‘Found’ Poems

1. ‘Found’ Poems Writing a poem from bits and bobs from here there and everywhere…

2. What is it? • The other day, my eyes fell on a random line from the book I was reading, and I thought it would make a good start to a poem… • So I wrote it down… • And then I did it again…

3. I beg your pardon… • Get a book. • Shut your eyes. 3. Flick through the pages. 4. Bring your finger down blindly on a small string of words. 5. Write them down. 6. Repeat this process until you have a nice selection of interesting phrases. 7. Combine them to make a poem!

4. Here’s one I made earlier… Two Blissful Weeks I saidIt had hurt because _______Part two He answered.Like him, I was half afraid. ______Part three But it had hurt becauseher glance simply impliedI would be alone.

5. Give it a go! • As a class… • Individually…

6. The Door to the Ward “Are you dead?” She flew out of the tree and over the rooftops. “Yes” I said, as he held me tight to keep me safe. “I was dreaming. I was sleepwalking.” Hundreds of tiny creases and cracks all over his pale face… a smell of dust. “Brilliant” I said.

7. The Door to the Ward Hundreds of tiny creases crack all over his pale face. “Are you dead?” A smell of dust. She flew out of the tree and over the rooftops. “Yes” I said, as he held me tight to keep me safe. “I was dreaming. I was sleepwalking.” “Brilliant.”