April 2012
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Song of Solomon Found Poem (11)
Guitar
Be a woman
Called
Biggest thing in the world
Standing in the lamplight
A mother
A midwife
Guitar
Saw a woman coming down
Makin funny smoke screens
In a rescue helicopter
Stay alive
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Snotter Park in Emerald City (10)
Written for the 3rd,4th and 5th graders at Truckee Elementary
Imagine for a moment
A snow storm
Drifts so high
Neighborhood kids
Play igloo hide and seek
Create snow fort mazes out their front doors
There are no plowing angels waving arms in the trenches
Just hot cocoa and
Inner tubes
Speed racing down rolling hills
It is the middle of December
My moonboots are planted next to the...
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Sharon Olds "The Popes Penis"
It hangs deep in his robes, a delicate
clapper at the center of a bell.
It moves when he moves, a ghostly fish in a
halo of silver sweaweed, the hair
swaying in the dark and the heat -- and at night
while his eyes sleep, it stands up
in praise of God.
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Found Poem (9)
I sensed a wrongness around me
Heavy sounds pushed their way up and out
Hung in the vacuum of that lifeless morning
I
Stopped singing
Wore a snap-brim
Good girl
The child gives, because the body can
Peach tree
Torn loose
Be gone
Visible lamplight
Praising God
Crawl back into
The last inch of space
Darkly retained
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heartlungslegs replied to your post: Siddharthda’s Found Poem
this is gorgeous, denise. thank you for posting. what prompted you to finally open the book?
Thanks D, sorry about the delay I am still learning how to work on this site. The idea of only committing to a few select pages is what inspired me. I am glad I did too because now I am so excited to read the book in its entirety.
