The Outsiders Found Poem



Warriors Don’t Cry Found Poem

A “found poem” is a poem written from random lines that the poet (you) puts together in a new, random order, but one that makes sense. The poem may or may not rhyme

As the poet, you are creating a poem using Melba’s words in Chapter 7 (p 69-89) that describe September 23, 1957 the book. In this case, you are writing a poem with 15-20 lines.

Follow these tips for writing your poem. These are based on The Outsiders:

1. The easiest way to go about writing your poem is to first come up with a topic or theme. Ex: Ponyboy, greasers vs. socs, Johnny, “stay gold”, the rumble, innocence, things are rough all over, the bond of the gang, the bond of the brothers, Dallas, tuff…

2. The next step is to locate the different places in the chapter where certain conversations, events, or thoughts took place. YOU WANT TO FIND LINES FOR YOUR POEM IN MORE THAN PLACE OR PAGE- In fact, you must get your lines from at least four different pages!

3. The tricky part is to not select lines that have too much information. You do not always have to write an entire sentence, but just the part that fits your theme/topic.

Ex: If my theme is “the Curtis brothers”, I’m going to search for lines that show their bond/relationship. When I find the lines I’ll write them down WITH the page number:

p. 16 Sodapop was giving Darry a back-rub.

p. 13 Me and Darry just didn’t dig each other.

p. 13 He never hollered at Sodapop

p. 13 Leave my kid brother alone

p. 98 Darry did care for me

p. 98 Ponyboy you’ve scared me to death

p. 99 I had taken the long way around, but I was finally home

p. 158 No rough stuff, little buddy.

p. 174 He would always listen to me, no matter what he was doing

p. 175 I’m the middleman in a tug o’ war

p. 176 He had given up a lot for Soda and me

p. 177 I guess we all just wanted to stay together

4. After you’ve selected your lines, put them in an order that flows, or tells a story so that your reader understands your theme/topic, and can picture what/who you’re writing about in the poem. Don’t worry about punctuation! It is also okay to repeat lines for emphasis. See the example that I’ve created.

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