found poem

American  

noun

1. a composition made by combining fragments of such printed material as newspapers, signs, or menus, and rearranging them into the form of a poem.

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Etymology

Origin of found poem

First recorded in 1965–70; by analogy with found object

Example Sentences

Writing a good found poem — and in this case, an erasure — requires the poet to intervene on the source text.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2021

A found poem is created by cutting and pasting words found in another text; your text will be a newspaper or magazine.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2020

Carefully paste each word down, and now you have your own found poem.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2020

See the found poem accompanying this article, which was created from its text.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2020

The found poem is now un-found, so it can't be studied.

From The Guardian • Jul. 23, 2010