Found Poems: A Poetry Experiment

In class today, we examined “found poems,” poems that are created from sentences that you find, sentences that other people write and that the writer turns into a poem.

Here are two sentences we found in a magazine:

“It’s easy to get lost in this summer scene. With a wooden bench surrounded by blooms an a birdbath, in the distance you could spend hours in this picturesque garden.”

Here’s how we turned it into a poem:

Found Poem #1

Words from Birds & Blooms

Arranged by Room 302

It’s easy

to get lost

in this summer scene

with a wooden bench

surrounded by blooms

and a birdbath. In the distance

you could spend hours in this picturesque

garden

Write TWO found poems. You can find material anywhere. Your job is to arrange it into a poem. Think about things like line breaks, stanzas, sounds, and other poetry “moves.”

Make sure you put “Words from _____” and “Arranged by ____” at the top of your poem so we know where you got your words and who you are!

Due date: Monday, September 28