Tag: found poem
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A Better World
Cool our fevered world,Celebrate acceptance, freedom, respect.Show more compassion, gratitude,Courage, tenacity, and hope.Consider history and meaning,Remember triumphs and failures.Forge ahead with determination,Do what’s right.Improve ourselves and inspire mindfulness,Without perpetuating fears, misunderstandings.Put a spotlight on making friends-What is more powerful than gathering?A small voice whispers,”Listen. Share. Ponder.”We’re learning.Challenge ourselves, abandon complacency,Search within for how to be…
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Detachment
Withoutjudgmentsswarmingwholly and completely,searchthe memories,the anxiety,the promise.Journal,write,read,let go.Should friendscall,just go.When thereisspacelet it all besmileforevermore.This poem is a Found Poem from Rev. Safire Rose’s poem, She Let Go. I redacted portions of her text, leaving these words exposed and creating my own message about how to detach.Photo: Frenchtown, NJ. 3.3.24 by LA
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National Poetry Month-Broken Open Found Poem
The irony- Hiding the dark side Is not really a secret at all. How can it be? A laughable admission, A shadow self, Unmerciful thoughts, A longing for something, Vulnerable, insecure, In need of connection, Reassurance. A grave disservice. The door will open to your secret self- Face being human. Great Power, your Open Secret!…
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Swan, A Found Poem
After reading “The White Flakes,” a Found Poem from Schindler’s List in which the author recasts a text as a poem, deleting words while keeping the important nouns and verbs to the best effect and choosing the lines and breaks, I decided to give it a try. Here is my attempt from a favorite childhood…
The Journey Inward 