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Found Poems with the Poetry Sisters [Poetry Friday]

September 3, 2015 By Laura

Happy Poetry Friday! Last month, we Poetry Sisters wrote classified haiku. This month…found poems! This past month has been chaos for me, as our younger daughter Maddie prepared to move to Scotland for 2-3 years doing social justice work. We’re so proud of her, but it’s tough to have her going overseas for so long. The house is a mess. So am I. So is my writing. I like found poems, though I haven’t written many lately. Addendum: And I do them a bit differently from some people. Here’s an article I wrote about found poems years ago. Here are two quick ones I wrote this month. One thing I love about poetry…I can escape my stress for a few minutes while working on a poem!

"Skyward," a found poem by Laura Purdie Salas

My found poem “Skyward” was made of words found in the first paragraph of “Wish You Were Here,” by Kalee Thompson, about space tourism in the August 2015 issue of Popular Science

"Man-Eaters," a found poem by Laura Purdie Salas

 My second poem, “Man-Eaters,” came from this postcard I received about a program at the University of Minnesota Libraries called “Lions in the Balance.”  Below is the postcard with the words I used highlighted. I also used “lions,” which I don’t think I ever actually highlighted :>)

Lions in the Balance - front

Lions in the Balance - front

 

  Instead of linking to the rest of my Poetry  Sisters’ poems here like I usually do, I’ve created a padlet where I hope to show all of them! And you can add your own found poem, too. Just click here to go to our Padlet, click twice on any open space not covered by a note, and leave your poem. Please put your name and poem title in the Title spot. You do not have to create an account to participate. Also, if you post your own poems on your own blog, you can simply link to the blog post in the padlet, and it will feed in for people to read it. In there, you can click on the + icon to link to your own post, website, etc., or click on the camera icon if you want to share your found poem as an image. Have fun! And enjoy the Poetry Sisters’ poems in there, too. Aren’t they all fabulous?

Created with Padlet

  Here are the previous Poetry Sisters collaborations:

August 2015 Classified haiku
July 2015 Inspired by e.e. cummings’ poems
Jun 2015 Odes
May 2015 Pantoums
Apr 2015 Raccontinos
Mar 2015 Sestinas (Lord have mercy)
Feb 2015 Villanelles on hidden things
Jan 2015 Triolets on beginnings (And I posted an extra one here.)
Pre-2015 Villanelles, a crown sonnet, rondeau redoubles, and pantoums

And for more Poetry Friday fun, visit the lovely teacher/blogger/poet Linda Baie at Teacher Dance for the Poetry Friday Roundup!

Tagged With: found poems, image poems, Laura's poems, padlet, poempics, Poetry 7, Poetry Friday, Poetry Princesses, poetry sisters

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