found poem

found poem
noun
: a poem consisting of words found in a nonpoetic context (as a product label) and usually broken into lines that convey a verse rhythm

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a composition made by combining fragments of such printed material as newspapers, signs, or menus, and rearranging them into the form of a poem.
[1965-70; by analogy with FOUND OBJECT]

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found poem,
a piece of prose writing presented or reproduced in a form that makes it look or sound like poetry: »

“Found poems” aren't a new idea: William Butler Yeats produced one thirty years ago from the prose of essayist Walter Pater. And the opposite process—presenting poetry as if it were prose—is as old as the Bible (Maclean's).


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