Word Visualization exercise

Project 3: Poem Visualization

Jay Hopler

OUT OF THESE WOUNDS, THE MOON WILL RISE

Now that the sun has set and the rain has abated,

And every porch light

in the neighborhood is lit,

Maybe we can invent something; I'd like a new

Way of experiencing the world, a way of taking

Into myself the single light shining at the center

Of all things without losing the dense, eccentric

Planets orbiting around it.

 

What you'd like is a more

Attentive lover, I suppose-.  Too bad that slow,

Wet scorch of orange blossoms floating towards

The storm drain is not a vein of stars...we could

Make a wish on one of them; not that we would 

Wish for anything but the impossible.

For my poetry visualization I have chosen this poem by Jay Hopler.  I am a Creative Writing major as well as a Graphic Design major, so this project is very meaningful to me.  I have studied poetry in many classes, so it was interesting to pick a poem that I would respond to visually, rather than for poetic analysis.  I hope that with this project I will be able to capture the emotional weight of this poem.