Teachers, student contribute to ‘found’ poem

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November 24, 2012

Teachers, student contribute to ‘found’ poem

Anonymous Special to the Register The Richmond Register Sat Nov 24, 2012, 11:05 PM EST

RICHMOND — English teacher Keri Powell compiled a “found” poem about Madison County by asking six local teachers and one student to each contribute two lines of the poem.

The poem was part of a community public poetry project in Powell’s ENG 861 Reading and Teaching Poetry class at Eastern Kentucky University where she is completing her master’s degree.

“The purpose was not recreate Elliot or Poe, but to create as a whole community a piece of art,” she said.

The focus of the class is to determine poetry’s place in the world, she said. “Many people feel poetry is a dying and displaced art. As a class, we are attempting to define poetry — what it is and where it can be found.”

Others in the class designed different projects to make poetry available to the public eye, Powell said. For example, a student released poetry balloons and asked the community to reply to the poetry via a website. Another student held a poetry booth at EKU where students stopped and randomly wrote lines of poetry. Another student sent out random invitations all over the United States to write poetry on her blog/website, she said.

Madison County

the home to

Berea and Richmond

In October 29, 1862 the Battle of Richmond

was fought long and hard

By Sunday it ended with the

wounded bodies in the yard

Today it’s a unique place,

both friendly and eclectic

college life,

crafts, and

walking trails are abundant

Bringing a little culture and exercise to its citizens

Visit Old Towne Berea

See Glass Blown

Hot Flash Beads

Arts and Crafts

Hike the Pinnacles

Berea College

EKU

Boone Tavern

Papaleno’s…Yum

A small-town feel that’s not at all too hectic

People are standing at the edge of the pond,

an old pole in hand trying to bond.

as I watch the line begin to fly,

a red four-wheeler passes me by.

There is not place I would rather be,

than to sit on the porch with a glass of tea.

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