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Feeling my Pisces self today, so here are some watery poems, haiku and others, I’ve written over the years.

 

the jellyfish, soft

we talk about consciousness

white-pink minds floating

 

mermaid blue

my summer

streak

 

 

a green octopus

watches from its oblong tank

acute awareness

 

 

a mermaid tattoo

on the arm

why not

 

inside her belly

the blind fish

dance

 

jellyfish in transparent tubes

pink streams floating

are they conscious? she asks

 

Found Poem

I like playing around with the found poem structure, though I don’t stick to the “pure found poem” style, which doesn’t allow for any rearranging of text. Here’s a brief definition of a found poem from the  poets.org site:   

Found poems take existing texts and refashion them, reorder them, and present them as poems. The literary equivalent of a collage, found poetry is often made from newspaper articles, street signs, graffiti, speeches, letters, or even other poems.

 

Murder in the Blue Room

which harbor huge sea urchins

the worst is yet to come

found poem: t.v. guide, 1980s, l.a.