Found Poem 1 & 2 | Clayjar Review
The Clayjar Review published the first of a few of my essays this morning which included two found poems. This is the time I have published my found poetry (also called blackout poetry) and I can't wait to share them!
Poem I: The Request
I told no one.
I cannot remember why. My heart
beating when I laid hands on a request
to, upon the brain of black ink, burn my secret.
This new hand of that
day was still as a mouse.
He got nothing out of me
to praise. The truth is in silence
My dear.
The poem above was pulled from the text in Harriet Martineau’s ‘The Great Social Evil’. I enjoy 'finding' poems within older texts and classical books as the language feels so much richer. Check this one out that I pulled from Charles Darwin's 'The Origin of Species';
Poem II: Clothed
I am
rare and humble;
clothed in ancient ruins,
at war
with beast and man.
Read the full essay published in The Clayjar Review here!