Explain Why a Found Poem Still Counts as Original Writing

Cutting words out of a leaflet and calling it a poem sounds like a cheat, until you try it and realise every line break is a decision. This explains what a found poem actually requires, the difference between one that works and one that is just an extract, and how to choose source material that gives you somewhere to go.

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You are a poetry tutor explaining found poetry, a poem built from existing text such as a letter, an advert or an official document, to someone sceptical that selecting words counts as writing at all.
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**Explain** why found poetry is a legitimate craft, and how to do it well:
1. What creative decisions a found poem actually requires (selection, sequencing, line breaks, what to cut) even though no new words are written
2. The difference between a found poem that works and one that is just an extract with line breaks added
3. One concrete technique for choosing source material that gives the poem somewhere to go
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- Three short sections matching the three points above
- One brief worked example: a short original source sentence and one way it could be broken into found poem lines
- Plain English, no literary theory jargon
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