Last Thursday I posted thirteen songs that I picked from my various YouTube playlists. For today's found poetry, I've taken several lines from each song that I posted and have reworked those lines into a poem.
Ride the Poetry Train!
I'm Ready
The line I shoot will never miss
Now I'm ready to close my eyes
I'm telling you it's not a trick
And I feel awkward, as I should
And now I'm ready to feel your hand
Strike me down
Give me everything you've got
You should see my scars
So what if you can see the darkest side of me
Sometimes I scare myself - I just can't let it go
Erase and rewind
You're on your own now
And when do you think it will all become clear?
Sometimes, the first thing you want never comes
Change your heart
It will astound you
I'll be everything I'm not
You're liable to get licked
I'm still caged inside
Do I really want this?
I can't escape this hell
I said it's fine before
Hey baby can you bleed like me?
Your rescue squad is too exhausted
It’s been shitty
And if you complain once more
You'll meet an army of me
Everybody's gotta learn sometime
Pieces are falling I can't seem to make them stay
Help me believe it's not the real me
Lose my heart on the burning sands
The way I make love to 'em
Pay attention, don't be thick
They can't resist
C'mon baby can you bleed like me
This club has got to be the most pretentious thing
Sometimes, the last thing you want comes in first
I'm tearing away
Yes, I said it's fine before
'Cuz I'm being taken over by the Fear
Sometimes...
I know, the waiting is all you can do
And now I'm ready to close my mind
Strike me down
Change your heart
I've changed my mind
Just try to comprehend that which you'll never comprehend
We won't save you
Everything happens for reasons I just don't know
Can you believe it?
But I don't think so no more
I take it back
Look around you
So many
Times
I've tried
Original text by:
Lily Allen / Bjork / Bo Diddley / Drowning Pool / Finger Eleven / Serge Gainsbourg / Garbage / Adam Gontier / Matthew Hales / The Korgis / April March / Nina Persson / Sneaker Pimps / Barry Stock / The Stooges / Peter Svensson
Richard Wells says This is an interesting experiment. One of the founders of Dada was almost lynched for composing a poem out of random words from a newspaper. Those were the days when people cared...
Gautami Tripathy says I liked how it flowed. I know it isn't easy but you do it seamlessly.
Fledgling Poet says This all came together so seamlessly... Loved it!
This is an interesting experiment. Are you familiar with the Dadaists, and Wm Burroughs? Tristan Tzara, one of the founders of Dada was almost lynched for composing a poem out of random words from a newspaper. Those were the days when people cared...
ReplyDeleteRichard - I've been doing a year of found poetry on my blog. I've been really happy with it so far. Many pieces of found material were my own prose fiction scenes, so I could claim the poem as my own. But for these poems crafted from the words of others, I don't sign my name to them.
ReplyDeleteYou do found poetry very well. I liked how it flowed. I know it isn't easy but you do it seamlessly.
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This all came together so seamlessly...what a beautiful poem. Loved it!
ReplyDeleteIt all fitted together excellently.
ReplyDeleteNicely done.
interesting! reading this one aloud you can actually make a song out of it.
ReplyDeletei bet its a challenging task for you. but you did it very well
Really interesting and well done!!
ReplyDeletehugs
Excellent - this works so very well~
ReplyDeleteNice one....Love the flow.
ReplyDeleteWell done. I like the way you weave it all together and make it seem like it was born in this form.
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