Recycling with Found Poetry from Year of The Poet (Vol 36)
Featured in The Year of the Poet December, 2016 Volume 36.
Recycling Poetry … Found Poems
Found poems are made
created, tugged into being
from the words of others
poetry found in the collective
made conscious
bonding with the other
through their words
becoming mine
in this case
the words have rallied
from a hundred documents
about the brain
Poetic words dancing
spinning
rearranging
recycling the words
changes the meaning
transforms the results
what do you want
to be different
to be
part of the collective voice
Create
a visual poem
take found words
color around the letters
creating art that reflects
ideas
cover over the syllables
no longer needed
recycle them into the vastness of color
The mind reads
paints the words
from page’s heart
the heart creates
a new pattern
as the hand circles
repatterning the color
engaging the senses
in this intuitive
delightful process
Look around
see wisdom’s beauty
in another’s words
upcycle this year of papers
reuse recover
additional value added
where we have
found poetry
Wake Up
Any eyes able to be opened
affect breath remembered
control
dealing with one sign of feeling
want
the brain responsible and significant
all humans must go through
the regular rhythm of the day
wake up
— Found Poem Inspired by Parkinson’s Disease HANDBOOK pg 13 American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc.
Representation
Predictors of identity
cyclical
personal
control of beliefs
can be the nature of perception
effective at controlling symptoms
short and long
with diminishing distress
Many participants found
greater reliability
explore the nature of beliefs
face-to-face
an interesting find
the structure of support
show acceptable reliability
— Found poem inspired by Hurt, C. S., C. L. Julien, et al. (2015). “Measuring Illness beliefs in neurodegenerative disease: why we need to be specific.” J Health Psychol 20(1): 69–79.
Originally published in The Year of The Poet at http://www.innerchildpress.com/the-year-of-the-poet.php on December 1, 2016.
