Static Image Inspired From Poetry
I asked my students to create a static image inspired from a poem or song of their choice. The image had to incorporate layers which told a story, and could even have a punch line or a ‘mic drop’! One of my students, Paige, chose one of my poems as her inspiration and she artistically portrayed the humour and chaos from my poem A Mad Brew in this static image.
A Mad Brew
By Tracie Lark
Kettle’s empty, fill it up
Snatch the tea and wipe the cup
Tea bag in, soaks dishwater
Cup does drop to the floor, the
Kettles steaming up the windows
Wall-paper peels pink flamingos
Or is that just my tired eyes
Falling for kettle's steamy disguise?
Kettles don't whistle anymore
They rattle to the kitchen door -
Answer urgent neighbour’s call
Got any milk? (Mad cow for sure!)
No, come on in, I'll entertain you
Join me and flamingo for a brew
My milk is sane, the cow, a bore;
Alas! Kettle's hopped it out the door!
Spoon and dish, hand in hand
Found kettle in a different land
With tango dance at kettle's toe
And tea-leaves read by cows on show
With flamingo prancing all in time
To cup and saucer's clanking rhyme
Where billie’s boil, steam does scream;
O how we laughed at kettle’s dream.