Tag: found poetry
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10 Oct Found Poetry: Her Two Cats
HER TWO CATS I heard laughter. I heard glee. And then two large gray cats stared at us. They tilted their heads as if to grin and to do illegal things. Again. Found poetry sourced from the pages of the Fear Street series, “Night Games” by RL Stine. Published by Simon Pulse (ebook) edition July…
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29 August: An Erasure Poem
Clothes Make a Man It’s a man, cut offat the water, and the boy looks past him,then shook his head and said,mm … mm. He wore combat boots, and a rumpled grey suit covered with dials and knobs. WikiArt image by Bill Traylor, “Untitled Figure Construction of a Waving Man” 1947. Public Domain. ©Misky 2022 Shared…
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19 August: White-Out Erasure
A Confession to Water The rising and falling, reflux of water, like a cataract in the abyss and idle in itself. I confessed to the thunder. Look now, said the old man. Source: “The Portable Edgar Allen Poe,” Introduction page. ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting on Twitter
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29 July: An Erasure Poem
Burnt He was left on the beach.Legs sunburn. Red blotches.Thighs. His feet. He pushed a fingerinto his thigh. It turned stark white,then angry red. The sun rolled whiteon the sand. Wikiart. image Ulysses by Milton Resnick, 1991. ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting on Twitter. Text sourced from Jaws, by Benchley, Peter. Digital Jaws. Pub. Pan…
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27 June: An Erasure Poem (revised)
He’s inthrough the open window. Dragging one leg. A cat, eyes crazy like you know what. This — gnarl of bone and fur. note: image changed and text revised. ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting on Twitter. Text sourced from Jaws, by Benchley, Peter. Digital Jaws. Pub. Pan 70, 2017. Image The Cat Who Became a Woman…
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27 June: An Erasure Poem
He’s inthrough the open window. Dragging one leg, andrang the bell. A cat, eyes crazy like you know what. This — gnarle of bone and fur. Note: This is entirely the wrong image for this one. Expect this one to be updated. I’ll post it anyway because so much ridiculous work and time goes into…
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10 June: An Erasure Poem
He was indulging himself to get rid of them. To make every person an open glass door. He blushed at the terrible temptation. Image from WikiArt: by Matise, The Open Door. Public domain. ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting on Twitter. Text sourced from Jaws, by Benchley, Peter. Digital Jaws. Pub. Pan 70, 2017. Definition: Erasure…
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30 May: An Erasure Poem
A Nod to Not Listening A frail old manstoodstaring out. He looks awful.Eyes sunkenand dark. Skin like mayonnaise. He nodded at dying,We’re not listening, he said. Image: by F. Goya, An Old Man and a Monk. from the Black Paintings series. ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting on Twitter. Text sourced from Jaws, by Benchley, Peter.…
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23 May: An Erasure Poem
ROOMS The rooms inside were the exterior. Simply a room for idly mystified life. A mind’s mess. A temporary wicker. Not even hell. During April, I participated in a 30-day Found Poetry Challenge, sourcing text from the book Jaws by Peter Benchley. My method involved layers, changing the top layer’s opacity, and then erasing parts…
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20 May: An Erasure Poem
The Gnawing His caution and gnawing guilt was a living dead-end.He sat in a tiny airless room predicting his own destiny. During April, I participated in a 30-day Found Poetry Challenge, sourcing text from the book Jaws by Peter Benchley. My method involved layers, changing the top layer’s opacity, and then erasing parts of that…
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