Go to your five favourite websites.  From each one take three sentences that stand out for you.

These are the words you’re going to use to put together your poem.  Take the words and shape them, wrestle with them, turn them into something new.  A found poem.

Take a look at poets.org to learn more about found poetry.  They sum up what you’re going to be doing with your three sentences from each website when they say ‘a found poem is the literary equivalent of a collage.’

So gather the words you’re going to use then put them together to create something new.  Let your imagination and your five favourite websites help you rewrite the world.

Apparently, teenagers today (who live in Canada) have an excellent chance of living until they’re 100 years old.  I want you to image you’re 100 today.  It’s your birthday and you’re writing a diary entry for the day.  Think about what the world is like around you.  Think about the memories you have from your life.  Think about the regrets you have.

100 years.  What a life you’ve lived…

Great workshops with great kids.  We did some awesome travelling with out imaginations over the last couple of days and had many neat ideas on pages. 

One thing I was reminded of is that writing has to be fun!  Try writing a nonsense poem to help remind you of this – it doesn’t have to mean anything, just get some sounds and words down.

Nuf Evah (Have Fun!)