At first I thought this was dumb. I thought, “I’m not gonna do that. It’s stupid.” I thought about writing about three books that had a significant impact on me as a reader. But then I randomly opened a page of the book I am reading now, and so many wonderful words sprang out at me. So I changed my mind.
14. The Found Poem: Read a book and circle some words on a page. Use those words to craft a poem. Alternatively, you can cut out words and phrases from magazines.
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A series of Haikus formed from words found on pages 294 and 295 of The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (2020, Henry Hold and Company, New York.)
Walter is scoffing.
Everybody’s indifferent
Eyes on the gallows.
He never did thrive
To speak truth. Courtesy was
Always beyond him.
He wasn’t hanged; but
Anybody sad or lost
Is swimming upstream.
