How to make a cut-up poem

You will create poems with a technique called cut-up .

How to do it :

• Choose a poem
• Take a pair scissors
• Cut out the words into chunks
• Put each word in a bag
• Shake gently
• Take out one word at a time
• Place them on the table. You can put them in the same order in which they left the bag or organize them
• When you are satisfied glue them on a piece of paper with the original poem next to the cut-up

You could also use magazines like this: