Day 697 of the Daily Poems, last day of October, and last day of the Found Poems theme, courtesy of our poet Colin Pink with his ‘Binary poem’.  He writes “The public toilet bolt spends its day chanting one simple poem”  Yes, folks, it’s an open and shut case … Binary poemThe public toilet bolt spends… Continue reading

Day 696 of the Daily Poems, and our resident poetaster Gorgonius has a found poem constructed of lines from a chapter in Art Textiles of the World – the Netherlands which is a rather wondrous book “a treasure trove for weavers, spinners, felters, dyers …” Fabric First there is an open spacemy white has become … Continue reading

Our poet Jane Monach hears things in South Africa in December 2013 that become a Found Poem with a significant undertone … it is Day 695 of the Daily Poems. From a visit to South Africa The guide, whose arms hang loosely by his side, describes his time in prison:They put us in boys’ shorts,… Continue reading

On Day 694 of the Daily Poems your Editor has been riffling through the property pages of his local newspaper, and has extracted some Estate Agents’ phrases to be re-arranged as the Found Poem you will see here: Shangri La Inc. Rural retreatLooks like homeBeginners luckReady for the new term See for yourselfCottage charmHigh spec… Continue reading

Day 693 of the Daily Poems – our poet Jane Monach blends text ‘At the Dacha’ by the late Helen Dunmore with lines from her own piece ‘On the Bole Hills’ At the Dacha / On the Bole Hills It is beautiful here.It is a glorious place of wide skies, green slopes.Lots of people wouldn’t think… Continue reading