Found Poem

Paper instructions:
Found poetry is a type of poetry created by choosing words and phrases from a text and reframing them to create an original poem. Found poetry gives readers an

opportunity to reread texts and revisit reading experiences. It also gives novice poets a non-threatening opportunity to write poetry since you don’t have to come up

with any of your own words.

•    Choose which text from the course that you would like to revisit. If you would like to use a young adult text that we have not read for this course, please

email me so that I can approve the text.

•    Reflect over your reading experience. Think about your favorite parts of the story or parts that really impacted you and stayed with you after you finished

reading. What did you notice? What moved you? Where did you experience a strong connection or strong emotion? Where were you most engaged in the reading experience,

the most drawn into the story world?

•    Decide what topic you’d like to write your poem on. Perhaps a certain theme resonated with you or you really connected to a specific character. Perhaps you

were touched by the author’s use of poetic language or you enjoyed a particular plot line. Perhaps you were drawn to a particular scene.

•    Revisit and reread portions of the book to gather words and phrases from the book that illustrate the topic of your poem.

•    Take the words and phrases and move and rearrange them to create your found poem. You don’t have to use all the words for your found poem.

•    You may add and delete words. You may also change verb tenses.

•    Read the poem out loud and add line breaks where you want to emphasize a word or stress rhythm. You may also use white space to set off words or lines.

•    You may write more than one poem, especially if you are drawn to more than one topic. Some people choose to write a series of small poems.

•    Please include the title of your book with your found poem.

Found Poem Assignment

Found poetry is a type of poetry created by choosing words and phrases from a text and reframing them to create an original poem. Found poetry gives readers an

opportunity to reread texts and revisit reading experiences. It also gives novice poets a non-threatening opportunity to write poetry since you don’t have to come up

with any of your own words.

I will teach you how to write found poetry, and you may practice found poetry for your weekly reading log—though this assignment should be a more polished poem than

your weekly submissions.

Here are the steps for creating a found poem:

•    Choose which text from the course that you would like to revisit. If you would like to use a young adult text that we have not read for this course, please

email me so that I can approve the text.

•    Reflect over your reading experience. Think about your favorite parts of the story or parts that really impacted you and stayed with you after you finished

reading. What did you notice? What moved you? Where did you experience a strong connection or strong emotion? Where were you most engaged in the reading experience,

the most drawn into the story world?

•    Decide what topic you’d like to write your poem on. Perhaps a certain theme resonated with you or you really connected to a specific character. Perhaps you

were touched by the author’s use of poetic language or you enjoyed a particular plot line. Perhaps you were drawn to a particular scene.

•    Revisit and reread portions of the book to gather words and phrases from the book that illustrate the topic of your poem.

•    Take the words and phrases and move and rearrange them to create your found poem. You don’t have to use all the words for your found poem.

•    You may add and delete words. You may also change verb tenses.

•    Read the poem out loud and add line breaks where you want to emphasize a word or stress rhythm. You may also use white space to set off words or lines.

•    You may write more than one poem, especially if you are drawn to more than one topic. Some people choose to write a series of small poems.

•    Please include the title of your book with your found poem.