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Creative Found Poetry Guide

Learn how to craft found poems by selecting and rearranging words from existing texts. Create captivating poetry through unique language arrangements and expressiveness. Join our Poetry Café to share your creations!

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Creative Found Poetry Guide

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  1. FOUND POETRY

  2. What is a Found Poem? • words & phrases selected & rearranged from another text • choose language that is meaningful or interesting • organize language in a pleasing way

  3. How To Create a Found Poem

  4. 1. Collect Words & Phrases  • As groups present poems, select 5-10 words & phrases per poem • Interesting … moving… meaningful.. Memorable … powerful • Highlight, underline or box them

  5. 2. Select Additional Language • Found poems  only collected words • Once you gather collection, review them & collect additional language

  6. 3. Compose a Poem  • Arrange words & phrases to create a poem • Write all of words/phrases on slips of paper (or cut poem apart) • rearrange until satisfied with poem

  7. Create a rhythm you like • space words out • allruntogether • place each word alone • shape entire poem so it’s wide, TALL, or shaped like an object

  8. Other Rules • No adding your own words • not even articles or prepositions • Okay to repeat words/phrases as often as you like • Don’t need to use all words/phrases collected

  9. 4. Poetry Cafe • We will hold a Poetry Café to read poems aloud to the class  • And maybe have treats?????

  10. FOUND POEM EXAMPLES

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