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The Found Poem

William Whewell (1794 - 1886)

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An Elementary Treatise on Mechanics

by William Whewell

Hence no force, however great,
can stretch a cord, however fine,
into a horizontal line
which is accurately straight.

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Citation:

Wikimedia Corp. "Found Poetry." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Nov. 2014. Web. 19 Nov. 2014.

 

A Published Example of A Found Poem

An Original Example of A Found Poem

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The Mask

by Brynn Siles and Dasha Romanov

We make the promise

To tell the truth

About everything.

Yet we all

Cover our faces with

The elusive mask

Of secret lies.

When we take the mask off,

We find nothing.

And we wonder

Why?

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Found poetry is a type of poetry created by taking words, phrases, and sometimes whole passages from other sources and reframing them as poetry by making changes in spacing and lines, or by adding or deleting text, thus imparting new meaning.

Citation:

Wikimedia Corp. "Found Poetry." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Nov. 2014. Web. 19 Nov. 2014.

 

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