“Oda a la Alcachofa” Video Poem by Ruthie Gu ’21

This video poem by Ruthie Gu ’21 was a project for Señora Ortega’s Newark Academy Spanish 3 Honors class. Students were required to create a video poem based on work from some of the giants in the Spanish-speaking world: Lope de Vega, Pablo Neruda, Alfonsina Storni, José Martí, and Federico García Lorca. Inspired by themes and imagery in the poetry, students created a visual interpretation of the poems and were asked to articulate their creative choices to present in class. Ruthie says her video poem is about an artichoke.