This poem, by Jim Hall, is one of my favorite mashups, and I often read it in Talking to Your Characters and in Teen Poets at Bellevue College.

http://youtu.be/nxJrndusAsI

 

To see Jim Hall’s take on his poem, as well as the entire poem printed out, go here.

Another game to try! Do one OR MORE of the following:

1. Create a mashup poem of your own, mixing a fairy tale character with a celebrity, or a superhero with a politician, or anything else you can think of. Post the poem in the comments.

2. Write a poem from the perspective of a particular celebrity, fairy tale character, superhero, politician, historical figure, etc. Post it in the comments.

3. Record yourself or a friend performing the poem and post the link in the comments!

Don’t miss our upcoming Teen Writing classes at Bellevue College, beginning July 14. There’s enough to keep you laughing, creating, hanging out with other writing teens and sitting in the sun (yes, I like to go outside) for a whole month! (And if that sounds like bliss to you, the way it does to me, we want to meet you!)

Some writers like to sign up for back-to-back classes, so they can immerse themselves in their creative process all day. This isn’t supposed to be like school and it won’t be. (Ask one of the writers who comes back year after year after year.)

Week 1, July 14-18 Teenage Novelist: The Novel in a Nutshell

Teen Poets: Dancing on the Razor’s Edge

Teenage Novelist: Talking To Your Characters

Week 2, July 21-25

Creating Graphic Novels (Dana Sullivan. Waitlisted) Young Writers’ Workshop (Waitlisted) Teenage Novelist: Writing Short Stories (Lois Brandt) Teenage Novelist: Scenes and Dreams Geek Fiction Writing

Week 3, July 28-August 1 Teenage Novelist: Plotting and Scheming Teenage Novelist: Revisioning the Novel Teenage Novelist: Publishing

Week 4, August 4-8 Teenage Novelist: Novel Intensive Teenage Novelist: Writing Short Stories (Lois Brandt) Teenage Novelist: Live-Action Writing

And don’t forget August 10-13 Summer EpicWrite Camp!!!     (not affiliated with BC)