Poetry Friday, Week 15: Classic Found Poetry Palooza

4/13/2023

Welcome to Poetry Friday! I am glad you are here, during National Poetry Month. Last month, friend, Moe Phillips and I decided to host a Classic Found Poem Palooza. They entries are arriving to the party dressed as characters from favorite classics. Please feel free to add your poems in the comments and I will add to the Padlet.

Stop by here on Saturday, April 15 for the latest line for the Progressive Poem.

36 Comments

Sarah Grace Tuttle link

4/13/2023 07:03:58 pm

Happy Poetry Friday Jone! Thank you for hosting. :) I'm looking forward to reading all the poems on the padlet.

Karen Eastlund

4/13/2023 07:06:48 pm

Jone: This is a great idea. I must stop back later and bring a poem. Thanks so much for hosting today. Cheers!

Buffy Silverman link

4/13/2023 07:50:09 pm

Thanks for hosting, Jone. Fun idea--I'll try to add to the padlet tomorrow.

Matt Esenwine

4/13/2023 07:59:50 pm

Great idea, Jone - what fun! These must have taken some time! Thanks for sharing this and for hosting.

Alan j Wright

4/13/2023 08:16:55 pm

An interesting twist on found poetry, Jone. Both inviting and intriguing in its potential. I shall now ponder some possibilities. Thanks for igniting my curious mind. I am keen to see what it reveals. Thank you also for hosting

Janice Scully link

4/13/2023 08:26:19 pm

This was fun, Jone, though now, having tried this, realize there are so many different possibilities, maybe less tied to plot. It was interesting to try this. Thanks for hosting!

Linda Baie link

4/13/2023 08:39:29 pm

Thanks, Jone, for such a marvelous idea you and Moe cooked up! This week, loads more poems for us to enjoy! Here is my offer: from Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten

chapter two, upon Bambi first entering the meadow

‘What is it?’
‘It’s the meadow.’

The swishing grass
sounded wonderful.
It was marvelously soft.
It tossed and waved
luxuriantly.
He turned and flew
He was wild.
Look, look, Mother,’ Bambi exclaimed.
‘There’s a flower flying.’
‘That’s not a flower,’ said his mother,
that’s a butterfly.’

Linda Baie ©

Amy Ludwig VanDerwater link

4/14/2023 02:21:19 am

Oh Linda! This is so spot on gorgeous. I adore it! xo, a.

Linda Baie link

4/14/2023 06:25:02 am

Thanks, Amy, it is a book to savor, however, I thought Jone meant for us to leave the poems here, oops! Now put on the padlet.

Denise Krebs link

4/13/2023 08:51:17 pm

Jone, thank you for hosting today. I'll look forward to Saturday's progressive poetry line. I'll also look forward to reading all the classic poems on the Padlet. The Poem Palooza sounds like a blast. Enjoy! I would have loved to dress up like Don Quixote.

Michelle Kogan link

4/13/2023 09:34:35 pm

Ah this was fun, thanks for the challenge Jone, and thanks for hosting!

Amy Ludwig VanDerwater link

4/14/2023 02:23:52 am

This is such a fun and fabulous idea, Jone. I think that readers of all ages would love doing this, and I am going to tuck it in my pocket and also try this and hold the idea in my mind as I read. It is so interesting to think about how a different book will lead us to different poems, and how a same book will lead different people to different poems too. You always do the coolest things. Thank you for hosting and Happy continued National Poetry Month! xo, Amy

Marcie Flinchum Atkins link

4/14/2023 02:35:44 am

Thanks for hosting! These classic found poems are delightful!

Bridget Magee link

4/14/2023 02:35:46 am

Oooh, going to bookmark this post to linger in the classic poetry! Brilliant idea! Thank you for hosting, Jone and to both you and Mo for this NPM gift. :)

Rose Cappelli

4/14/2023 03:15:11 am

Thanks for hosting today, Jone. I love reading all the wonderful found poems. I'm going to try adding one of my own later.

Moe Phillips link

4/14/2023 03:40:07 am

Jone! Thank you for all the work you did on this! and oh the poems are so much fun to read!

Mary Lee

4/14/2023 04:02:05 am

Thanks for hosting! I know you gave us PLENTY of lead time to add to the Padlet, but there's no time like...now. I'm headed over to A WRINKLE IN TIME to see if I can find a cherita!

Moe Phillips link

4/14/2023 04:21:13 am

So fun to read these!

jama link

4/14/2023 04:28:53 am

What a fun project!! Looking forward to reading the poems on the padlet. Thanks for hosting this week.

Margaret Simon

4/14/2023 04:57:42 am

Thanks for hosting with all these wonderful found poems. I wasn't going to post because I am at a book festival today and presenting, so my commenting will be limited, but I was compelled to share your student's video to Mary Lee's poem and a student poem. Thanks for all you do to hold us all up.

JoAnn Early Macken link

4/14/2023 05:19:31 am

Oh, what a good idea! I'm already thinking about the possibilities. Thank you for hosting today!

Catherine Flynn link

4/14/2023 06:06:47 am

Thank you for hosting today, Jone! I love found poems, and these are all terrific. You've inspired me!

Anastasia Suen link

4/14/2023 07:38:48 am

What a clever challenge! Thanks for hosting, Jone!

Carmela Martino link

4/14/2023 09:28:42 am

Thanks for hosting today, Jone. I created a padlet account just to add my found poem from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, which I just recently read for the first time. I hope I posted the poem correctly. I look forward to reading all the poems!

jone

4/14/2023 09:30:22 am

You did indeed to it correctly. I approved it just now.

Carol J. Labuzzetta link

4/14/2023 09:50:49 am

Hi Jone! Thanks for hosting! This is a very creative idea you and Moe had! I love all the different perspectives. I'll enjoy reading the padlet entries! I think i would like to be Fern from Charlotte's Web! Or, perhaps one of the characters from A Wrinkle in Time - both favorite books of mine. I'll have to give it a try! Sounds like a challenge!

Heidi Mordhorst link

4/14/2023 11:57:11 am

Jone, your found poem palooza is so much fun! Looking forward to seeing all the entries, which are pretty numerous already! Thanks for hosting among all your other businesses.

Buffy Silverman link

4/14/2023 01:38:52 pm

I've been reading some Aesop Fairy Tales today for another project. Here's a poem found in The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg:

Wonderful goose.
Glittering egg.
Golden idea...
but Goose was dead.

Jone MacCulloch

4/15/2023 07:19:16 am

Thanks, Buffy. I published it on Padlet.

Linda Mitchell

4/14/2023 01:39:41 pm

Hello Jone, what a blast your palooza is. I'm recognizing some favorite books...and now that school is out for the weekend, I'll go grab a copy of one of my favs. Thank you for all the ways you celebrate poetry and include friends in it.

Tricia Stohr-Hunt link

4/14/2023 05:03:12 pm

This padlet looks amazing! I can't wait to explore it.
Thank you for hosting!

Rose Cappelli

4/15/2023 04:49:35 am

I'm back with my found poem today from The Giver by Lois Lowry:

A Memory

the place
held their future and their past.

he could see the lights
shining through windows
where families celebrated love

they were waiting
singing
across space and time

Jone

4/15/2023 07:19:26 am

Thanks, Rose. I published it on the Padlet.

Cathy M. link

4/15/2023 05:00:56 am

Thank you for hosting, Jone. I look forward to digging into this found poem Padlet.

PATRICIA J FRANZ link

4/15/2023 09:32:54 am

Jone, Thank you so much for hosting this Palooza! It has been such fun reading through them!

Karen Edmisten link

4/17/2023 06:41:03 am

Jone, I didn't get a post done this week, but I'm enjoying reading through the Palooza. Thanks!