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Found Poetry

Found Poetry. Think of a collage. What is found poetry?. a found poem is the poetic equivalent of a collage in visual art Found poetry is when the poet uses language from non-poetic contexts/non-poem sources to create a poem

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Found Poetry

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  1. Found Poetry Think of a collage

  2. What is found poetry? • a found poem is the poetic equivalent of a collage in visual art • Found poetry is when the poet uses language from non-poetic contexts/non-poem sources to create a poem • Found poems can adhere to traditional poetic format or even in free verse • Found poems may follow a rhyme scheme, a specific meter or syllabic form

  3. Your Found Poem • Subject “YOU” • Arrange phrases or words • Set up your narrative and don’t worry about making it poetic yet • Re-arrange and tell a different story about yourself, get your poetic muscle working • Write your poem on a piece of binder paper

  4. Your Found Poem • Put away your clipping in your envelope • Put your draft away in your binder

  5. Day of Revision • Arrange your poem according to your draft • Play with the poem’s structure • Do you want a rhyme scheme? • Do you want a metrical beat? • Have a conference….or two

  6. The details count • Look at your poem for • Line breaks • Spacing • Length of lines

  7. Publish • Glue poem to cover of core composition book (gluesticks) • With a partner cover with contact paper

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