Poem+Picture+Project

Gillespie AP English Literature Poetry Picture Project Inspired by the [|2009 National Poetry Month Poster] design, the Academy of American Poets invites you to capture and share your own ephemeral bits of verse. Write lines from a favorite poem on a sandy beach, assemble twigs on a hillside, or chalk the sidewalk. Assignment: Choose a favorite line of poetry—from anywhere; it can be from our anthology, something we’ve read in class, from a favorite book, from something you find on-line—and create an original image that captures the mood, feeling, action, etc. Take a picture of it and post it on the wiki space. You can also bring in a copy for the classroom.

Added note: If you are interested, you are invited to participate in the Academy of American Poets competition. This is not required, but I encourage you to take part. Take a photo before it disappears and post it in the [|Free Verse] group page on Flickr, or on the Academy's Fan Page on Facebook, or email your photo to freeverse@poets.org. Include the source of your lines in the photo caption. All photos posted by April 15 will be automatically entered in a contest to win the new //[|Poem in Your Pocket anthology]// and a commemorative piece of jewelry by San Francisco designer [|Jeanine Payer], who specializes in hand-engraving lines of poetry on earrings, necklaces, and other items. Selected entries will be featured on Poets.org.

EXAMPLES:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Samples: 1. "I wake to sleep" from Theodore Roethke's poem "The Waking" [] 2. The 2009 poster features the lines "Do I dare / Disturb the universe?" from T. S. Eliot's poem "[|The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock]." 3. "Learning By Heart" by Joyce Sutpen 4.[|"Song of Myself"] by Walt Whitman 5.[|"The Red Wheelbarrow"] by William Carlos Williams

Post your pictures here. Identify source of lines.

--Megan Wright -Sally Inaganti

"The Game of Life" by Nina Riggs Jones (Line 1) -Brandon Mulcrone

"That's Mathematics" by Tom Lehrer -Pam Kirkpatrick

"Messy Room" by Shel Silverstein

-Hyun Sung Park"

"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost -Tom Richards

' "[l(a]" by e e cummings Emma Ricciardi

~Mary Cassandra Arocena

Desire by: Gail Mazur Jill Hendricks



"The Open Door" By: Sandi L Schraut -Christina Ferdock (sorry it's kinda hard to read!)



From: Error message haiku collection ([|Found here]) By: Margaret Segall -Charlie Ngo

As by Megan Lewinski
 * [|Fable]** by Ralph Waldo Emerson

~Sarah Mun



Sorry its a little hard to read. "The paths of glory lead but to the grave." - Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"





"The Shirt" by Jane Kenyon Lauren Massi





[|See the poem here]

"Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death..."

from the Bible, Song of Solomon 8:6-7 -Joelle Varner The poem: []
 * Sandbox by James Clayton Taylor-** Sarah Brown

The Game Called Life by **Vijay Praveen Prakash -Christian Yoon**

Patricia M.

"ac me miseram deseris in malis" (and you abandon wretched me in unhappiness) from Poem 30 by Gaius Valerius Catullus. Emily S.

Brenda F.

"How Do I Love Thee" Anita O. From “A Tent Song” by Witter Bynner - submitted by anonymous student.
 * "Dreams Come True" - janet k. Shin K.**



"I Am in Need of Music" by Elizabeth Bishop. Priya P.

Author: Mary N. Nealy Poem Title: Dreams of Heaven by Isabelle Garcia "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou. Catherine M.

"Counting" by Douglas Goetsch. Matt Conway.