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To Kill a Mockingbird Found Poem

July 13, 2009
By RachelEliza PLATINUM, Virginia Beach, Virginia
RachelEliza PLATINUM, Virginia Beach, Virginia
23 articles 0 photos 28 comments

Favorite Quote:
I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when theyre right, and sometimes good things fall apart so that better things can fall together -Marilyn Monroe


This is a truth
that applies to the human race,
yet to no particular race of men:
You never really understand a person,
until you consider things from his point of view,
climb inside of his skin,
and walk around in it.
One thing that doesn't abide,
by majority rule;
a person's conscience.
It was times like these
When;
you rarely win,
only children weep,
the dead bury the dead,
one does not love breathing,
and there’s just one kind of folks:
folks.
I don't pretend to understand,
Why reasonable people,
go stark raving mad,
simply because they're still human;
that the one place,
where a man ought to get a square deal,
is in a courtroom,
be he any color of the rainbow.
It was times like these,
That,
food comes with death,
flowers with sickness,
and little things in between;
two soap dolls,
a broken watch and chain,
a pair of good-luck pennies,
and our lives.
It made me sad.
Yet delete the adjectives,
and I'd have the facts;
it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

The author's comments:
This poem is called a found poem. Its when you take phrases from an article or a book and put them together to create a poem. Mine is for "To Kill a Mockingbird".

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on Jun. 1 2011 at 12:30 pm
BellelaVie SILVER, Fairbanks, Alaska
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I love TKAM, and I think this poem goes right along with oddistic nature of the book. It also sort of sums up the book. great job!

on Jun. 1 2011 at 7:38 am
K.M.S.Shear BRONZE, Cherokee, Iowa
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Favorite Quote:
"Some people think writing is a waist of their time. For me it’s a way to draw an image of myself through the painting of words."

It mades me think and it has an interesting idea

on May. 25 2011 at 11:36 am
bluegirl440 DIAMOND, Park City, Utah
84 articles 0 photos 48 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everybody lies. -House

very interesting :)

on May. 19 2011 at 4:35 pm
RachelEliza PLATINUM, Virginia Beach, Virginia
23 articles 0 photos 28 comments

Favorite Quote:
I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when theyre right, and sometimes good things fall apart so that better things can fall together -Marilyn Monroe

thank you ! and I'll chec yours out right away , look for my comments (:

on May. 19 2011 at 4:31 pm
RachelEliza PLATINUM, Virginia Beach, Virginia
23 articles 0 photos 28 comments

Favorite Quote:
I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when theyre right, and sometimes good things fall apart so that better things can fall together -Marilyn Monroe

Haha thank you , but naturally I heard about it in English class, partially because thats the only class I really pay attention in .

on May. 10 2011 at 4:38 pm
Kfuzesi13 SILVER, Someplace, New Jersey
5 articles 1 photo 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right."
-Markus Zusak, The Book Theif

This is really cool! You did a very nice job with the phrases and themes of the book.

on Apr. 18 2011 at 9:35 pm
Amsterdamsel DIAMOND, Henderson , Nevada
54 articles 2 photos 69 comments
i hate that book but this is really good. great job!

on Apr. 18 2011 at 8:50 pm
WithEyesWideOpen BRONZE, Wayne, Pennsylvania
2 articles 22 photos 240 comments

Favorite Quote:
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.

this is great! i read this a while ago, but I can still remember some of these!

on Apr. 18 2011 at 7:55 pm
perpetuallydancing GOLD, Prairie Village, Kansas
13 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you don't have any shadows, you're not standing in the light."
- Lady Gaga

wow, this is beautiful. i love found poems (i've done them a lot at school) and i think you really captured the spirit of the book while staying true to you and also while creating a beautiful piece of writing. GREAT job! (:

on Apr. 18 2011 at 7:52 pm
perpetuallydancing GOLD, Prairie Village, Kansas
13 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you don't have any shadows, you're not standing in the light."
- Lady Gaga

i really like it. just remember that you don't need to rhyme to write a beautiful poem. good one though!

on Apr. 18 2011 at 4:23 pm
rubyrainstorm SILVER, Closter, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
-Buddha.

Wow, this poem was great! Usually, with long poems like this, I get bored and stop reading halfway through it. But with your article, my eyes were glued to my computer screen, first word to last! I really hope you keep writing. If you have time, please check out, comment on, and rate my poems, The Girl Inside, You Are The Lyrics In Me, and Remembering Spring. Thanks so much! 8)

on Apr. 18 2011 at 1:46 pm
Lioness-of-God BRONZE, Emporia, Kansas
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Wow! This is really good! It captures the novel well! I have never heard of a found poem, I like the idea a lot.

on Apr. 18 2011 at 12:17 pm
Kelsey_O SILVER, Essex Fells, New Jersey
7 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities," JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

This is so cool! To Kill a Mockingbird is an amazing work with great lines in it. This looks difficult to put together, but it is very good! Check out my article? 

on Mar. 27 2011 at 3:56 pm
remembermeplz PLATINUM, Friend, Nebraska
36 articles 10 photos 230 comments

Favorite Quote:
"when the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace" -- Jimi Hendrix

wow this is amazing!

on Mar. 27 2011 at 1:26 pm
justsmileanddance PLATINUM, Montgomery, Alabama
28 articles 42 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
-Albus Dumbledore

wow!!! this is really cool!! i'd never heard of a found poem before and i love it. i had to read this book for school this year and i love the way you got phrases from all the important parts of the book. just love it!!

Binte SILVER said...
on Mar. 27 2011 at 7:25 am
Binte SILVER, -, Other
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 i love that book and i love this too!! real nice!!

nathan s said...
on Mar. 3 2011 at 2:32 pm
need to write this for a class. Comments and suggestions would be appreciated. * is quote key because my keyboard is broken.

The was a sound when I walked in the woods,
A mockingbird singing as best as it could.

I had been told it was a sin to kill one,
So I killed it to prove what I did could be done.

Another bird swooped down and spoke to me,
It said *How could you kill such a creature with glee?

All that bird did was make music for you,
If you would have listened you would have known too.

So many people and so many things,
Think they are the reason a song should be sung.

Too many people think theyre world is right,
They fail to see that some people arent white.

There are many creatures with songs to be sung,
But too many people have things to be done.

Remember the next time you walk in these woods,
The bird you heard singing as best as it could.*

Thanks.

on Feb. 26 2011 at 11:50 pm
Justbeme SILVER, Burlington, Washington
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Gosh i love this book! Great idea i never actually thought about found poems before. i really enjoyed reading it. :)

 


bookworm said...
on Feb. 26 2011 at 1:53 pm
i have just finished reading this book and i needed to find an example of a found poem. i lokked and looked, until i found this one. this is the best example i have ever found of a 'found poem' that relates to "to kill a mockingbird".    a really good poem for a really good book!!!!!!!   i love it!!!!!!  

on Feb. 11 2011 at 6:26 pm
SpringRayyn PLATINUM, Lakeville, Minnesota
34 articles 2 photos 658 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Don't punish yourself," she heard her say again, but there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness too. That was writing."
--Markus Zusak, "The Book Thief"

Ironically, we started reading the book in English class like a week after I read this and posted. It makes a lot more sense now, and I recognize some of the quotes too.