found poem

[tigriswolf]

For my English class, we were to create a found poem.  For anyone who doesn't know, this means taking other people's words and rearranging them.  The following is mine.

broken doll,

just like time

now grown cold—

you are not torn,

but too much the same.

Time itself’s a feather

out of tune.

All that you got is

still unwritten:

andesite, time building,

ground of all,

pity me when I am old.

ground of all – Aemilia Lanyer “Eve’s Apology”

You are not torn – Anne Sexton “In Celebration of My Uterus”

too much the same – Dorothy Allison “the women who hate me”

all that you got – Jean Grae “Block Party”

broken doll – Maya Angelou “Mother: A Cradle to Hold Me”

pity me when I am – Joanna Bailie “A Mother to her Waking Infant”

old – Joanna Bailie “A Mother to her Waking Infant”

time itself’s a feather – Elizabeth Jennings “One Flesh”

out of tune – Adrienne Rich “Living in Sin”

still unwritten – Natasha Bedingfield “Unwritten” 
andesite - Geology textbook
time building - Geology lecture
just like time - English discussion

Comments

[tempestquill.livejournal.com]

I like this. I like how you composed it from other works. That was definitely a challenge, but you pulled this off amazingly well, adn the flow of it is just beautiful! Very well done.

[tigriswolf]

Thank you so much!