Short Found Poetry Poems

all poetry is found poetry ~ vice versus verse...

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My life is true because
It showed me the world.
Wandering, showed the world to me.
I didn't know that life would
love me in such a way....

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I went into the woods
To seek solitude
And found poetry,
Uncovered words
Under old leaves and
Decoded secret messages
In the pebbles by the stream.
The stones whispered to me,
And the silence
Distilled into song.

10/19/2016...

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LIFE is raw and..
                         lived

ART is cooked and... 
                              consumed

POETRY is read and..
                                 pondered


Part found poetry .....inspired by Phillips Aspect of Art...

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seasons
of abrupt
            movement
and
appealing 
           beauty,
           proportion,
           structure-
no sentimentality
or
timidity..   
           symmetry
with
shapes

Found poetry 2+3 inspired by Hedges by Clare Leighton...

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once 
   on Good Friday
they looked
       upon love,
at first 
          silence
a silence
        so black
        so dense,
then the sound..
a gentle
          wind-
after ..
  comes the dawn

Found poetry 8 inspired by Hedges prose of Clare Leighton...

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The focus... Where is the focus?

    I found it -

    I found the body, the shape, the background.

    I lost the confusion

    What is left is reflection
     the inspiration... now... !
     Created me, poet,
      I found poetry,
      with her I am happy...

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I’m so glad I’ve found Poetry Soup.
It's a wonderful place to be.
Here you find great verses to read.
You relax, feel at home.
Poets are awesome!
Friendly and nice.
And I do
love it
here!



Author's Note: Written especially for John Heck's "Nonet" poetry contest....

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Of Habit Am a Creature

Of habit, I have become a creature, 
That always needs another teacher,
To learn from;
More than some,
And for Trump many an impeacher.

Jim Horn

Where is Barteena from and how did she
found Poetry Soup. I am now Number 4
out of top 100 other poets....

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Accident occurred
Destroyed my tender right arm
Nerve damage is diagnosed
Life is changed around
Left me with just one good arm
Painful outside, and inside

With this being said
My life was changed forever
My arm, but mostly writing
I found poetry
And I wrote to rid of pain
It worked, I healed, I live on

Russell Sivey...

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The clock has struck twelve
You know it deep down
Deep down in your soul
Because I am your soul
There is no escape
No matter what
You are small
You are weak
You are a hollow shell
A rusty trap
I burn you
You try to quell me
But I smolder
I flare, bright, hot, and beautiful
With all your wine
With all your vows
and the weight of age
You cannot stop me
You always run
You try to drown me out
Still you try
Still you are weak...

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Illness, like a stealthy thief, 
snuck up on me, knocked me flat, 
and ransacked my interior,

Taking things I didn’t know 
were missing until I
got back up again. 

Gone was the mask 
of illusion that shielded 
me from my mortality.

Bare were the walls 
that kept sorrow 
hidden for years. 

Robbed of certainty
and confidence in 
my own capabilities,

I stood vulnerable
in the uncluttered space
of my life - 

and found poetry....

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