Una Noche de Poesía

On the evening of November 11, 2002, 10 talented students from Spanish 201 classes recited poems by historically significant Hispanic poets, competing for a grand prize of $20.  Students were judged by fluent Spanish speakers for their accuracy, memorization, emotion, creativity (gestures etc.) and for their short interpretation of the poem.   Also, advanced students from the Spanish  301 class recited their own poetic creations.  Audience members were able to examine the exposition of music/art/poetry projects on display from 201 students as well. This made for an entertaining night of art, and of the Spanish language, in itself a work of art!   

Competition Participantes (201):

Amanda Cross 
Antonio Machado “LIX”

Yolanda Cusumano
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer “Rima IV”

Jaime Daniel
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer “Rima LXVI”

Raquel Fonstad
Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera “Para entonces”

Tito Hauch
Juan Ramón Jiménez “Inteligencia, dame"        

Courtney Mangus
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer “Rima LXVII”

Courtney Mangus happily accepted her certificate for 2nd place from Dr. Kalen Oswald.

Denise Robinson
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer “Rima XVIII”

Nasko Shishkov
Pablo Neruda “Me gustas cuando callas”

Lynn Skipper
José María Heredia “A mi esposa”

Kristy Ziech
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer “Rima XII”

Independent Participants (301):

Kris Jelenik read her poem that she wrote as a project in Spanish 301, which describes the joy of being in such a wonderful class.

Kris Jelenik                 

    “Oda a  Seton 310”       

Ross O’Hara                

“Oda a ‘W’”             

Diego Rider                 

   “Oda a un libro”       

   Laura Rogers-Raleigh 
“Oda a  la arena”     

 

 

 

A Message from the Past

[…]
Por qué cantáis la rosa, ¡oh Poetas!
Hacedla florecer en el poema;
Sólo para nosotros
Viven todas las cosas bajo el Sol.
El poeta es un pequeño Dios.

                        -Vicente Huidobro, “Arte Poetica”

(TRANSLATION)

[…]
Why must you sing about the Rose, oh Poets!
Make it blossom in the poem;
Only for us
Do all things under the sun have life.
The poet is a small God.

                         -Vicente Huidobro, “Poetic Art”

 

A special thanks toto the following people:

The judges had to prepare themselves!  It was a hard decision; everyone performed wonderfully.

Zulema Moret (Judge)

Jason Antrosio (Judge)

Dianne Ariza (Judge)

Camilo Saldana (Judge)

Andrea Castelluccio (Judge)

 

Dr. Kalen Oswald discussed art with Jamie Dainiel, as they critiqued the poems and drawings of the 201 Spanish classes.

 

Dianne Guenin-Lelle (Foreign Language Chair)

Ruth Anne Boyd (Foreign Language Secretary)

Laura Siebert (Liaison)

Kalen R. Oswald (Profesor de 201)

Y todos los estudiantes de español!

 

 

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