Ms Guynes 6,7,8 Class
Manchester Elementary School
Collage & Poetry Workshop
A joint effort between
artist Blake More and teacher Ericka Guynes, our Project, "Seeing Our
Words, Expressing Ourselves" used collage as an evocative medium to bring
forth the written poetry of 6th, 7th and 8th grade students at Manchester
Elementary School. When joined, Art and Poetry make up the blood and bones
of creative life. Few things bring as much joy as the engagement of hands
and mind in creative expression. We enjoyed inspiring students to reach
new levels of creativity while also encouraging them to write, as well
as bring the immediacy of real feelings and heart-felt expression into
the learning environment. This project was made possible thanks to the
generous contribution of the California Arts Council, Gualala Arts In
the Schools, and of course, the Arts in the Schools project coordinator
Susan Avant.
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Abejas trabajadoras brillan como la, miel amarilla
Panal la casa de oro
Venado grande y liso como el terciopelo
Ardilla gordi pelvdita y muy bonita
Paloma Chiquita y llena de amor y paz
Pajaro de colores siempre canta tos cansiones
Flores de colores bonitas con ojitas.
óSonia Rivera
Murder blood
scared
fright of the world
death
souls crying out
not a bad dream
but war
monsters in the head
good battling evil
shattering blood
scary faces
dangerous action
danger is survival
in this world
battling
blood
shatter
danger action
survival
İİİİİİİİİ İ óAnaİ Martinez
Cold white snow
the icy blue sea
cold dark night in the fresh cool water
very scarynight yellow starry eyes
bright flower
the bright shining stars
flashing brght green skin
flying
a fre eagle flying
big gray flying airplane
yellow beautiful blue orange butterfly
culture
Aztec
freedom air words
free animals
natureís flower
natureís place
animalís air
exploring
finding new things
looking for new wings
cold white snow
İİİİİİİİİİİ İİİİİİİİİİİ óAnaİ Martinez
high and rocky
the stars glowing beautifully
in the nightís black sky
with galaxies far away
snow is fallying
cool, white and frozen
but yet soft and fluffy
the eagle soars
watching and hunting
so gracefully
below a cheetah
golden yellow with black spots
running fast and free
a lioness s lying on the ground
her young are playing
theyíre a family
an owl black, gray, white
is staring down with big yellow eyes
meanwhile a squirrel is flying
gray and white fur
down at the river
bears, white and gold
hunt for food
wetting and cleaning
their soft fuzzy fur
while the tiger hunts
orange coat with black stripes
gleaming in the brightness of the sun
like the animals
fierce and aggressive.
óKimberly Warren
I would say Strider represents
me best
he moves swiftly
like Ulala dancing
runs fast like Goku
an assassin, he says
while Gundams fall
across Zeon territory
Crono
the pilots say
getting closer to Zeon
hands falling, falling
closer to death
Cloud looks to the left
catches Suzuki
falling to the hands of Zeon
soldiers
everything gone
with a blast of beam riffle
İİİİİİİİİİİ İİİİİİİİİİİ óWhitney Kelly
İİİİİİİİİİİ İİİİİİİİİİİ óWhitney Kelly
SWAT team
Fear in the eyes
Cold snow
Stars white shining
Being watched by binoculars
The horizon of the desert
Terrorists about to die
Camels with two humps walking in a desert
The mountain lion is hissing at nothing
the poem is badÖ
İİİİİİİİİİİ İİİİİİİİİİİ óLuis Gaona
Commodities are good sweet, crunchy
the stuff you can eat
like pears, beans,
peaches, cheese.
War Zone 2100
cannot be helped
all the mass destruction
blood splattering slaughter
the control of other men.
In video games music is the hip way
to communicate with other cyber universes
the computer music of man
becomes the voice of virtuosity
the universal voice.
Twisted Metal 3
a place where cars
destroy each other
with guns, bombs
with speed fast as time travel
with hardcore crazy people
dead and living.
İİİİİİİİİİİ óMichael Martinez
I like playing video games
I like to see the cool
and intense graphics on the TV screen
video games are fun
I play with video games
intense and joyful
sometimes boring too
I like seeing advanced graphics
every time I play a new game
graphics are colorful and cool
when I am playing video games
sometimes I might feel happy or mad
maybe Iíl be mad because I canít pass a level
or happy because I passed to a higher level
my pleasure depends on video games
İİİİİİİİİİİİİİİİİİİİİİİ İİİİİİİİİİİ óJose Martinez
Love is
caring, itís
happiness in
cuddling with
parents and children
mouths watering
licking fearlessly
and yawning at the same time
colors
blue
rainbowed
white biting
teeth that are dull
within sharp
and sharp eyes
glowing, closed
curious
gleaming eyes
tongues hard
licky, scratchy
on soft feather color
beautiful animals
cute, very cuddly
respected creatures
İİİİİİİİİİİ óBrianna Contreras
Dear world,
do you know
about the wonders
of the season?
How they give
the most room
to back off
to grow up
to live
the wonders
of mythology?
The eyes of
wonder
no matter
how you look
at them
they all see
the wonders
of the seasons.
İİİİİİİİİİİ óBrianna Contreras
İ
When I look
at my collage
I see aggravation
tragedy
killing
sadness
loss
reflection
many elderly
hunting
nothing
everything
is lost
I see
culture
pain
once happy
not any more
İİİİİİİİİİİ óBrianna Contreras
love, happiness, life
guidance, joy
I also see light, laughter
but no sound,
sound only in your mind
and pink, bright
happy colors
also I see some black loneliness
like a lonely cat cuddled up
in front of a stove.
İİİİİİİİİİİ óKelly Piper
Black soft nappy
BIG
Art-pattern
Need mother
Cat
Butterfly
Animals
Food
İİİİİİİİİİİ óLaura Fuentes
Osolot brown, black
yellow and dots
Probiscus big belly
big nose
cute
a Monkey, orange gray
white ad cute
a Dog brown, white, gold
an Elephant, gray tusk
with white eyes
brown black yellow
a white Cat
like the Polar Bear
all white, the orange and brown
butterfly flaps red orange black
a bouquet of Birds
yellow black
green blue feathers
skinny and long
big mouthed black Gorilla
yawning and happy
Buffalo, big and eating
black like a bear
like Seals, black brown and overlapped
in their nap
baby Cow
brown white
beginning
the wildlife
on an earth collage.
İİİİİİİİİİİ İİİİİİİİİİİ óLeticia Fuentes
Calm buffalo eating
faces of presidents on rocks
cars passing by buffalo
green trees and grass
purple and yellow sky
yellow flowers
red flowers
houses on the mountains
see it all
İİİİİİİİİİİ óLeticia Fuentes
The fat scared feathery
duck runs from its opponent
the strong silent hungry owl
swooping down to get the little duck
when all of a sudden comes
a frog with a spoon
it threw the spoon at the duck
the frog was mad and fat
it was orange and had no hat
a big old clam came and said
ìdid you know that I know that
they know that we knowî
that is all eye got to say
have a happy happy day
İİİİİİİİİİİ İİİİİİİİİİİ óDusty R. Earheart
The wildlife smells very good
plus it is very beautiful
the animals are cute
cuddily and pretty
and the weather
is cold and freezing
furthermore hot
the animals are
very wealthy
because theyíre
fat and have food
and the monkey
is ugly
but the Big Horn Sheep
is very wealthy but tired
and the Bear is
tired and sleeping
plus the Elk is
tired and traveling
and all of these animals
are very prettyİ
İİİİİİİİİİİ İİİİİİİİİİİ óEric Gaona
Chihuahua watching the other dog
ready to attack
FBI guarding the president
with police car
from the future
FBI wondering if the doctor
could make him straight
during the week
and gay on the weekend
pirate chooses a teddy bear
for his flag
instead of a skeleton
a girl going crazy
cause she thinks she sees
a dog in a monopoly suit
the twin towers
hanging upside down
when a plane crashes into it
İİİİİİİİİİİ İİİİİİİİİİİ óTommy Thompson
Birds with nest, so soft
they migrate, so beautiful
free, with lots of wings
so blue, gray
need lots of water
Cheetahs, so spotted
free, have to run
big, small, hunters
with babies, black and gold
soft cheetahs climbing trees
Lions, so soft
need water
have families
free, orange and black
small big runner hunters
sometimes spotted too
Ducks, love to run
very small, long beaks
graceful, hairy
they walk
make sounds, even
have babies too
Sea Otters, love the water
hearty, hunting underwater
animals, cute and sweet
small and big in water and out
Whales live in the water
small, big, nice
colored gray and blue
maybe another color too
Penguins small, big, nice
fuzzy even
lots of babies
black white
in the snow
so soft.
İİİİİİİİİ óEsmeralda Fuentes