My found poem is based on the short story “Tuesday of the Other June.” by Norma Fox Mazer. The title of my poem is called “Of June.” because my poem is basically June before she stands up for herself. In the story, the main character June was bullied by a girl that shares the same name as her and she was afraid to stand up for herself. I used a highlighter to split the poem into two parts, the first part being when June is with her mother and her mother told her to be kind to everyone and everyone will be kind to her. In this part I decided to choose words that explain June and her mother and their family’s conditions, I included the word “alone” to stress the fact that June has no one to depend on so she is over–dependent on her mother. The second part illustrates how June is getting bullied by the other June, this time I included words that represent their entire conversation. To represent how the other June is being very mean I included words like “fish-eyes”, “stupid.” I spaced the second part like it’s a conversation to match the story of how the other June bullied June, they were arguing back and forth which is another reason why I chose to space the second part this way. My drawing skills were never that great but the artworks in this poem mean something that is connected to the story, for example like the comb I drew on the top right corner, it was mentioned when June’s mother is combing June’s hair. This represents June being with her mother and how they were happy together. The artworks on the bottom represent June bullying June and June is crying instead of standing up for herself which matches the second part. 

Info on Teens bullying support: https://www.youngminds.org.uk/young-person/coping-with-life/bullying/

Biography of the author: https://biography.jrank.org/pages/2150/Mazer-Norma-Fox-1931.html