Found poem for my brother

 This month the Poetry Sisters have been listening for poetry in the air. We agreed to create "found" poems from something overheard. It's harder than you might think in these pandemic days! I am afraid the most important thing I heard this past month was at the memorial service for my brother John, who sadly passed away at the end of the year. I couldn't get anything else out of my head, thinking about him and his life and all he gave us. I was able to listen to the recording of his memorial service, and I pulled out the lines quoted and comments offered that had tremendous impact on me. I put the text on top of a photograph of John in the mountains, where he loved to be.

My found poem is for two voices. The left column of quotes from service readings and music alternates with the right column of family and friends' comments in a call and response style. Click to enlarge the image for easier reading.

I wrote another poem for John back in 2015, a sestina based on memories of fishing with my brother in childhood. I shared it here.

I hope you will go to the blogs of my Poetry Sisters and read their poems too:

Laura

Trisha

Sara

Kelly

Tanita

Liz 

Mary Lee

In February, we're going to try one or more Exquisite Corpse poems. We're not sure exactly how we're going to do them, and there's a lot of wiggle room. Read about them, and then figure out how YOU'd like to use or be inspired by the game. We'll share our poems on Feb. 25th, and you can, too! If you share on social media, use the hashtag #PoetryPals. We can't wait to see what you (and we?) do with this! Have fun!The Poetry Friday Roundup this week is with Irene Latham at Live Your Poem. She always has so much inspiration to share!