Bern Porter "Founds"


The following are culled from Porter's 1926-1961 Waste Maker.


Since there are only five in this particular series - in the spirit of Bern Porter I suggest you perform in the following way.


Visit a page out of the sequence that I have positioned it. Visit another so. Visit a page in its sequence.


Visit a page you desire. Revisit a page.

Then reshuffle the five pages to visit in whatever sequence you may please - free poetry you might call this - something like free jazz. John Cage comes to mind.


You are free to visit each page as you wish: there is no rule.


These are "founds".

This is found poetry.

Bern Found 1

Bern Found 2

Bern Found 3

Bern Found 4

Bern Found 5


©Copyright Bern Porter 1998-3©Copyright 1998-3, T. Fallon aopoetry Workshop