I am still the black swan of trespass on alien waters.

[beandelphiki]

Just a few days ago, I re-learned what cut-up poetry is, and now I fear I will be constantly getting side-tracked with this time-suck.

I mean, I've loved all the Ern Malley I've read, but I'd think you'd actually have to have an idea of what you're doing to create good cut-up poetry. And I'm not sure it doesn't count as plagiarism.

Still...



Lines taken from Lost Boys, by James Garbarino, Ph.D. Mostly the first lines of the third paragraphs, every twenty pages:

Parents do matter, however. Parents
Nothing tells us more about the link,
  a social environment
not that kids have changed.

When I do find Malcolm, he is sitting alone.
  I see him before he sees
Boys often see the pure exercise of power-
There are always forces at work pushing us
  to look where the light is 

Comments

[siegeengine.livejournal.com]

Damn, that rocks.
I've never heard of the concept, but that rocks.

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

Ern Malley, doncha know. I think "he" was the first known poet to write/publish poetry made from lines from other sources.