Today was the first day of the Long Island Writing Project's Summer Institute, which I have the pleasure of co-facilitating. As is our tradition, we started our day with a read aloud (or "shared reading" as we call it) and then free writing. Participants read their responses and it is always amazing how one text brings up so many different ideas for all of us. The book we shared today was The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce. The participants' responses were so beautiful and poignant. I took words, phrases and lines from each participants response to create this found poem.
�Found in a Book�
By Kathleen Sokolowski
Found Poem Inspired by the Written Responses to
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Words taken from the writings of Barbara, Lauren, Lillian, Nicolette, Gina, Sally, and Regina
Books connect us-
Everyone�s story matters.
Lost in a book? No!
We�ve been found in a book.
Reading connects us all.
Taps into what makes us human.
Something special in every genre.
Read them, share them, write them.
Can�t see the story for the words?
Rearrange yourselves!
Don�t whirl in the tornado of your own disaster
What kind of winds will we survive
to write our story again?
Believe in surviving the storm.
Isn�t that, after all, the point of stories?
Find your voice.
Everyone�s voice matters.
Write a new story.
Let go when need be, hold on when you can.
Get found in a book.
Everyone�s story matters.
We end the way we started.
Books connect us.
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