Found Poems

Using text to create something new, powerful, and beautiful

Blackout Sample

http://www.drewmyron.com/uploaded_images/blackoutbookpoem1-748305.jpg

Cutout Sample

http://kennedym.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/found-poem.jpg

Wikipedia Definition

• Found poetry is a type of poetry created by taking words, phrases, and sometimes whole passages from other sources and reframing them as [Cutout] poetry by making changes in spacing and/or lines (and consequently meaning), OR by altering the text by additions and/or deletions [Blackout].

Your Task

• Create a Found Poem [Blackout style] using a page of text from the book you are reading.

• Select the words of your poems and artistically black out the surrounding words.

Your Task

• Construct your poem so that it accomplishes some purpose in reflecting the story it came from:– Character Analysis– Theme – Conflict– Issue– Setting

Your Task

• You must choose between 10 and 20 words or phrases to use for your poem

• Artwork should enhance the meaning of the poem you have “found”

Sample Page