1. Writing a poem from bits and bobs from here there and everywhere…
‘Found’ Poems
Writing a poem from bits and bobs from here there and everywhere…

2. What is it?
The other day, my eyes fell on a random line from the book I was reading, and I thought it would make a good start to a poem…
So I wrote it down…
And then I did it again…

3. I beg your pardon… Get a book. Shut your eyes.
3. Flick through the pages.
4. Bring your finger down blindly on a small string of words.
5. Write them down.
6. Repeat this process until you have a nice selection of interesting phrases.
7. Combine them to make a poem!

4. Here’s one I made earlier…
Two Blissful Weeks
I said It had hurt because
_______ Part two
He answered. Like him, I was half afraid.
______ Part three
But it had hurt because her glance simply implied I would be alone.

5. Give it a go!
As a class…
Individually…

6. The Door to the Ward “Are you dead?”
She flew out of the tree and over the rooftops.
“Yes” I said, as he held me tight to keep me safe. “I was dreaming. I was sleepwalking.”
Hundreds of tiny creases and cracks all over his pale face… a smell of dust.
“Brilliant” I said.

7. The Door to the Ward Hundreds of tiny creases crack
all over his pale face.
“Are you dead?”
A smell of dust.
She flew out of the tree and over the rooftops.
“Yes” I said, as he held me tight to keep me safe. “I was dreaming. I was sleepwalking.”
“Brilliant.”