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A Found Poem

Published on Apr 02, 2016

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A Found Poem

from OCIRA 2016 with Tanny McGregor
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Poetry was daunting for me until...I met her.

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"I want to bring you to the genre in a new way..."

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I am not a writer...

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But, poetry is the perfect genre.

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Poetry is the genre for rule breakers.

Poetry knows how to stand up for itself.

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Poetry is about the 18 inch migration.

It moves the learning from your brain to your heart.

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It shows us how to toggle from head to heart, from heart to head.

It's not willing to be tied down to convention.

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Students feel like they always...or they never.
Poetry frees them up.

Kids can run with that.

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