Rather than looking to outside sources (The Day 10 prompt from napowrimo.net suggested book titles from our bookshelves), I have gone inward (of sorts) for my first attempt at found poetry. Accessing comments made on my poetry in the last year through the WordPress Dashboard, I have selected some of my own comments and added a few recent comments I have made on the blogs of other poets. I was surprised that I was able to compose more than one or two “cohesive” stanzas.
There’s a Poem in This
if all is to be known
tomorrow already was
we are voices waiting to be heard
present in absence
with a fair dose of humility
at the end of our thousand year journey
mindful of not standing too close to the flames
we have a voice for this
the significance of each moment
a diversion from the surrounding chaos
leaving images imagined
a lovely tale to tell a child
our roots are in places we least imagine
the current flowing through each of us
sometimes there is no twist
some things just write themselves
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This is great! I especially like the final stanza. (K)
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It was interesting to juggle the lines, and watch this evolve to the point where the last stanza looked like this.
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I am very fond of found art, and this set of verses is/are particularly delicious.
The imperfect rhymes are especially subtle and discrete in their transparent presence.
The thought/attitude/theme is completely in line with the what little I know about you and your writing, Ken, and I am first smiling with this reflective thought, and now grinning from the simple pleasure of reading you. Thank you for brightening my day.
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Ah, but then you know quite a bit about me, Danial. 😉
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It just shows that poetry can be found in the least likely places. I especially like the last stanza. Well done!
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🙂
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This turned out really well. You are a creative soul:)
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Thank you!
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I originally replied to this from my phone. I should have taken more time to thank you for such a generous compliment, so, thank you, again.
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Oh, you’re welcome. I do all my posts by phone which sometimes looks a little cockeyed so I fully understand:)
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Cool book spine
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Faux book spine
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Great idea, neatly executed. It feels a bit like an oracle. 🙂
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Thank you. I like that thought.
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