F - Found Poetry: a Cento
My B post was Blackout , a form of Found poetry. Today, F is for Found Poetry in general, with an example of a Cento. Cento is Latin for "patchwork," and is written entirely of lines written by other poets. It is sometimes referred to as a "collage" poem. I find them quite fun to write. I probably spend a bit too long on them, starting with as many lines as I do! My cento takes the lines of two poets, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Robert Lowell. It also has an introduction with lyrics from a Jackson Browne song. The poems are listed after my found patchwork. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Full_moon_setting_over_Lanai.jpg “And the heavens were rolling Like a wheel on a track And our sky was unfolding And it'll never fold back Sky blue and black” Jackson Browne , Sky Blue and Black Tonight a blackout. Twenty years ago, when time was open-eyed, I saw the sky descending, black and white. My breath c...