The Task: Write a found Poem using any two
or more sources selected by the author.
Be sure to identify your
sources; for each source include title, author, publisher,
and / or an on-line link if one is available.
Title your poem.
Be sure to save a copy of
your poem to your own computer; then post to the
foundpoetrystudio.
Definition Material:
From
Poets.org:
Found poems take existing
texts and refashion them, reorder them, and present them as
poems. The literary equivalent of a collage, found poetry is
often made from newspaper articles, street signs, graffiti,
speeches, letters, or even other poems.
and
from
Wikipedia:
Found poetry is a type of
poetry created by taking words, phrases, and sometimes whole
passages from other sources and re-framing them as poetry by
making changes in spacing and/or lines (and consequently
meaning), or by altering the text by additions and/or
deletions. The resulting poem can be defined as either
treated: changed in a profound and systematic manner; or
untreated (verbatim): virtually unchanged from the order,
syntax and meaning of the original.
Posting / Submission:
Post to the
foundpoetrystudio at this link:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/foundpoetrystudio/
- click post
- select rich-text
format
- paste in your
document or type in your document
- format your document
- PROOF READ YOUR
DOCUMENT -- this is very important!
- send your document
- respond to feedback
List of Resources:
The Found Poetry Review:
an on-line journal
http://www.foundpoetryreview.com/about
This
quarterly on-line journal provides good definitions of
"found poetry", examples, and a fair use standard.
They publish found poetry,
centos, erasure poems and other forms that incorporate
elements of existing texts.
Read Examples of Found
Poems:
The Found Poetry Review:
http://www.foundpoetryreview.com/fall-2011
Sketchbook: A
Journal for Eastern and Western Short Forms:
Found Poem Contest