Solamon on the Move...: Poetry from Oral Communication 2

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Monday, October 18, 2010

Poetry from Oral Communication 2

Last week in my Oral Communication 2 class, I decided to have a silly day with my students, encouraging them to flex their creative sides in anticipation of their final project, an artistic oral presentation to be given November 1st. As we move closer to writing and performing longer poetry, short film, and theater projects, I thought it a good idea to break the ice with some haikus reflecting matters of personal interest. I joined in on the fun!

Enjoy the following sample of these short cultural exposés:

Reggaeton, my love

Passion of most Latinos

Thumping through my head

-Sol Estin

I like Medellín

City of Eternal Spring

(When it's not raining)

-Sol Estin

Bandeja Paisa

Big greasy plate of protein

Heart attack madness

-Sol Estin

Insecurity

Violence plagues the country

How will I fight back?

-Sol Estin

Poverty is bad

Inequality sucks too

Can we fix this classist fad?

-Sol Estin

South America

Land of Che and Escobar

Will we stumble, or go far?

-Sol Estin

I like Reggaeton

I enjoy dancing it too

In a big disco

-Raul Gomez Yepes

Party, it's what do

On weekends it's the best thing

Baby come with me

-Raul Gomez Yepes

Fun Colombians

They are always in parties

Cooking sancocho

-Camila Plata

I have a big dog

Yesterday he bit my pants

After his breakfast

-Camila Plata

A beautiful place

Where you will find happiness

Colombia is great

-Eliana Espinal

(Note: here, I let Eliana cheat because she is counting the syllables in "Colombia" the Spanish way, as containing a diptongo, or vowel union, across the "i" and "a," therefore giving the word only three syllables...)

Poor little doggy
Why did you not see the car?
I'm lonely and sad
-Eliana Espinal

The sun is shining

For that reason I'm happy

But it's burning me

-Catalina Zapata Pereira

I hate reggaeton

That music is bad for you

I'm saying to you!

-Fabian Holguin Gonzalez

I wanna be with you

You will be in my heart, boo

I will think of you