her mother told her the same…
“You’re losing your roots”
Leaves around me wilt in symphony as I talk to the school kids the same as each other
yet not as me
I’m tongue tied as the words my parents spoke become mush in my mouth with surrounding vowels and emphases
The food my grandmother fed to me I now push away in protest, “I want to forget
myself,” she says
Maynard Owen Williams – Men climb the mast of a fishing boat to furl the sail in Port Said, Egypt, 1924.
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge. “A Friend in Need, 1903”
Frida Kahlo. “Roots”
