Found Poetry

In your blogs, create two versions of the same found poem from material you cut and paste from another source. Possible sources include newspaper articles, Facebook status updates, Tweets, speeches, essays, wikipedia entries.

Your found poems must be at least 16 lines long. The two poems should have identical words, but differ in your use of line breaks, enjambent, caesura and stanza breaks.  Provide an explanation that discusses how you tried to use these poetic elements.

REQUIRED: include a link to the original source.

Example: the above instructions rewritten as found poetry

In
your blogs,
create
two versions of the
same
found poem
from material you

cut

and

paste from another
source.

Possible sources include
newspaper articles,
    Facebook status updates,
        Tweets,
            speeches,
       essays,
wikipedia entries.

Your found poems
must

be
at least
s

i

x

t

e

e

n
lines
long.

The two poems should 
have identical words, 
but differ 
in 
your use of line 
breaks
 enjambent, caesura and stanza breaks.  Provide 
an explanation 
        that discusses 
               how you tried to use
 these
      poetic 
        elements.

RE QUIR ED:
include
a link to the

original source.

Link to original source

Grading:
2 points for link to original source
2 points for each poem
2 points for explanation
2 points for use of line break, enjambent, caesura, and stanzas