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When Poetry Meets Picasso (at Oakwood University)
Last month it was my privilege to visit Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama, where, among other things, I hijacked Dr. Kem Roper's creative writing class for a session about poetry inspired by art. I shared with them some of the ways I approach writing after art, and also offered some tips and prompts for their own writing.Here are the students choosing postcard images to write about:
To read a couple of amazing student poems at Dr. Roper's blog, click here ("Woman Enough") and here ("Keys"). SO inspiring!
Thierry Lundy |
on the pier at Tybee Island, GA |
Dr. Benson Prigg (head of the English Dept. and all around inspiring guy!) |
Dr. Ramona Hyman |
Psalms: for the Blues II
by Ramona Hyman
In the rain
We three drag a blues
This blues not
Musicology books about
One strand guitars
And Black boys blowing
Music from soda bottles
with Dr. Kem Roper |
It's calluses for hands
Chicken, pig feet, and biscuits
On a Tuesday morning for food
It's real
Like bad feet, corns
And bruised bitten lips
This blues not
Intellectuals arguing
Authenticity in an old
Mississippi upper room
This blues: walking
Down highway 61
To a grave-digging job
It's a dirty boy's lyric
A laundry woman's lament
It's real
Chisels deacons, a church full
Singing gospel songs
Etches deaconess
Chanting, chanting
This blues sweeps
Trying' to purge a spiritual
In a country back room scene.
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This poem first appeared in African American Review.
Isn't that wonderful? I am honored to have my very own copy of this book, thanks to Ramona.
Also please keep in mind that while these were college students, students of all ages can write poems inspired by art! If you're interested in this workshop for your group, please contact me by email irene (at) irenelatham (dot) com.
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