Once again, I have asked my students to choose a painting and write a haiku inspired by that choice. Here are their submissions.
Frederic Edwin Church, Rainy Season in the Tropics, 1866
Beauty, by Nathan Blackley
Scene so elegant.
Even in the crashing storm,
Still filled with beauty.
William Merritt Chase, A City Park, 1887
Park, by Tori Christina
People all around.
Sitting on this bench alone;
Who are these people?
Charles Condor, Rickett’s Point, Beaumaris, 1890
Ocean, by Bailey Hebert
Wishing this would last.
The joy, the calming water –
Endless summer fun.
Eugene Boudin, Figures on a Beach, n.d.
Beach, by Breanne Jackson
See wide open space;
Horizon in line of sight.
The people close by.
Theodor Fuchs, Mountain Landscape, 1888
Mountains, by Bailey Labat
Towered scenery
Longing to be stretched higher;
Longing to be seen.
Martin Johnson Heade, Brazilian Hummingbirds II, 1864
Resting, by Colton Monroe
A fleeting moment:
Brazilian rainforest birds
Just resting their wings.
Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait as a Painter, 1886
Vincent, by Rena Reilly
Van Gogh was not vain.
When he was short of money,
He painted himself.
Antonello da Messin, Christ Crucified, 1475
Hanging, by Savannah Roulette
Darkness of death here –
Tears overwhelm the kingdom,
Awaiting three days.
Gustave Courbet, View of Lac Léman, 1874
Clouds, by Deborah Silva
Storms fill the sad sky.
Pink begins to come out slow;
The sky is happy.
Winslow Homer, West Point, Prout’s Neck, 1900
Waves, by Brooks Wagner
Water crashing down –
No creature dares to get close.
Beautiful nature.
