Beauty , Ballet and Boredom

Birmingham from New York
Ballet work
shop.

Two parallel rows of dancers
At the bar
With the teacher

At the head
Collective arms and legs

In contrast to the two rows
Of torsos
And the bars
Themselves

Young lady
Behind the ballet
Master
Yawned a
Big, round yawn.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

This is a found poem of a portion from the essay "A Philosophy of Photography and of Some Visual Art in General" by Rick Garlikov

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I love found poems they are

I love found poems they are so fun to create and so neat to read!

I once brought in a found poemfor my creative writting course to analyse, they took what was supost to be 15 mins of commentting on it and deeply analysed it for 45 mins :) it was fun!

I think its the seemingly scattered apperance of thought in found poems which makes them so enjoyable to read and analyse


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Ashley

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I agree!

Found poems are so much fun - both to read them and to write them. I think it's very fitting that my very first book is on found poetry :-) Thanks again for your comment!


Check out my poetry book - as I write it! http://lostincyberspacepoems.blogspot.com

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is it a book of poetry or a

is it a book of poetry or a book talking about found poetry?


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Ashley

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It is a book of poetry :-)

Hi Ashley! It's a book of poetry but I would love to read a book talking about found poetry. Do you know of any?


Check out my poetry book - as I write it! http://lostincyberspacepoems.blogspot.com

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I do not no sorry, but I

I do not no sorry, but I would love to read your book of found poetry, when is it being published?


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Ashley

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My book of found poetry

I intend to publish it sometime in 2012. But you can actually read it as I write it :-) (See the link that appears after my messages)


Check out my poetry book - as I write it! http://lostincyberspacepoems.blogspot.com

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neat! thanks

neat! thanks


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Ashley