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Poetry Friday, Week 12: Getting Ready for National Poetry Month 2023

3/23/2023

 
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Welcome to Poetry Friday.  Rose at Imagine the Possibilities is hosting us this week with whispers of spring, daffodils, and hummingbirds.

This week, I've been busy getting things ready for National Poetry Month 2023.  Between Friday poet interviews and daily poetry videos from my students at Texas Women's University, and the Classic Found Poem, it will be chock full of poetry.



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You're Invited. Share a Classic Novel Found Poem!

I wrote this found poem from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley in response to a prompt in February about Frankenstein.
Frankenstein, Chapter Five, a found poem

I.
A dreary night

I might infuse a spark of being
Into the the lifeless thing

the rain pattered against the panes
the candle nearly out
the creature opened the dull yellow eye

The wretch
his limbs in proportion
his yellow skin, hair a lustrous black
teeth, pearly whiteness
his watery eyes and straight black lips

II.
Different accidents of life
not so changeable
Deprived of rest and health
I threw myself on the bed

the dream vanished

I was disturbed
by the wildest dreams
I held the corpse of my dead Mother
I saw grave-worms crawling
I started from my sleep

The wretch
The miserable monster
I had created

III.
I took refuge in the courtyard,

catching and fearing
each sound
My pulse beat,
my palpitating of every artery.

I sank to the ground.
Langor and extreme weakness.

Dreams had been my food
Now a hell
Avoid the wretch.


© 2023, Jone Rush MacCulloch

I will have a Padlet ready to be loaded next Friday.  I will feature the Padlet on April 14.  I can't wait to see your found poems on what you consider to be classic reads!

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Denise Krebs link
3/23/2023 08:00:05 pm

Jone, you are going to be busy! How fun that we will get to read all the classic found poems. Those words from Shelley are stark and scary. You found some powerful images, like "Dreams had been my food / Now a hell / Avoid the wretch" Wow.

Have a great April poetry month!

Linda M.
3/24/2023 03:00:30 am

Palooza is just the right word! I look forward to celebrating with you. Jone, you exude poetry joy. Thank you!

Carol Varsalona link
3/24/2023 08:28:32 am

Jone, your energy for National Poetry Month is going to make April a surprise a day. Your found poem is filled with vivid images, fear, and energy-packed thoughts such as:
My pulse beat,
my palpitating of every artery.

Rose Cappelli
3/24/2023 08:44:33 am

You found great images in Frankenstein and managed to distill the chapter into its essence. Well done!

jama link
3/24/2023 02:08:54 pm

Like your Frankenstein poem -- very evocative and atmospheric!
Looks like you'll be VERY busy during NPM. I'll add your schedule to my roundup. :)

Sarah Grace Tuttle link
3/24/2023 02:35:56 pm

Jone, this sounds like such a fun padlet! I'm really looking forward to seeing what everyone creates-- I loved your Frankenstein poem!

Linda Baie link
3/24/2023 03:45:05 pm

Wow, Jone, this is exciting news to read of all you are planning. I've read Frankenstein with students & they are amazed at the terror which your poem shows so well. The description, the fear, dreams then real. Thanks for starting with such inspiration!

Mary Lee
3/25/2023 04:52:39 am

Sigh. You are SO ready and I am SO not...

Heidi Mordhorst link
3/25/2023 10:49:33 am

Oh, my, Jone--what a very busy month you are planning! How fantastic, and I'm already noodling on the classic I'll choose for the found poem..."catching and fearing
each sound."

PATRICIA J FRANZ link
3/25/2023 11:52:37 am

I felt immersed in your Frankenstein world, Jone. Looking forward to sharing a found poem next month!

Karen Edmisten link
3/25/2023 05:45:43 pm

Love a found poem. :) What a wonderful NPM project. Looking forward to it!

Laura Purdie Salas link
3/25/2023 07:40:37 pm

Ooh, that's powerful, Jone. Especially III. I love found poems! I hope I'll find time to try to create one for your padlet.

Robyn Hood Black link
3/26/2023 01:30:06 pm

You are a busy poetry bee, my friend! So much goodness to look forward to over here next month. Thanks in advance! And, your poem might give me nightmares. Eeek! What a fun project - (creaky wheels turning...) ;0)


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