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.

The following is an exhibition of the student's collage and poetry...
of which, the wonderful, creative students of Ms Guynes should
be very proud (and that is a compliment!)

 

El Paisaje--Sonia Riveria
Danger Is Survival--Ana Martinez
Wild Life--Ana Martinez
Wildlife--Kimberly Warren
Games That Represent Me--Whitney Kelly
Games That Represent Me 2--Whitney Kelly
War--Luis Gaona
Games, Commodities, Flies--Michael Martinez
Video Games--Jose Martinez
Love IsÖ--Brianna Contreras
The Grave at Vukovar--Brianna Contreras
The Aggravated Collage--Brianna Contreras
Animals--Kelly Piper
Butterfly--Laura Fuentes
Zoo--Leticia Fuentes
Calm Mountains--Leticia Fuentes
Crologin--Dusty R. Earheart
Outdoors--Eric Gaona
Between the Past and Future--Tommy Thompson
An Animal With Wild Life--Esmeralda Fuentes
Photography--Ricardo Granados

 

 

 

El Paisaje

Maripose de colores aleteo

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

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Danger Is Survival

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











Wild Life

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










Wildlife

Mountains brown cool

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

İİİİİİİİİİİ İİİİİİİİİİİ








Games That Represent Me

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














Games That Represent Me 2

Fight with

Tomb Raider and Ryo, men

from Metal Slug X

attack Tomb Raider

out comes Ryu

fighting like heís never fought before

throwing a power soccer ball

men from everywhere

attack attack

with all their might

to escape

from Ryuís deadly soccer ball

ìNo donít kill me

I have a wife and kidî

but

Ryu takes no exceptionsİİİİİİİ

İİİİİİİİİİİ İİİİİİİİİİİ óWhitney Kelly












War

Scavenging on dead big animals

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











Games, Commodities, Flies

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











Video Games

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 IsÖ

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

 





The Grave at Vukovar

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

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The Aggravated Collage

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

 

 

 

Animals

When I look into my collage I see

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

 

 

 

Butterfly

Bears white gold

Black soft nappy

BIG

Art-pattern

Need mother

Cat

Butterfly

Animals

Food

İİİİİİİİİİİ óLaura Fuentes

 

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Zoo

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 Mountains

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














Crologin

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













Outdoors

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

 





Between the Past and Future

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

 

 

 

 

 

An Animal With Wild Life

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photography

İ óRicardo Granados

 

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