{"id":511,"date":"2014-03-19T03:53:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T10:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=511"},"modified":"2017-12-23T16:31:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T00:31:55","slug":"found-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2014\/found-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Found Poetry – teens write!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our March creative writing workshop was dedicated to blackout and found poetry.<\/p>\n

Blackout poetry is the poetic form of taking an existing text and blacking out words and lines to leave a new poem… The act of redacting or recomposing the original text by presenting the remaining non-blackened text as a new work. \u00a0The poem is usually presented or read as is; the words that remain on the page as well as the blackouts are part of the poem.<\/p>\n

Found poetry–at least as I’ve presented to the teens–are more often rearranged. \u00a0Found poetry is the process of taking existing texts–this can be anything from a page of a book, news article, or even a computer manual–and selecting phrases or words, then refashioning, slicing, and reordering the selected text to present a new poem. \u00a0According to poets.org<\/a>, it is the “literary equivalent of a collage.”<\/p>\n

The teen writers tried both of these forms as well as an altered form of blackout poetry using highlighters. \u00a0They also wrote in pairs. \u00a0Although every work is still an expression of the writer, this process felt less exposing since the original text was written by someone else. \u00a0For those that normally struggle with poetry–as many of the teens in the workshop have admitted–this exercise makes writing poems less intimidating.<\/p>\n

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Check out what they’ve come up with!<\/p>\n

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Selected from the Teen Creative Writing Workshop, March 8, 2014, Pasadena Central Library:<\/p>\n

The typed text below, particularly the line breaks, was interpreted from what was presented to me.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Blackout poetry by Johanna H., age 16<\/strong><\/p>\n

Original text from Under the Never Sky<\/em><\/p>\n

\"blackout<\/a><\/p>\n

Every breath felt<\/p>\n

closed<\/p>\n

while, he could only cough and pace until the pain<\/p>\n

leaving a streak of<\/p>\n

blood \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0rested<\/p>\n

against the wall<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

His<\/p>\n

gut told him \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0that<\/p>\n

he wasn’t sure<\/p>\n

her temper showed every<\/p>\n

small emotion<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

this was the only way<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

warm blood decaying<\/p>\n

scent.<\/p>\n

He inhaled again, curious, but her mind was deep in the unconscious<\/p>\n

He thought about<\/p>\n

behind him<\/p>\n

the crumbling dark<\/p>\n

forcing him to crawl over broken cement and warped metal, pushing<\/p>\n

luck in his world<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Alarms broke<\/p>\n

the silence<\/p>\n

around him, so loud he felt the sound thrum in his chest<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

He led his head fall again<\/p>\n

smoke<\/p>\n

It smelled like<\/p>\n

chemicals that burned hotter than fire<\/p>\n

but it was nothing compared to<\/p>\n

sin<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It was bad enough<\/p>\n

alone<\/p>\n

he’d killed at least one of them<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Found poetry by Kenny W., age 14<\/strong><\/p>\n

Original text from Publisher’s Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n

\"found<\/a><\/p>\n

Jane<\/p>\n

returns to the Hollows<\/p>\n

with a new name<\/p>\n

and appearance<\/p>\n

where no one\u00a0knows<\/p>\n

father, death, Luke<\/p>\n

discovered her secrets<\/p>\n

and threatens to expose her<\/p>\n

Luke<\/p>\n

disappears after the<\/p>\n

two of them argue<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Found poetry by Evan H., age 13<\/strong><\/p>\n

Original text from The Fall of the House of Usher<\/em><\/p>\n

\"found<\/a><\/p>\n

A dark autumn passing\u00a0alone<\/p>\n

through a view of<\/p>\n

the\u00a0House with a gloom spirit<\/p>\n

with insufferable feeling of<\/p>\n

a sentiment mind scenes of<\/p>\n

images desolate<\/p>\n

upon the\u00a0mere house<\/p>\n

upon vacant eye-like windows<\/p>\n

upon a few rank bleak walls,<\/p>\n

with an utter\u00a0depression I can compare\u00a0to<\/p>\n

no earthly sensation<\/p>\n

no goading of the imagination<\/p>\n

I paused to think<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Found poetry by\u00a0Danielle\u00a0J., age 16<\/strong><\/p>\n

Original text from Publisher’s Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n

\"foundpoetry_danielle<\/a><\/p>\n

Two friendships and relationships are tested<\/p>\n

when she and her young son<\/p>\n

are caught in the crossfire of<\/p>\n

stickup gone bad<\/p>\n

their friendship<\/p>\n

form by heart breaking<\/p>\n

Feuding murder case begins with<\/p>\n

The fact of unresolved love anguish<\/p>\n

Draws people together and collectively<\/p>\n

Pushes them apart. Realistic war<\/p>\n

overshadowed by many flaws is<\/p>\n

Bruising.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Found poetry\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

(by Jane Gov, librarian)<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Original text from Steampunk Frankenstein<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"found<\/a><\/p>\n

the creature whom<\/p>\n

I feared<\/p>\n

remain a cold<\/p>\n

spectre<\/p>\n

flesh tingle \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0pulse beat<\/p>\n

freed from its hideous<\/p>\n

fortune<\/p>\n

\n

To view a listing of our upcoming programs, visit: \u00a0http:\/\/cityofpasadena.net\/library\/teens\/events_and_programs\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Our March creative writing workshop was dedicated to blackout and found poetry. 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