From The New York Times: The Learning Network (March 27, 2014) ~ It’s been a long, cold winter, but there is no more reliable sign of spring on The Learning Network than our annual found poem contest. What is a found poem? A good nutshell description would be “poems that are composed from words and phrases found in another text.”
So here it is...your assignment for April is...you guessed it! You will be required to create and submit your found poem to the NY Times Found Poetry Student Contest. Follow this link for contest overview, rules, submission instructions, and a collection of found poems from past winners. You must also submit your found poem to this blog as a reply. Good reading and good luck AHS Creating Writing students. FYI...you can access article for free without a digital subscription by accessing the NYT Learning Network - follow this link.
So here it is...your assignment for April is...you guessed it! You will be required to create and submit your found poem to the NY Times Found Poetry Student Contest. Follow this link for contest overview, rules, submission instructions, and a collection of found poems from past winners. You must also submit your found poem to this blog as a reply. Good reading and good luck AHS Creating Writing students. FYI...you can access article for free without a digital subscription by accessing the NYT Learning Network - follow this link.