“Found Poetry”, “cut up poetry”, “collage poetry” are some ways of defining poetry created from other text sources. This one that I produced was taken from the same text, although from random pages, and this allowed me to explore the idea of narrative in some form. I really like how this turned out and how creepy it became! I find that this is a great way to get past writer’s block and inspire some new contexts, settings, themes and arrangements – but also, it can be a brilliant spirit communication device!! (Of course, I had to bring that into it!) I often find that some of the phrasings and words that come out of a process like this can be somewhat “otherworldly” in its meaning. Maybe this is me going way too far (a common trait of mine, oops!), but I really do believe there is no such thing as coincidence and that most definitely applies to this type of poetry. If anyone has any collage/found poetry that they think could be more than just a “random” selection of words, please do post and tag me! Or private message me if its more comfortable for you, I would love to see what others think and have discovered!
Luna Moth 