Though National Poetry Month is coming to an end, you can continue to celebrate all year long! You don't have to read poetry to celebrate; you can create it instead.
Last week I filled in at our weekly Teen Advisory Group (TAG) meeting. We made poetry collage and created black out poems. For both projects, I provided magazines, card stock, textured paper, scissors, markers, and glue. I tried to find magazines with large blocks of text, interesting images, and bright colors. I provided an example of poetry through collage (below; work in progress), but advised that there is no single method or process to follow. We created several collages that afternoon and many poems (bottom of post), which were read aloud.
Why? I'm not sure. was my dream so I went to college a life a career as the years have passed, it's become clear that my personality isn't necessarily simpatico I'm excessively irritated carrying a pain and dammit, sometimes. I can't imagine living I can't say that I'm die hard I've never lived
Books and websitesThese may inspire you to create some of your own poetry collages or blackout poetry:
I Can't keep My Own Secrets: Six Word Memoirs by Teens Famous and Obscure edited by Smith MagazinePost Secret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by Frank WarrenIt All Changed in an Instant: More Six Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and ObscurePost Secret: Confessions on Life, Death, and GodSix Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak by Writers Famous and Obscure edited by Smith MagazineAustin Kleon's websitePost Secret website