TweetEach spring, students participate in graduation ceremonies to recognize their accomplishments and to mark their passage from one phase of life to another. The season has become known for its speeches, from the inspirational to the unorthodox.
This year’s college commencement speakers range from Twitter CEO Dick Costolo to author Toni Morrison to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. This weekend, try writing a found poem using a commencement speech (or speeches) as source material. Peruse some of the most well-known graduation speeches or recall a speech that was memorable to you. As always, we’d love to see what you find.
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TweetIn case you’ve been hiding in a literary bunker, here’s the news: Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby hits theaters this weekend. Why not take this opportunity to write a found poem using F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel as source text?
Try creating an erasure poem by blacking out one page and leaving behind only the words in your poem (examples), or simply mine sections of text for language that stands out to you.
Please do share your poems in the comments section!
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This weekend, write a found poem from dream journals (maybe even your own dream journal) or dream-related materials.
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Your weekend poetry prompt: write a found poem inspired by advice columns or letters.
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Your weekend poetry prompt: recognizing National Grammar Day by finding poetry in grammar texts.
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