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Eight found-word collage poems by J.I. Kleinberg

J. I. Kleinberg

These visual poems are from an ongoing series of collages (1900+) built from phrases created unintentionally through the accident of magazine page design. Each contiguous fragment of text (roughly the equivalent of a poetic line) is entirely removed from its original sense and syntax. The text is not altered (except for the occasional deletion of prefixes, suffixes, or punctuation) and includes no attributable phrases. The lines of each collage are, in most cases, sourced from different magazines.

alphabets - ji kleinberg
alphabets
his deft shape - ji kleinberg
his deft shape
I've been thick - ji kleinberg
I’ve been thick
Past - ji kleinberg
Past
poems - ji kleinberg
poems
the power - ji kleinberg
the power
TIME
TIME
to explore - ji kleinberg
to explore
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J. I. Kleinberg

Artist, poet, and freelance writer, J.I. Kleinberg is a Best of the Net and Pushcart nominee. Her found poems have appeared in Diagram, Dusie, Entropy, Otoliths, What Rough Beast, The Tishman Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Bellingham, Washington, where she tears up magazines and posts frequently at thepoetrydepartment.wordpress.com.

Author: J. I. Kleinberg Tags: collage, visual poetry Category: Visual Art and Visual Poetry December 13, 2019

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  1. Jilanne Hoffmann says

    December 13, 2019 at 1:22 pm

    Love this selection. Thank you!

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