This video poem by Eric Weng ’21 was a project for Señora Ortega’s 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.
Sra. Ortega says: “Eric’s vision of Pablo Neruda’s Ode to Artichoke perfectly captures the humor, irreverence and political connotations of this amazing literary piece. Hope you love it as much as I did!”
Here is a link to the English language translation of the poem: http://www.versedaily.org/2013/odetotheartichoke.shtml