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I "found" this Poem

by Emily Dickinson with help of Jenny David

By Shirley BelkPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read
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‘I’m Nobody! Who are you?’ (Emily Dickinson)

I’m Nobody! Who are you?

Are you – Nobody – too?

Then there’s a pair of us!

Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know!

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"I'm Somebody! What's it to Ya?" (Shirley Belk)

I'm Somebody! Who do you think you are?

Are you - Somebody - too?

Don't even think we are alike!

Go and tell everybody that! Nobody will even listen!

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Hi everyone! Happy Found Poem Friday! It's a little late but there's nothing like burning the midnight oil, am I right? Here's prompt a to help creativity flow:

Write a found poem that has the opposite meaning of it's original work. If the original poem is happy, then your found poem should be sad, and so forth. The original work for this prompt should be poetry. Keep in mind, you are limited to only use words that are FOUND 😉 in the original work

"What makes a found poem?

Found poems take existing texts and refashion them, reorder them, and present them as poems. The literary equivalent of a collage, found poetry is often made from newspaper articles, street signs, graffiti, speeches, letters, or even other poems."

-Academy of American of Poets (poets.org)

Happy Writing! (by Jenny David on Voices in Minor FB group)

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About the Creator

Shirley Belk

Mother, Nana, Sister, Cousin, & Aunt who recently retired. RN (Nursing Instructor) who loves to write stories to heal herself and reflect on all the silver linings she has been blessed with :)

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    Written by Shirley Belk