Tag: found poetry
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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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15 May: An Erasure Poem
She poured into the open door, and checked a mental note over her head. The day was a dark movie poster. Found poetry test sourced from Jaws by Peter Benchley. ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting on Twitter. Image is a poster for the movie The Woman in Black During April, I participated in a 30-day…
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12 May: An Erasure Poem
she felt herself physically elderly, – and final she was an open door, a crack to the other side. 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 image to…
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4 May: An Erasure Poem
She was sinuousnessas a plastic shopping bag,a pair of underpants,or the twist of emotion. 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 image to reveal text from the lower…
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GloPoWriMo Day 30: A Cento Poem
Te Dominus Amat (a cento poem) And Te Dominus amat was all you said.Like a dream that makes youwant to go back to sleep. Magnified applesappear and disappearwith shades and echoes of whispered vespers by a hissing lamp.Blue-horned beetles scratchagainst the night sky, and Te Dominus amat was all you said. Lines 1 and 10:…
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Found Poetry from Bleak House
She Is Morning She is the morning,And the birds mistake her for it,But this worldIs an indifferent parentWithout a helping heart. Found poetry, remixed from Harold Skimpole’s conversation in Bleak House by C Dickens 1853 GoDogGo Cafe Book Title Challenge #10 Girl Decoded. image: WikiArt Little Girls in the Garden by Berthe Morisot, Date: 1885. Public Domain. ©Misky 2022…
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Miz Quickly’s Interview #1
Twenty Seven Questions Found & Remixed in ‘The Last Wish’ Who are you?What shall I call you?You are common folk, am I right? Do you bow your head and sing canticles? Are you powers innate?Should I bite a chair leg? You mean those charlatans with stars on their hats?One thousand and two hundred?Are you playing at…
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Day 13
PA 13 Found Poetry from “The Book of Questions” by P Neruda. PA: a persona poem ©️ Misky 2019 It’s November Poem a Day month. These are 1st drafts
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