The article that I picked to base my found poem on was a BBC article that expressed pro-life ideals and reasonings. My method in creating this poem was that I deleted text and moved the remaining words around the page until I was satisfied. I decided what specific words to use by which I was drawn to as the most impactful in nature. Using the space on the page, I clustered some words for a more desperate feeling, while others were almost excluded on the further right side of the page. What I was feeling while working on this poem was a sadness about the issue of abortion still being unresolved and a slight optimism for the future by the conclusion. I learned from this experience that taking words from an opposing source and shifting them into a new expression creates a strong feeling of satisfaction and happiness. This helped me to think about language in a different way, a way where the words listed can be shaped and nothing is set in stone.
Hi Jenna!! I really enjoyed reading your found poem. Something that stood out to me when reading this was how many words contradict each other. For example, “problem” and “support” just like “equality” and “not free”. This was something that continued to push me to keep seeing what is coming next to tackle the main point of this found poem. Leading off of this idea, when you said, “This helped me to think about language in a different way, a way where the words listed can be shaped and nothing is set in stone.” I agree with this comment completly. This is because the first time I read your found poem I had a completely different view on it than after I read it over a couple of times after that.