Innovative Forms of Poetry Exploration
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Poems
With Borrowed
Elements
FOUND POEMS
The poet takes prose and text
from stories, novels, essays,
and other writing – then
reshapes the words into an
original poem.
Found Poem from J.R.R. Tolkien’s
The Hobbit
Chapter 1 “An Unexpected Party”
(by Jill Johnson)
A Nice Little Second Breakfast
Please come to tea.
Put on the kettle.
Another cup and saucer.
An extra cake or two.
A little beer would suit me.
Seed-cake, if you have any.
A big jug of coffee.
Round of buttered scones.
A little red wine.
Raspberry jam and apple-tart.
Mince-pies and cheese.
Pork-pie and salad.
More cakes and ale and coffee.
Put on a few eggs.
And just bring out
The cold chicken and pickles!
Pastiche
A patchwork of lines or passages from another
writer or writers intended as a kind of
imitation. Or, using the style of another writer.
This imitation or mimicry is done with respect.
It is not a parody – not a satire.
Many poets have used Edgar Allen Poe’s “The
Raven” in their pastiche poetry – his rhyme
scheme & meter.
Epigraph
A Quotation from another literary work that is
placed after the title at the beginning of a
poem. For example, “American Solitude”
begins with the epigraph from M. Moore.
Epigraphs can also be used after the titles of
short stories and novels. Stephen King used
epigraphs at the beginning of each new part in
his novel
The Stand.
American Solitude b
y
Grace Schulman
“The cure for loneliness is solitude.” ~Marianne Moore
Hopper never painted this, but here
on a snaky path his vision lingers:
three white tombs, robots with glassed-in faces
and meters for eyes, grim mouths, flat noses,
lean forward on a platform, like strangers
with identical frowns scanning a blur,
far off, that might be their train.
Gas tanks broken for decades face Parson’s
smithy, planked shut now. Both relics must stay.
The pumps have roots in gas pools, and the smithy
stores memories of hammers forging scythes
to cut spartina grass for dry salt hay.
This poem continues…
Formal Application by Donald W. Baker
"The poets apparently want to rejoin the human race." TIME EPIGRAPH
I shall begin by learning to throw
the knife, first at trees, until it sticks
in the trunk and quivers every time;
next from a chair, using only wrist
and fingers, at a thing on the ground,
a fresh ant hill or a fallen leaf;
then at a moving object, perhaps
a pieplate swinging on twine, until
I pot it at least twice in three tries.
Meanwhile, I shall be teaching the birds
that the skinny fellow in sneakers
is a source of suet and bread crumbs,
first putting them on a shingle nailed
to a pine tree, next scattering them
on the needles, closer and closer
to my seat, until the proper bird,
a towhee, I think, in black and rust
and gray, takes tossed crumbs six feet
away.
Finally, I shall coordinate
conditioned reflex and functional
form and qualify as Modern Man.
You see the splash of blood and feathers
and the blade pinning it to the tree?
It's called an "Audubon Crucifix."
The phrase has pleasing (even pious)
connotations, like Arbeit Macht Frei,
"Molotov Cocktail," and Enola Gay.
maxim
aphorism
adage
proverb
These words are synonyms.
Gnomic Verse
Poems full of…
Proverbs
: a short clever saying stating a
general truth or piece of advice
“You can’t make an omelet without breaking
a few eggs.”
Aphorisms
: a brief observation that contains
a general truth
“If it ain't broke, don't fix it.”
Maxims
: a short statement expressing a
general truth or rule of conduct
“Better safe than sorry.”
Examples of
contemporary
gnomic verse
Adage
: a proverb or short statement
expressing a general truth
“You get what you pay for.”
“A picture is worth a thousand words.”
Colloquialism
: a word or phrase that is
not formal or literary, but used in
ordinary or familiar conversation.
“Go bananas!” “Go nuts!” “You look
blue.” “Buzz off!” the use of “wanna”
and “gonna” and “y’all”
Exploring the art of poetry through innovative forms like found poems, pastiche, epigraphs, and formal applications. From reshaping existing text into original poems to imitating styles with respect, these forms broaden creative expression and literary connections.
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Poems With Borrowed Elements
FOUND POEMS The poet takes prose and text from stories, novels, essays, and other writing then reshapes the words into an original poem.
Found Poem from J.R.R. Tolkiens The Hobbit Chapter 1 An Unexpected Party (by Jill Johnson) A Nice Little Second Breakfast Please come to tea. Put on the kettle. Another cup and saucer. An extra cake or two. A little beer would suit me. Seed-cake, if you have any. A big jug of coffee. Round of buttered scones. A little red wine. Raspberry jam and apple-tart. Mince-pies and cheese. Pork-pie and salad. More cakes and ale and coffee. Put on a few eggs. And just bring out The cold chicken and pickles!
Pastiche A patchwork of lines or passages from another writer or writers intended as a kind of imitation. Or, using the style of another writer. This imitation or mimicry is done with respect. It is not a parody not a satire. Many poets have used Edgar Allen Poe s The Raven in their pastiche poetry his rhyme scheme & meter.
Epigraph A Quotation from another literary work that is placed after the title at the beginning of a poem. For example, American Solitude begins with the epigraph from M. Moore. Epigraphs can also be used after the titles of short stories and novels. Stephen King used epigraphs at the beginning of each new part in his novel The Stand.
American Solitude by Grace Schulman Epigraph The cure for loneliness is solitude. ~Marianne Moore Hopper never painted this, but here on a snaky path his vision lingers: three white tombs, robots with glassed-in faces and meters for eyes, grim mouths, flat noses, lean forward on a platform, like strangers with identical frowns scanning a blur, far off, that might be their train. Gas tanks broken for decades face Parson s smithy, planked shut now. Both relics must stay. The pumps have roots in gas pools, and the smithy stores memories of hammers forging scythes to cut spartina grass for dry salt hay. This poem continues
Formal Application by Donald W. Baker "The poets apparently want to rejoin the human race." TIME EPIGRAPH I shall begin by learning to throw the knife, first at trees, until it sticks in the trunk and quivers every time; to my seat, until the proper bird, a towhee, I think, in black and rust and gray, takes tossed crumbs six feet away. next from a chair, using only wrist and fingers, at a thing on the ground, a fresh ant hill or a fallen leaf; Finally, I shall coordinate conditioned reflex and functional form and qualify as Modern Man. then at a moving object, perhaps a pieplate swinging on twine, until I pot it at least twice in three tries. You see the splash of blood and feathers and the blade pinning it to the tree? It's called an "Audubon Crucifix." Meanwhile, I shall be teaching the birds that the skinny fellow in sneakers is a source of suet and bread crumbs, The phrase has pleasing (even pious) connotations, like Arbeit Macht Frei, "Molotov Cocktail," and Enola Gay. first putting them on a shingle nailed to a pine tree, next scattering them on the needles, closer and closer
maxim aphorism adage proverb These words are synonyms.
Gnomic Verse Examples of contemporary gnomic verse Examples of contemporary gnomic verse Poems full of Proverbs: a short clever saying stating a general truth or piece of advice You can t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs. Aphorisms: a brief observation that contains a general truth If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Maxims: a short statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct Better safe than sorry.
Adage: a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth You get what you pay for. A picture is worth a thousand words. Colloquialism: a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, but used in ordinary or familiar conversation. Go bananas! Go nuts! You look blue. Buzz off! the use of wanna and gonna and y all
