Altered books

Dan Waber recently launched a project of found poetry in books.

He mailed used books and china markers to friends and poetical colleagues and invited us to scratch out all the words on the page that weren’t the poem. Dan started each book with a poem on the first page. We are to find poetry on the next page, then mail it back to Dan. We’ll go back and forth until the book is finished.

The results are documented at Altered Books

My book is a tacky Silhouette Romance set at Christmas. I read the silly thing, just to see what I had to work with. Lots of snow and rippling muscles. A little boy with a teddy bear. Reluctant interest all around. It will make much better poetry than it does a plot, believe me.

Posted by kuri at January 26, 2005 10:07 AM