"Something new, something strange:" found poetry workshop
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Workshop on writing (discovering) found poetry, for the Longfellow National Historic Site during National Poetry Month. Featuring prose, poetry, photographic, museum & internet sources, as well as directions for illustrated found poems.
![“Kéramos” [excerpt] by HWL
….
Turn, turn, my wheel! All things must change
To something new, to something strange;
Nothing that is can pause or stay;
The moon will wax, the moon will wane,
The mist and cloud will turn to rain,
The rain to mist and cloud again,
To-morrow be to-day.
Thus still the Potter sang, and still,
By some unconscious act of will,
The melody and even the words
Were intermingled with my thought
As bits of colored thread are caught
And woven into nests of birds.
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"Something new, something strange:" found poetry workshop
- 1. “Something New, Something Strange” Found Poetry Workshop Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters NHS Led by Meg Winikates @mwinikates, http://mwinikates.com
- 2. “Kéramos” [excerpt] by HWL …. Turn, turn, my wheel! All things must change To something new, to something strange; Nothing that is can pause or stay; The moon will wax, the moon will wane, The mist and cloud will turn to rain, The rain to mist and cloud again, To-morrow be to-day. Thus still the Potter sang, and still, By some unconscious act of will, The melody and even the words Were intermingled with my thought As bits of colored thread are caught And woven into nests of birds. ….
- 3. What is found poetry? • Choice • Context • Chance • Constraint
- 4. Shelf-Read Poetry: Book Spine Stacks The series Sorting Shark from the Sorted Books project by Nina Katchadourian Pictured above: A Day at the Beach C-prints, each 12.5 x 19 inches, 2001 http://www.ninakatchadourian.com/languagetranslati on/sortedbooks.php
- 6. Crowdsourced Poetry 2: Flarf • Pick two things as unrelated as you can make them. • Put them in the search box. • Use the search results to create your poem.
- 7. Crowdsourced Poetry 3: Twitter Couplets by Pentametron
- 8. Environmental Poetry: Signage Spotting Photo by Matt Holzman http://es.klear.com/profile/KCRW_Matt http://www.openpoetrybooks.com http://www.rd.com/funny-stuff/ funny-road-signs/
- 9. Born after fire, a move from wall hanging to artist, increasingly embroidered by adventurous explorations of colors and spirit. Her influence spread through stitches; abstract weavings of floss transcendence. Curated Poetry: Museum Exhibit Labels
- 10. Illustrated Poetry: Book Pages • Circle or underline the words you want to use (pencil first until you’re sure) • Box out the words you want to keep. • Plan & color your illustration around/under your poem. • Blackout everything else.
- 11. “21st Century Henry” Found poems from HWL’s Complete Poems Your turn…
- 13. Streaming Consciousness: Twitter & Google results Your turn…
- 16. Thank you! Next workshop: April 16, 2 pm “Grace Unto Every Art: Ekphrastic Poetry”