Copy Change – Poetry, Two Examples
Copy Change – Poetry Activity
Typed Copy Change Poem DUE 11/28
Copy Change is a way to use the structure of other poets who have written before us to create new meaning, new poems for ourselves. The way copy change works is that you use the structure of a previous poem to compose your own poem.
You will use Quincy Jones’ poem to compose your own poem about how your identity is a reflection of where you live. First look at my attempt to write a Copy Change poem about the places where I’ve lived.
From “Back on the Block” “Teaching the World”
By Qunicy Jones by Nancy Kaplan
An everlasting omnipresence A changing cornucopia
is my present is my utopia
state of being different places
seeing traces
the unpleasant of lives
sight of righteous souls circling the globe twice
the mind stunts growth of adolescents new places extended transcendence
live like peasants life a resistance
My insight enables me to enlight My experience allows me to impart
the weakest of minds as I put 'em in flight knowledge of places I have been
as I transcend as a teacher
and ascend and rescind and mother and wife
recreate, reincarnated and resend the lessons of the world
because Man messed up because the world’s new
the media dressed up the places old
lies perpetrated as truth and it left us knowledge is essential and it is
confused told
but I've seen it all before but I see some turn away
from Babylon to the Third World War From the right to learn, effort, rigor
I'm more than I man I’m more than a teacher
I'm more like an entity I’m more like a map
I'm back on the block I’ve got your back
and this time my identity is you and today begins your utopia.
As you can see, just because the structure and the "feel" of the poem are the same, the subject matter can be totally different.
Now, use the following break down of “Back on the Block” to draft your own Copy Change. What you want to do is copy the syllabic structure and words per line of the original poem, substituting words of your own for the poet's words. The poem you are writing is about you, your life, your world, the impact you wish to make on others.
An everlasting omnipresence
is my present
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state of being
seeing
the unpleasant
sight of righteous souls
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the mind stunts growth of adolescents
live like peasants
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My insight enables me to enlight
the weakest of minds as I put 'em in flight
_____________________________________________________________________
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as I transcend
and ascend and rescind
recreate, reincarnated and resend
_____________________________________________________________________
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because Man messed up
the media dressed up
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lies perpetrated as truth and it left us
confused
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but I've seen it all before
from Babylon to the Third World War
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I'm more than a man
I'm more like an entity
I'm back on the block
and this time my identity is you.
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