Odes are poems that are directed at objects the poet loves or feels passionate about. These could be living or non-living things, including objects or ideas. Read Pablo Naruda’s “Ode to Tomatoes” and make a poster for an upcoming event. The poster can be for ANYTHING: a dance recital, a film, a book cover, etc.\u00a0 The poster much include the following items:<\/p>\n
Remember the poster is in response to the poem, so it should connect in some way with tomatoes or a section of the poetry’s words or theme.<\/p>\n
The street
\nfilled with tomatoes,
\nmidday,
\nsummer,
\nlight is
\nhalved
\nlike
\na
\ntomato,
\nits juice
\nruns
\nthrough the streets.
\nIn December,
\nunabated,
\nthe tomato
\ninvades
\nthe kitchen,
\nit enters at lunchtime,
\ntakes
\nits ease
\non countertops,
\namong glasses,
\nbutter dishes,
\nblue saltcellars.
\nIt sheds
\nits own light,
\nbenign majesty.
\nUnfortunately, we must
\nmurder it:
\nthe knife
\nsinks
\ninto living flesh,
\nred
\nviscera
\na cool
\nsun,
\nprofound,
\ninexhaustible,
\npopulates the salads
\nof Chile,
\nhappily, it is wed
\nto the clear onion,
\nand to celebrate the union
\nwe
\npour
\noil,
\nessential
\nchild of the olive,
\nonto its halved hemispheres,
\npepper
\nadds
\nits fragrance,
\nsalt, its magnetism;
\nit is the wedding
\nof the day,
\nparsley
\nhoists
\nits flag,
\npotatoes
\nbubble vigorously,
\nthe aroma
\nof the roast
\nknocks
\nat the door,
\nit’s time!
\ncome on!
\nand, on
\nthe table, at the midpoint
\nof summer,
\nthe tomato,
\nstar of earth, recurrent
\nand fertile
\nstar,
\ndisplays
\nits convolutions,
\nits canals,
\nits remarkable amplitude
\nand abundance,
\nno pit,
\nno husk,
\nno leaves or thorns,
\nthe tomato offers
\nits gift
\nof fiery color
\nand cool completeness.<\/p>\n
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