At Dulles, we discussed and learned about two types of poems that represent memory with imagery. We read Nikki Giovanni’s ‘knoxville, tennessee’, which inspired us to reflect on our Thanksgiving dinners and other happy memories. Then we looked at Natasha Trethewey’s ‘History Lesson’ and translated poem to image, and then image to poem. Take a look at our work below:
Mr. Bridges
4th-6th Grade
‘The Car Ride’
By Maliyah V.
My sister driving
The music was a loud blast of
the artist Drake
The car was a swift of a
car freshener
The taste of the hot Wendy’s
she has gotten me
And the warm touch of the fluffy
pink carseats along with the soft
case I was holding
Untitled
By Jayshawn T
My friend was Doing her happy Dance
once the plane came and I smelled the smell
of winter air.
The Hangout
By Santana P.
It was Thanksgiving break Brian
came over
he stayed
for two
days and
we played games
it smells like
fresh paint
We went upstairs
To eat dinner
and after we
watch Youtube
then we
repeated the
same days
The Walk
By Maliyah V.
The bright lights from the buildings to the
right
The plain green leaves growing up from
the grown beneath.
The girls in the Box
By Kayla T.
The girls in A
Box doing numbers
one is write 4 one
is write 3.
And one write 2.
(Inspired by Jacob Lawrence)
Artistic renditions of Natasha Trethewey’s ‘History Lesson’:
Drawing of two people in the water, one holding a camera at the other, beneath the sun. By Noreyay A.
Drawing filled by sand on the bottom. The top blends from black to blue, with a circle that could be the moon or the sun taking up the space. By Anastasia R.
Drawing of a person lying on the brown beach in their green swimsuit, with a hat. The sun shines down on them in a single beam through a cloudy sky. By Delonte.
