Derived Poetry

    I was looking for an Image Grammar strategy to help get me warmed up for some creative writing. I found one asking me to create some new poetry derived from the words of other poems. It was exactly what I was looking for. The underlined words are the ones that can be found in the other poems.

Image Grammar by Harry R. Noden
Chapter 1: The Writer as Artist
Strategy 4: Stimulate Images with Derived Poetry.

Poem derived from "Hector The Collector," by Shel Silverstein.

People need to be patched-up
Souls need to be reshaped

Junk leaves us cluttered-up
Our minds need to be escaped

Drink life's love or be dried-up
Don't let fear lead you to hate

Poem derived from "Hector The Collector," Shel Silverstein.

Broken bottles and bits of brick
Sudanese nights are fast and quick

Gatling guns and golden treasure
People dying from earthly pleasures

Bent-up, soar, and broken
Sudan rise-up and speak words unspoken

Poem derived from "Wolves," John Haines.

Howling wolves bark at the moon
Singing a brave and polished tune

Human voices drifting afar
The wind carries their words out past the North Star

Sounds fill the calm night air
This is natural music for the entire world to share