Found poems from my readings

--formed from Bob Lancaster's, column, Arkansas Times, Oct.3, 2003
I.
history laughs
at our attempts to corral
it into a text
II.
history
only taught in the school
of hard knocks
III.
old timers
know history
by empathy
~ ~ ~

--formed from "Natural Light," an essay by Edw. Hougland, Harper's, Oct 2000

I.

the yellow-throat song

from the raspberry patch

--a pair of beavers

II.

the mink frog's call--

a raven answers

in similar voice

~ ~ ~

--formed from Bill Hall, editorial page editor, Lewiston (ID) Tribune, Oct.1.1999

a mother's knowing--
fury in grown child's worry
speaks to her of love
~ ~ ~

--formed from a letter in Birds & Blooms, Oct/Nov, 2005, p. 46

Mrs.. Cherry's
dilemma--how to keep squirrels
away from her pears
~ ~ ~

--formed from Rick Bragg's, All Over But the Shoutin', several pages, Oct. 29, 2003

I.
"Baby Brother"

never had a name,
making it easier
to forget him (p.67)
II.
much of the Old South's
in books on coffee tables
in Greenwich Village
III.
oscillating fan
blowing flies around
the living room (p.70)
~ ~ ~

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