Imaging Poems - Justin Lang (Lesson Plan by Karen Pardy)

All of these images were inspired by lines from Walt Whitman's poem "A Song of Joys."
Being a rather long poem I won't reprint all of it here, but I will include the selected lines with the photos.



O to make the most jubilant song!





(Obviously, this is my daughter doing just that, though, here I'm using Whitman's reference in the purely literal sense.)


To emerge and be of the sky, of the sun
and moon and flying clouds, as one with
them.


(A picture of the full moon and the wispy clouds surrounding it) .

To dance, clap hands, exult, shout, skip, leap, roll on, float on!



(Me just being goofy and acting out some of the actions Whitman describes.)

O the mother's joys!

(Self-explanatory)

The sight of the flames
maddens me with pleasure.





(Yeah, I'm really not this odd,
but this seemed to work for
me. It's very literal).