Today’s slice is a found poem from Clare’s Not for the Writing, For Your Life, a slice I really enjoyed earlier in the month. For this found poem, I only used words in the order they appear in the original text. I had a very different poem in mind when I started working with Clare’s text, but I ended up liking the simplicity of the verbs, the writerly life as a sequence of actions.
grow
write
look everywhere
write
write
live a fuller life
notice
appreciate
feel
connect
give yourself to writing
discover
create a mess
grow
live
Love found poems…and poems in general!
I especially like the line “create a mess” because we can only revise if we first write a mess.
You’ve done so many clever and interesting slices this month. This is definitely one of them. And definitely captures the writing life.
Clare’s original slice was great & I really like how you captured it here. I appreciate the repetition and the rhythm with the one word lines interrupted by the slightly longer ones. This really worked out!
I like found poems. The words that you chose are spot on.
Ohhh, I love this! Now I’m off to read Claire’s original slice. Thanks for creating this. I added it to my padlet, Words that Delight.
This captures writing perfectly. Great poem.
Love! Clare’s words are so powerful distilled by you.