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1 Found Poem

2 What is it? Poetry you create using words from non poetry sources
Newspaper/Magazine Articles Books Short Stories

3 How It Works: Read something that has words in it
Look for words/phrases that you find powerful, moving, interesting Make a list of those words/phrases Go through and eliminate ones that you don’t like or that don’t seem to fit the others Consider the overall feeling/tone of the overall feeling of the final list when doing this

4 How It Works Continued:
Take the words/phrases that you have left and arrange them in a way that makes a poem You can add punctuation, letters, tense changes Arrange the words so that they make a rhythm you like Be aware that chances are your poem will not rhyme

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