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Poems inspired by Art

Our second batxillerat students have written poems inspired by art, here you have some of the amazing results: 

STOP WAR

 Innocent people are dying now,

 and that has to stop somehow. 

The cities are blowing smoke into the sky, 

they can’t see stars to be guided by.

 People always make war 

but they say they love peace. 

So, what if we leave the gore 

and we live without weapons please. 

The war will finish some day

 but memories will always stay. 

We could hug like brothers 

and send a smile to others

 by Claudia Boonstra, inspired by Banksy

I wake up everyday and remember dreaming about you, 

remember when we were younger, when we first met, 

you came to me with the sweetest smile but, 

What about now? What happened to those teenagers that fell 

in love in July, where are they now?

 My Romeo, I wish we could just freeze time and be free to love

 each other, with no one else but you and me.

 My love, where are you now, when I really need you. 

You are all I could wish for, who hurted you to be this hard? 

You don’t need to, we can just imagine it’s you and I,

 forever

 by Anna Martín, inspired by the Statue of Juliet in Verona

( this poem won the first prize for Sant Jordi)

It was my obsesion

the same as Degas for ballerinas

Everyone has a different way interpreting art

Him, a particular one

Through his eyes we can see

How they are subtly dancing

How they move around the room

How they love every piano note

And this marvelous sensation

the last second before going on stage

is the same one as Degas felt painting them

This type of euphoria that no one could understand

by Carla Ceprian, inspired by the Ballerinas of Degas

 Baco the god of wine, 

the god of madness, 

be like him, live without sadness. 

Live this moment as the last instant of your insignificant life, 

along with a cup of wine. 

Extremely drunk, am I?

 This world makes me feel dead

 a lot of rules to follow, 

my head is bleeding, 

my soul is running, 

and my body is still quiet

by Mario Cassany, inspired by Caravaggio's Baco

FEEL

Sometimes we just want to feel,

and reading can be our feeling.

In the most desperate moments,

when you feel lonely and sunk,

read,

forget everything,

recreate your own perfect mental scenes

and fill that great inside void.

By Andrea Rey, inspired by Daniel F. Gerhartz's painting

Let's Cook!

 Here you have some exercises to practise: 

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4