“Having A Coke With You” by Frank O’ Hara is a poem that reminds me of traveling and summertime simplicity and being simply enamored and captured by the person in front of you.
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“Having A Coke With You” by Frank O’ Hara is a poem that reminds me of traveling and summertime simplicity and being simply enamored and captured by the person in front of you.
When I thought of which poem I wanted to turn into a poster per request of this three-star visual assignment, my mind immediately shot to “Having A Coke With You” by Frank O’ Hara. It is a poem that reminds me of traveling and summertime simplicity and being simply enamored and captured by the person in front of you. And though I have yet to experience such a wonderful love for myself, this poem reminded me of one of the endearing relationships of my dear friend Theresa. So I took to PicMonkey and used his and her TOTALLY ADORABLE picture on one side of the collage, than put the one of the two solitary side-by-side Cokes on the other. I inscribed the line of the poem that I thought best captured my thoughts of them on the bottom part of the collage, and purposefully capitalized the word “World” because for her, that’s what he was. Additionally, I chose a font that not only stood out but reminded me of the Coca Cola logo itself to kind of tie everything together.Though their love ended suddenly and tragically too soon, the story of Theresa and Ian will always live on through the photos, through her memories, and for me, through the beautiful words of this poem.
3 Stars
I choose this poem because it is one that I have liked for a long time, and is one of the first poems I even memorized. I love Robert Frost’s work. For the background art I knew I would need two different extremes… life and death, spring and winter. The poem starts with the new and to me that meant a nice flowery, spring photo. But since its a short poem it quickly transitions to the death element. That is why my background changes so rapidly. But the glory with this poem is even thought it dies at the end you know the cycle will repeat, and spring will come again.
I was really excited to do the Poetry Art Visual Assignment for three stars. In general, I don’t really care for poetry. Reading Pablo Neruda in high school was a painful and embarrassing experience. However, I have always had a soft spot for Robert Frost. I really love his poetry partially because I can connect and really visualize what he’s talking about. I spent a lot of time in Vermont growing up and my family still travels up there every year for Christmas. First, I chose a relatively smaller poem that I felt could fit on a poster. The one that stuck out most to me was Dust of Snow. I then started thinking what type of photo would be best to overlay with the poem. I chose an older picture from Billings Farm in Woodstock, Vermont because I felt it captured the shift in mood featured in the poem. The person on the sleigh ride with the horses looks relatively content but contrasts with the worn-down house in the background.
I did the visual assignment about adding a poem to a picture that matches the idea behind the poem. First, I chose my poem which is Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost then I contemplated what picture I was going to use and I thought of the picture I took last semester on my walk back from one of my walks on campus. I thought this captured nature, going from green to gold.
3 stars
Use one of your favorite poems as inspiration for a poster. Edit an image or create your own background using any photo editing software, add the poem, and make sure the background exemplifies the poems message. Get creative and have fun!
