Last year, I was in CLS. In that class we were lucky enough to go on a field trip to the Museum of the Rockies. During this time, in the main art Gallery there was a collection of artwork by Paul R. Jones. Paul R. Jones is a collecton of 20th century African American artwork. During our field trip, our assignment was to pick out our favorite piece and write about it. In terms of "imitating art", I ended up writing a poem about the piece that I chose. Below is a picture by Roy DeCarava entitled "Graduation Day 1949". This piece is a gelatin silver print. (It is not a very good transfer so for a clearer picture click on this website: http://mis043.mis.udel.edu:8888/cgi-bin/navigator/navigator.cgi?fedora_pid=udel:434&type=&host=mis043.mis.udel.edu%3A8210
Anyways here is my poem.
Black and White
Beautiful girl in a long white dress,
Walking back through the ghetto's of Harlem,
Such a mess.
It was her day to shine,
Graduation...a day, she thought to herself,
"This day is mine."
Beautiful girl in a long white dress,
Her stride so prideful, but the time she was living in...
Was very much doubtful.
Black and white...it didn't matter,
She walked through all that trash
And clatter.
Beautiful girl in a long white dress,
Strong enough to face the crazy world,
And she came out with her chin up, being the best.
(Yeah, the rhyming is a little dull, but I a sure that you get the point.)
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