My friend, Buffy Hamilton, was updating a topical display in her library when
"I began thinking about what I might feature in addition to student created poems, quotes about poetry, and images of favorite poetry books...it occurred to me it might be fun to combine favorite lines of poetry or short poems with a carefully selected photograph to unpack a feeling, idea, or image I associated with the lines of poetry or short poem."
Buffy's exquisite slideshow, "Using Photographs to Dwell in Poetry," is embedded here, but you should read her entire posting to see where she and a collaborating teacher plan to take this project.
Using Photographs to Dwell in Poetry
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I have matched photos and poems before, but usually the image came first. Inspired by Buffy's example, I selected fourteen poems, then searched my own Flickr photostream and Creative Commons for appropriate pairings - which is not as easy as it might sound! This is my version, "Poetry in Words and Images."
Poems in words and images
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While this type of activity is suitable for all ages, I would suggest that younger students be encouraged to choose poems that are concrete rather than abstract. A discussion of symbolism might be appropriate; knowing how to use and refine search terms and keywords is, well, key.
Final products could take the form of a collaborative slideshow, digital album, posters, or trading cards. Creating a VoiceThread or Animoto would provide the option of an additional performance component.
Of course, the enjoyment of poetry should not be limited to a single month.
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for." -Dead Poet's Society
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We're having a poetry jam in the library next week. In some classes students are matching their poems with images and music. I'll let you know how it turns out!
Debbie,
I like the addition of music to the mix! When I was in college (1960s) we used to discuss song lyrics as poetry - it's a natural pairing.
Please share your students' products when you can.
Its really nice to see this.That is amazing combination of poetry and music.Thanks for this.
When ever we have stop to visit here a little over a week ago, my brother was so insistent on the subject of developing comment on Ryan's idea actually being put up. I even so insisted that we should keep our lips shut temporarly and simply never come up with a comment but when he attempted to create one more comment which presents criticsms about how exactly other people responded on his assertion, I guess he was dead completely wrong about it.
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