Category: Found Poetry

Beautifully done graphics based on iconic poems . . .

Beautifully done graphics based on iconic poems . . ..

Got writer’s block? Poetry prompts posted weekly by the Found Poetry Review

Don’t get stuck with no ideas for what to write next. The Found Poetry Review posts poetry prompts on their blog weekly. Their prompts are generally geared toward providing interesting and unique sources for found poetry, but can certainly be great inspiration for any type of writing. From […]

What is language poetry?

My poems listed below are representative of Language poetry and are composed with a focus on the use of the language itself and how it contributes to the creation of meaning. You can read more about the Language poetry movement and see some other examples here If you […]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: I Am Waiting Poetry Series

What is Found Poetry? (My interview with The Found Poetry Review)

My interview with Found Poetry Review  was posted today! The Found Poetry Review was founded in 2011 and celebrates the poetry in the existing and the everyday.

Voices for Peace anthology with my poem “Breast-giver” is now available . . .

Don’t miss this lovely anthology published by Weasel Press entitled Degenerates: Voices for Peace. According to their site: “The purpose of the [Voices for Peace]  is to awaken, enlighten and maybe even provide a bit of shelter to those who need it. Poetry has some immense power in […]

Voices for Peace anthology with my poem "Breast-giver" is now available . . .

Don’t miss this lovely anthology published by Weasel Press entitled Degenerates: Voices for Peace. According to their site: “The purpose of the [Voices for Peace] is to awaken, enlighten and maybe even provide a bit of shelter to those who need it. Poetry has some immense power in the […]

Breast-giver (a found poem)

This poem was inspired by the beautiful language and voice of a translation by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak of a story by Mahasveta Devi titled with the same name. (It could also be considered a shape poem). Please consider reading more of these short stories in the collection  Breast […]

Call for Submissions: Mythic Poetry Series

This Mythic Poetry series is a great prompt for new writing an opportunity to get a quick response and published with Silver Birch Press…

Railroad about the Truth

The sound begins with a story-- a ghostly, beautiful, mysterious boy. A sound visiting evening on a rainy summer. Grandmother in a small Kansas moan when the town of a train impression first beckons. This childhood whistle blossomed into a lifelong train with fascination, nostalgic and romantic. In […]

Trish Hopkinson