A "found poem" is made up of phrases, extracted and modified, from some other source.
Here is a found poem I created, constructed of lines taken from the film Waking Life, by Richard Linklater.
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It has to come out of the moment.
It's just a moment,
which is holy.
You know…
like this
moment
is holy.
We walk around
like there's some
holy moments
and there are all these
other moments...
that are not holy,
Ah, this moment. holy.
Like "holy, holy, holy" moment by moment.
But who can live that way?
Because if I were to look at you
if I were to let you be holy for me--
I don't know…
I would
stop talking.
I'd be open.
I'd look in your eyes
and I'd laugh or cry...
and I'd feel all this stuff and that's not polite.
It would make you
uncomfortable.
3 comments:
Wayne, this is my favorite. You should have done this long time ago.
Wayne, I love this whole holy thing! It's deep. I can feel. I love, love poetry. It's me, Arlena.
...but who can live that way? I have not been able to experience these holy instants as a regular part of my life. Wouldn't living be ecstatic if we did experience it that way?
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