Found Poem for Humanities
This found poem was created with the words from the story entitled “Tuesday of the Other June” written by an American author named Norma Fox Mazer. To put the words together, I used online tools such as Microsoft Words, and Canva. I first chose the words that I was going to use for the found poem on Words, then added pictures on Canva.
In the story, the main character named June meets another June with the same name in her weekly swimming class. However, the Other June thinks she is unique, and thus forces June to change her name to “Fish Eyes”. Additionally, she even bullies June physically, and makes fun of her clothing. As the bullying goes on, she becomes afraid of the days that she has her swimming class with the Other June. This clearly shows that the story has a character vs character conflict between June and the Other June. For example, I added and distinctly colored some action words such as shove, pinch, and punch to black to show that there is a collision between the two characters. I made use the font GFS Didot, and a red, blood-like background with dark edges to make a serious mood for the poem. Furthermore, I made use of some symbolic images to help the readers clearly imagine the story. At the end of the poem, I used words such as awful, and bad to express different emotions of the protagonist, and also show a slight internal conflict in her mind. In conclusion, I believe these small details and elements were combined together to form an appealing poem.
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September 12, 2022 at 11:02 am
I think the found poem is overall pretty nice, but the punching picture looks kind of generic school “bullying is bad” propaganda, which makes it less serious. Also, maybe use png’s for the transparent background.