Day 13
Visual Poetry
by Ingrid
A couple of years ago I began deviating from only writing poetry on the page. See here for the specifics: Ingrid Keir
I participated in the 1st Visual Poetry & Performance Festival at the Mission Cultural Center in San Francisco. The poets and artists displaying poetry in varying ways absolutely thrilled and excited me.
One of the organizers of this festival, Adrian Arias, is a talented and prolific artist, poet, photographer, painter, drawer and father. He has taken poetry to all-encompassing route that can include language, photography, drawing, and even homemade ceviche (as some of you may recall from past readings). His work and process I find fascinating, take a look at his website and blog for some inspiration:
http://poemofthedayadrian.blogspot.com/
http://adrianarias.net/poetry
For today's prompt, please create a visual poem. Here are some additional examples or suggestions. Feel free to come up with your own!
Form the words on the page into a symbol
A photograph and word combination
A natural element spelling out a verse
http://www.northbeachcontrarian.com/agneta_falk.html
http://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_21_visual_examples.html
http://www.concentric.net/~lndb/patchen/patchclr.htm
http://www.flickr.com/groups/freeverse/pool/
http://www.ucblueash.edu/artcomm/web/w2005_2006/maria_Goldsworthy/works.html
Most importantly have fun. Please forward your submissions to wordparty@gmail.com
