I read your mind
during merciless days–
When we met on the moon
there was a soft grey sky
now life is a madhouse and
there is a shadow of you
shattered there as
the painting hangs
crooked on the wall
Is it illogical to think
you might swing as
I brave a song and
I make my way
while
heading home?
Written for dVerse Poets Pub, where our host, Laura, asks us to compose ‘found’ poems from the very first lines of our own poetry, from the first poem of each month posted in 2022. We are allowed to change the order of the lines and add conjunctions and prepositions. I had so much fun looking back and playing with the order to find these unique lines! 💝
First lines from the following poems:
Tricia Sankey 
What a fun prompt, Tricia!!! And you executed it so beautifully. I absolutely loved reading, the way your words effortlessly flowed together was so peaceful to read. Amazingly done as always 🤍🤍
Thanks!! I had originally hyperlinked the text, and then realized I had my internal editing links hyperlinked so quickly deleted them and then went and added to the end!! 😜 I was surprised how well this all gelled once I changed the order up some!! 🥰
Haha the joys of WordPress 🤪🤣. It gelled so amazingly, truly fun to read 🤍
Yes, I love writing, just not playing with hyperlinks so much, haha! It was worth it in the end though! 🥰
This turned out magically well.
Thanks! It was fun to play around with the lines and see which ones gelled! 💯✨
We all, want that, safe place we can go to, when the world gets, too, crazy, and, that safe place, is often found, inside, but that’s the place where, nobody, ever, looks for, unfortunately…
Appreciate your comments and agree 💯 about finding refuge in the divine space within! ✨
Wow Tricia! Had I not known the nature of how this was constructed, I would believe it was a single concept original poem, written as a whole. Excellent my friend… 🙂✌🏼
Great to hear, Rob! Thanks for reading! 💝
the change of order is half the fun of Found poems – a puzzle that makes poetry and this one is wonderful
Thanks, Laura! It was a fun little puzzle to complete, appreciate the prompt!! ♥️🙏♥️
The couplets and the offset final couplet work really well, Tricia, and I enjoyed reading the poem as a whole, especially the lines:
‘there is a shadow of you
shattered there as
the painting hangs
crooked on the wall.
Thanks, Kim! I did smile at those lines myself! This was fun! 🥰
This turned out very well, Tricia. The verses lines flow together nicely!
Great to hear, Dwight! I enjoyed this challenge! 💝🥰
Yes, I did as well!
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Lovely 🙂
Thanks so much! 🥰♥️🌹♥️
Definitely some cosmological magic going on here, Tricia. I love the story it tells.
Yes, I think the cosmos are a recurring theme in many of my poems! Glad you enjoyed!! 🤩💫
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This is like a peek into your mind…the way thoughts wander from place to place. (K)
Yes, a stream-of-consciousness vibe in an unreliable narrator’s head! 😜 Thanks!! 💓
wow so cool the way your lines made a divine new poem. Love it Tricia! 💗
Thanks, Cindy! ♥️🌹🙏
You’re so welcome Trish! 💗
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I’m truly impressed at how you made this hang together into a wonderful “found poem”!
Thanks, I don’t write too many found poems so this was fun for me! 🥰
Love the title and new found poem Tricia. Brave the song! This part I like too:
the painting hangs
crooked on the wall
Thanks, glad you enjoyed those lines! 🥰🌹🙏
Excellently weaved, Tricia! 💖
Thanks, found poems are fun to construct! 🥰
You’re welcome! I bet they are. 😁💖
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This is so beautiful to read. Very nice.
Thanks so much! 💓
Love how you laid your puzzle… really well laid.
Thanks so much, Bjorn! 💓🙏
Beautifully done…would never guess in the reading that it’s a “found poem”. Love the question at the end.
Thanks, this was a fun one to unwrap! ❤️🙏❤️
This is absolutely stellar, Tricia! The lines work together so well 💘💘
Thank so much, Sanaa! 🥰