tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post3955039844392551138..comments2023-10-30T08:00:54.059-04:00Comments on Laurel's Leaves: Anywhere and everywhere: Found PoetryLaurel Garverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-20278940797914851572012-04-23T09:19:00.594-04:002012-04-23T09:19:00.594-04:00Thanks, Faith. I'll come check it out. I haven...Thanks, Faith. I'll come check it out. I haven't been tagged for a meme in ages.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-28836693078748044572012-04-23T09:18:14.868-04:002012-04-23T09:18:14.868-04:00In the wider world of literary criticism, there ha...In the wider world of literary criticism, there has been a lot of work done lately on the whole idea of "originality" and whether there really is such a thing. We learn language in community, thus nothing we utter can be truly "original" in the way that one might say about a piece of abstract art. Our phrasings and sentence structures and story arcs follow rules in which there are as many samenesses as variations. <br /><br />All this to say, most poetry and prose partakes of a "found" process to some degree. Found poetry just comes at it in a far more intentional way, rather than having one's interactions with what one has read mishmashed with other things in experience and memory.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-65146798675717216802012-04-23T09:11:15.119-04:002012-04-23T09:11:15.119-04:00You should check out Dillard's _Mornings Like ...You should check out Dillard's _Mornings Like This_. It's a great collection.<br /><br />I am contemplating a series in which I cobble bits of my writing how-to library.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-20715131870380744812012-04-23T09:08:59.902-04:002012-04-23T09:08:59.902-04:00You're welcome, Kittie. Glad to brighten your ...You're welcome, Kittie. Glad to brighten your day with a new discovery.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-68386468476054193642012-04-21T15:35:49.974-04:002012-04-21T15:35:49.974-04:00That's really interesting--I hadn't heard ...That's really interesting--I hadn't heard of it!<br />If you're interested, I tagged you on my blog for the Lucky Seven game--you don't have to play if you don't want to, but I just wanted to share your blog because I enjoy reading it so much!Faith E. Houghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03823750019164801104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-62204372335773362732012-04-20T18:25:04.929-04:002012-04-20T18:25:04.929-04:00I've always had mixed feelings about found poe...I've always had mixed feelings about found poetry. I appreciate what the poem's author has found in the words of others. And often, it's so beautiful. <br /><br />But, it does make me a little uncomfortable that a poet would take someone else's words and alter them. Perhaps I'm too neurotic, but I wonder what the original author would think/feel about other people mix-matching their words.Connie Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774616533630985219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-1025967224769374092012-04-20T15:16:35.967-04:002012-04-20T15:16:35.967-04:00These are really beautiful. And I hadn't even ...These are really beautiful. And I hadn't even heard of "found poetry" before. I learn all kinds of cool stuff when ever come over here. :)Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12399082789777816445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-65016802680917181822012-04-20T14:03:38.261-04:002012-04-20T14:03:38.261-04:00I'm like Red Angel, never heard of found poetr...I'm like Red Angel, never heard of found poetry before. What treasures they are. They you for opening my eyes to a new world.Kittie Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756250649095903317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-33822988319808188042012-04-20T13:25:36.393-04:002012-04-20T13:25:36.393-04:00The Dillard collection has a bunch more samples. T...The Dillard collection has a bunch more samples. There is a version on google books you can peruse online, to see various ways of creating found poems.<br /><br />I love the idea of working with Thoreau's prose. Give it a whirl--could be fun.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-90525122007118064662012-04-20T12:15:58.388-04:002012-04-20T12:15:58.388-04:00Wow, I've never heard of found poetry before. ...Wow, I've never heard of found poetry before. These are wonderful poems, and I noticed they have a lot of vivid imagery. I love how story-like the first one is. Perhaps bits and pieces of classic novels would do well as found poetry - and maybe works by Thoreau? He uses a beautiful writing style in his works that I think would work well in poetry. <br /><br />~Wendy Lu<br /><br /><a href="http://xtheredangelx.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">The Red Angel Blog</a>Wendy Luhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048944852796207898noreply@blogger.com