Friday Writings #135 - Five Found Poems

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Poets and Storytellers United



"...take one of our poems or stories and turn it into a new piece of writing by removing some words and/or sections."

Found poetry from my own poetry.   How fun!  After the first, I kept going.  Fortunately, they're short. 

photo copyright Lisa Smith Nelson



the clouds

at dawn


the bronze butterfly

over my head


the moon climbing

out of the city


the dust of snow

in a future sky


in the end

it’s beautiful




2 - original: Wordpools 


waves

     bring words

     with the tide

listen

     booming phrases

     ebbing and flooding

touch

     the pools.

     drown in words





I sit.


In the distance,

past the horizon,

the end of the world.


No one sees

the sun drown

a blood red death.


I step off

to walk

on moonbeams.


photo copyright Lisa Smith Nelson



I watch the summer sky.

I imagine I see you,

a memory just out of reach.



#5 - original 


the tar is oozing

the houses closed

curse days

dread nights

waiting for nonexistent breath

©2024 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved

Comments

  1. Penelope NotesJuly 12, 2024 at 8:41 AM

    Some of the original poetry is evocative. I do like your choice of words and how you transformed existing work into something crisp and new.

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    1. LisaJuly 13, 2024 at 12:57 PM

      Thank you. I had fun, but still like the originals.

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  2. colleenJuly 12, 2024 at 9:42 AM

    Haiku-like stream of conscious. The prompt helps set the words free to play.

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    1. LisaJuly 13, 2024 at 12:56 PM

      Yes. I actually tried to fit #4 into 5/7/5, but it just wouldn't go.

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  3. RajaniJuly 12, 2024 at 6:24 PM

    I read the original "It's beautiful to have chosen" and the erasure version... both charming in their own way...

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    1. AnonymousJuly 13, 2024 at 1:49 AM

      Jim here - You did good with the new. I feel you liked the original much. I liked it better than the original too, like me.

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    2. LisaJuly 13, 2024 at 12:55 PM

      I like all the originals best!

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  4. Magaly GuerreroJuly 14, 2024 at 8:59 AM

    I am touching the pool, wanting to swim in it...

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  5. Rosemary Nissen-WadeJuly 15, 2024 at 5:27 AM

    There was absolutely nothing wrong with any of the originals! But maybe that's beside the point. I LOVE all the new poems you found within them.

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  6. shaun/tenzenmenJuly 16, 2024 at 11:33 PM

    Nicely done! These are great.

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  7. purplepeninportland.comJuly 17, 2024 at 5:46 PM

    These are wonderful. I really love that last one.

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