Does this count as a "found poem'?

paperboysz on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:01 pm 



Nope… this is nonsense

I Help You on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:01 pm 



No, but MAYBE a free verse if your instructor is a nice guy/gal.

classmate on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 7:01 pm 



Usually, a found poem consists of words that were not originally written as a poem. They might have been written in a textbook, a newspaper article, a cookbook recipe, the assembly instructions for a piece of kit furniture, etc. The poet sees that the words could take on a new significance if they were removed from their original context and arranged on the page as lines of poetry.

What you have here isn’t a found poem. It’s just a list of words and phrases that relate in one way or another to Morrison’s life.

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