Issue 5.3 - art class with words
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Welcome to Issue 5, Part 3 of WHISPERshout Magazine--featuring poetry by kids ages 4-12. Maybe that's you! If you would like to see your poem published here at our magazine, click the button below to send us an email with YOUR poem attached. We can't wait to read your work!
You probably love art class, and you can name lots of artist’s tools and materials that you use to create a physical artwork. Poems are artworks too, made with poet’s tools and materials—mainly WORDS!
Here’s a poem written about a nature mandala, which is a geometric design of objects or shapes. Desi made a mandala by arranging nature objects and then wrote a poem sparked by her design.
“Beautiful Pond” by Desiree - 3rd grade, MD
The next poem was written about an artwork made with oil pastels, inspired by the flower paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe. Emma’s poem plays with the idea of “extreme close-up” on a flower, which she borrowed from Georgia O’Keefe’s exciting. Do you notice how Emma talks to her readers?
"One Beautiful Flower” by Emma - 4th grade, MD
The next poem is written about a collage made from painted papers. Notice how Ameera imagined the white pieces as snow! When we write about artworks, our poems don’t have to match exactly what we see.
"Unicorn" by Ameera - Kindergarten, MD
Finally, below you’ll find another mandala-inspired poem. Sam used glass pebbles, acorn caps and pine cones to make a bold symmetrical design.
“pine cones" by Sam - 1st grade, MD
Did you think those were just pine cones resting in diagonal lines? Surprise—Sam imagined them as human beings, lying on their backs looking up at the sky!
That's our four poems for this issue. Let us know what you liked by leaving a comment below!
Come on back for Issue 5.4, which will publish on Wednesday, May 31. And remember, you can submit YOUR work by email--just click the button below--and thanks for WHISPERshouting with us!
The Editorial Staff
