2.+Found+Poem


 * FOUND POEM[[image:http://themazemapper.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/flashlight_in_dark.jpg width="90" height="75"]]**
 * What is a found poem?** A found poem is basically made out of words from someone else's story, novel, article, letter, or other text. "Just as a collage is art made of someone else's images, but cut up and arranged by the artist, so a 'found poem' is a poem made of words and phrases found in another text" (Nina H.).

=** Write your Found Poem, and include it in your journal. **=
 * Choose a text: news article//,// novel of your choice, one or more journal entries, or historical text.
 * Read the text thoroughly. As you read, list 40 to 50 words and phrases that 'speak' to you, words that catch your eye. List words the author repeats and words and phrases that paint pictures. Choose emotive words and multisyllabic words. Include phrases of alliteration, similes, metaphors, and personification. Select phrases that unintentionally rhyme, if you choose.
 * Arrange words and phrases on your own page, even if they don't make a clear connection at this point. Think of ways to rearrange the words to convey a message. Look for images that they provide. Arrange the words and phrases so the ideas can flow. For transition and clarity between words and phrases, add at least 5 words and phrases of your own.
 * Your poem must have 20 to 25 words, so eliminate words that you don't need.
 * Your found poem should convey its own meaning to a reader, a meaning that might be totally different from the original text. Your arrangement of the words and phrases might have a meaning about life, love, aging, wisdom, or any other topic.
 * After you arrange all of the words and phrases, you have written your "found poem."
 * Title your poem, and hyphenate the title with found poem. Example: **//To Kill a Mockingbird//- Found Poem**