tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post470822475027362088..comments2024-03-24T11:00:49.738-05:00Comments on Live Your Poem...: ARTSPEAK! Harlem Renaissance poem "Boy with Plane"Irene Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-87917967420872023152018-04-04T18:10:13.921-05:002018-04-04T18:10:13.921-05:00I like "Or Hounds to Follow on a Track" ...I like "Or Hounds to Follow on a Track" as a mentor text. The photo makes me sad as I reflect on a black boy's limitations during the HR. A plane seems symbolic, and that takes me to flight in literature. Glenda Funkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07020745976555044975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-67916519249452566812018-04-04T16:28:49.397-05:002018-04-04T16:28:49.397-05:00Listening to you read the poem afforded me more ti...Listening to you read the poem afforded me more time to reflect on the little boy and his aspirations. After reading what Mary Lee and Linda said, I went back to take a second look at the boy's face that is not filled with joy at having to sit for the painting. Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-15866257469879261902018-04-04T12:04:49.261-05:002018-04-04T12:04:49.261-05:00Mary Lee has another idea about his expression, an...Mary Lee has another idea about his expression, and I agree, he really does seem upset. I love what you did and "after" the Coatsworth poem as a mentor, Irene. It is a challenge to read paintings or poems.Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-31356571391721992572018-04-04T06:24:34.375-05:002018-04-04T06:24:34.375-05:00I like your take, but he looks a bit irritated to ...I like your take, but he looks a bit irritated to me. I think he'd much rather be out flying his plane than sitting for a painting!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.com