"I want to use this world rather than my own invention."
- Ellsworth Kelly, The Painter's Eye
 

"Found" poems are essentially built from bits of broken text.  The poems are original as poems; their themes and their orderings are invented.  Their sentences are not.  Words can be dropped but not added.  In the course of composing such poems, the author's intentions are usually the first to "go."  A nineteenth century Russian memoir of hunting and natural history yields a poem about love and death.  A book of nineteenth century oceanographic data yields a poem about seeing.  This is editing at its extreme:  writing without composing.
 

THE ASSIGNMENT:
You are to develop a found poem which has the following required elements:
- at least 20 lines
- at least 3 major symbols
- at least one line demonstrating alliteration
- a clear, central tone
- at least two figurative images
- at least two sensory images
- at least two connotatively loaded lines
 

In other words, I am asking that you compile your understanding of all we've studied over the past two weeks to develop your found poem. (20 points) You will submit to me, not only the poem itself, but a source list of the poems from which you "borrowed." (10 points - make sure you are citing correctly!  See Writers Inc for assistance!)  Finally, in a one-paragraph reflection, you are to explain your reasoning, assess your work, and identify your required elements. (another 10 points)
 

USE THE FOLLOWING LINKS TO DISCOVER THE TEXTS YOU'LL USE:

Be sure to budget your time wisely!