How to Make a Headline Poem:
You will need one magazine per person. You will go through the magazine and read the headlines, sub-headlines, pull quotes (these are quotes pulled out of stories and placed in larger type to help attract a reader.
You are looking for any word that attract attention, provoke interest and curiosity.
Cut the words out of the ad or the headline. Collect at least 40 words and put them in your envelope, so you don't loose them.
To create the poem, take your pile of words and begin arranging the words. Try to create a poem into a coherent and interesting poem. Once you have and are happy with your poem, glue the words on to a blank piece of paper. The result of the different styles, sizes and colors of the fonts helps to create a visually appealing work as well. You may add images.
Rules for Headline Poetry:
1) All words must come from a single issue of a magazine. The name of the magazine and date must appear at the bottom of the poem.
2) You may not trade, sell or give words to each other.
3) You may not add prefixes or suffixes. If you can’t find the world you want in the magazine, you either need to alter the poem or go with what you have. While occasionally this results in a rough fit, to me it’s a small price to pay to avoid easy rhymes, imagery, etc. It helps to foster creativity.
4) You may not use more than two words that appear together in a row. For example, if an headline read “Plane Crashes in Michigan” they may use “Plane Crashes”, “Crashes in”, and “in Michigan”, but not Crashes in Michigan” or Plane Crashes in”. The only way they could do this is if they found the word they wanted to use somewhere else within the magazine.