Connecting Poetry & Art
For centuries, art has inspired poets and poetry has inspired artists. Discover a myriad of lessons, ideas, and multimedia that explore creative expression and inquiry at the crossroads of poetry and visual art. These resources will motivate your students to pen poems, create visual poetry, and compare and contrast similar themes across visual art and verse.Lessons
Activities
• A Natural Balance in Photography and Poetry
(Grades K—2)
• Pretty Ugly? The Grotesque in Art and Poetry
(Grades K—2)
• Illuminated Calligrams (Grades K—5)
• Shapes & Grapes: Create Poetry Using Still Lifes (Grades K—5)
• Tactile Poem—Forest Textures(Grades K—5)
• Ekphrasis: Poetic Letters (Grades 3—5)
• Transforming Negatives to Positives
(Grades 3—5)
• Imaginary Worlds and Nonsense Poems
(Grades 3—8)
• Low-Relief Sculpture (Grades 6—8)
• Impressionism: Prepositions and Monet (Grades 6—8)
• Self-Portrait as Who? (Grades 6—12)
• Surrealism in Poetry and Art (Grades 6—12)
• Asian Influences on European Art: The Poetry of Chinoiserie (Grades 6—12)
• Ekphrasis: Persuasive Poetry (Grades 9—12)
• William Blake: Imagery, Allusions, and Opposites (Grades 9—12)
• The Theme of Transformation in Poetry: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Grades 9—12)
• The Poetry of Architecture (Grades 9—12)
• Looking at Portraits: Reading Poe
(Grades 9—12)
(Grades K—2)
• Pretty Ugly? The Grotesque in Art and Poetry
(Grades K—2)
• Illuminated Calligrams (Grades K—5)
• Shapes & Grapes: Create Poetry Using Still Lifes (Grades K—5)
• Tactile Poem—Forest Textures(Grades K—5)
• Ekphrasis: Poetic Letters (Grades 3—5)
• Transforming Negatives to Positives
(Grades 3—5)
• Imaginary Worlds and Nonsense Poems
(Grades 3—8)
• Low-Relief Sculpture (Grades 6—8)
• Impressionism: Prepositions and Monet (Grades 6—8)
• Self-Portrait as Who? (Grades 6—12)
• Surrealism in Poetry and Art (Grades 6—12)
• Asian Influences on European Art: The Poetry of Chinoiserie (Grades 6—12)
• Ekphrasis: Persuasive Poetry (Grades 9—12)
• William Blake: Imagery, Allusions, and Opposites (Grades 9—12)
• The Theme of Transformation in Poetry: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Grades 9—12)
• The Poetry of Architecture (Grades 9—12)
• Looking at Portraits: Reading Poe
(Grades 9—12)
Click to download Poetry Prompt PDF files:
• List Poem of Prepositional Phrases
• Persona Poem
• Portrait of a Poet
• Posed for Poetry
• Twenty Titles = One Poem
• Depict the Invisible
• Talking to Art
• The Perfect Mix
• A Poetic Map
• Fourteen Ways to See the Same Thing
• List Poem of Prepositional Phrases
• Persona Poem
• Portrait of a Poet
• Posed for Poetry
• Twenty Titles = One Poem
• Depict the Invisible
• Talking to Art
• The Perfect Mix
• A Poetic Map
• Fourteen Ways to See the Same Thing
Background & Context
Videos
Click to download background PDF files:
• Poetry and Music in Antiquity
• Poet-Artists
• Ekphrasis
• Vocabulary List for Poetry and Art
• Poetry and Music in Antiquity
• Poet-Artists
• Ekphrasis
• Vocabulary List for Poetry and Art