I ran across Dillard's book of "found poems" several years ago, because I worship her and am constantly looking for anything new she does. Some of hers were less than spectacular, in my perception; a handful were priceless. When I've gotten the children off to their respective educational facilities (hah) I'll type out a couple of my favourites from that book, tomorrow; wait, that's today. God I hate this getting days/nights mixed thing. The one I like best is taken from a Medical Instruction. I think I shared a couple of them with the list a very long time ago and found they were not so much liked by others as they were by my self. Julie Krueger ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Found Poetry Date: 4/25/05 1:55:30 A.M. Central Daylight Time From: _nantongo@xxxxxxxxxx (mailto:nantongo@xxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: Blogger Robert Hudson, writing in 2001, provides a great overview of Found Art and reminds me I still have to order Annie Dillard's 1995 collection of found poems, "Mornings Like This". Article at: http://www.workingpoet.com/spout/spout07-01.htm Excerpt: "Take, for instance, these closing stanzas to [Dillard's] poem "Hunter," which is taken verbatim from one of my favorite books of all time, Michail Prishvin's "Nature's Diary" (sometimes titled "Jenseng: Root of Life"): One lacks words to describe what the deep forest Is like at night when you know that the great birds Are asleep overhead. I lack words to give Even a pale description of all this marshland. In the mist the artist stole up very close and took aim. It was like aiming at the rising moon. The mind Works in infinite spaces-yet haphazardly, spreading." <><><><> Anyone got any found poems to share? Best MN ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html