The dances you will see were based on the following poems:

 

The Dream Keeper by Langston Hughes

 

Falling from the Night Sky (excerpt) by Joy Harjo

 

Fable by Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

The Summer Day (excerpts) by Mary Oliver

 

I’m Nobody! Who are You? by Emily Dickinson

 

And I Have You by Nikki Giovanni

 

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

 

Mushrooms by Sylvia Plath

 

Life Doesn’t Frighten Me at All (excerpt) by Maya Angelou

 

Haikus were written by Katsushika Hokusai, Yokoi Yayu, John Whalen-Bridge, Yosa Bunson, Richard Wright, Mary Ann Hoberman

 

The poetry My Voice was written by the ArtSparks dancers with guidance from teachers from WICK Poetry Center at KSU