Sometimes I go back through my notebooks from Graduate school and make centos (collage poems) from phrases I find in the pages. Yes, I create found poetry from my own personal notes. Yes, I’m that obsessed with phrases. Yes, I’m that crazy about writing centos. 🙂 This is the first of what will probably be a short series of centos from my notebooks.
Notebook Cento #1
by Debi
metaphysical sonnet
part of a new style
context embedded within
the poem keeps moving
walking pacing
within the creative work
practical theoretical
just keeps moving
think about this
formal analytical
there is real meaning
whether we know it or not
Basho keeps moving
Dante ruminates
Continue the cento series here: Notebook Cento #2