Erin Clifford
I wanted my found poem to be on something that I could relate to, so I chose to do my poem on the song, “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa. This song was written and dedicated to Paul Walker. Paul Walker passed away in 2013, and many people were affected by his death. Dealing with death is a very difficult thing to go through and this song portrayed the feelings of grief and gave hope.
For my poem I wanted to leave a lot of blank space on the page to emphasize the meaning of the words on the page. I also chose to block out some words and to make some of the words bolded. Where I blocked out the word from the sentence it was to make the words around it stand out more. The words that have been bolded are also meant to stand out and be important. The bolded words are very important to me because they emphasize how real and long term death is. While writing this poem I felt very sad because I could relate to this song. My best friend passed away unexpectedly last year, so I know what it is like to lose someone you never thought you would, and so suddenly. Doing this poem has definitely helped me to understand ZONG! because when I first looked at these poems I felt like they were just words on a page, but now I realize that all of the separation and blank space has meaning to the poem.
