Poems written about works of art, or another way to say this is ekphrastic poetry, and here’s something extra fun: the poets at Hale were also the artists! We all gathered around our semi-circle table and drew a picture of anything we wanted like a cat in a sweater, or an ambiguous not-frog that was really the Rolling Stones logo, or campfire! Everyone had to interpret the drawings and write at-minimum a 3-line poem responding to the works of art. Below are a few of the ekphrastic pieces:
drawing of sweater cat by Alexcia
Cat
by Lily
5th grade (spoilers: she does not like cats or clowns)
It is as cute as a puppy
It is as scary as a monster
as wild as a fly
and creepy like a doll
and it is not funny like a clown
Cute Cate
by Ana N.
4th grade
The cat is as cute as Alexcia
with whiskers as long as a crayon
The cat ears are pink like a pig
drawing of campfire by Anabella
Hot Pot
by Lily
5th grade
It is as gray as steam
and as hot as me
and as hot as a fire
drawing of girl by Lily
Spy Girl
by Anabella
4th grade
Her hair is as black as dark coffee
Her pants are as green as a pond
and her eyes are as brown as chocolate cake
drawing of the Rolling Stones logo by Ava N.
Greeny, Greeny Frog
by Ava F.
4th grade
Greeny, greeny, greeny frog
you are as green as lettuce
Greeny, greeny, greeny frog
you are as slimy as slime without the activator
Greeny, greeny, greeny frog
you eat flies like the time I went to the park
and a fly went inside of my mouth.
