fandomhigh | The Art of Poetry; Monday, First Period [04/04].

"Good morning, ducklings ♥." Feeling as though yet another one of those close-call weekends had pleasantly passed him by entirely, Shunsui was very much still in his usual lazily good mood that Monday, comfortably lounging and doling out cups of tea for his students, though this time served in a glass teapot, to better display the blooming, flowering tea he'd gone with for this week. "Today, let's talk a little bit about inspiration, our muses ♥. We've talked so far about poetry sparking from any number of inspirational sources...music, love, history, nature...but what about...other forms of art? What about...." sparing a brief, knowing wink toward Astrid-chan, "paintings, hmm ♥?

"Today, we're going to talk about four poems that were inspired by well-known art. Ater all, they do say that a picture is worth a thousand words, neh ♥? So let's have a look at those words, we'll talk a little bit about how effective or fitting they are to their sources of inspiration, and then, of course, for next week, I'd like you to find a piece of art to inpire a poem of you own ♥. Simple enough ♥. So...let us get started."

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Artistically!

Four poems based on four paintings. Shunsui will read off the poems while showing off a copy of the painting of inspiration in between sips of tea, and with copies of the poems as well to read along and examine more closely.

And, once finished, of course, the floor is open to discussion. Did you enjoy the poems? Did you feel they were good represenations of the artwork that inspired them? If you were to do a poem based on a painting, what might you choose? Do you think that this kind of inspiration elevated the artforms, or is it too derivitive to be considered substantial?

Any and all thoughts are welcome ♥! But, then again, so is just taking a nap.

Shunsui may be tempting fate by having been around for as long and as much as he had, but it was definitely there and blissfully childfree today, of course.