the Stepford poems @thepoeming2024 - Tumblr Blog

Day 31: Unfinished

Something’s been bugging me

It was not skillful, jumble-filled

I want to stay with it

Source: Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives. Perennial Publishers, 2002. Print. Text taken from page 122.

#found poem #found poetry #the stepford wives #thepoeming #remix

Day 30: Editing

red-penciled an asterisk

glaring venomously

measuring and planning

most of them were a waste

good or at least part good

Source: Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives. Perennial Publishers, 2002. Print. Text taken from page 13.

#found poem #found poetry #the stepford wives #thepoeming #remix

Day 29: An Ohio Anti-Trans Bill, As Originally Drafted, Would Require Genital Examinations to Prevent Any Trans Girls From Competing in Girl’s Sports*

the pooling of information grew worse quickly, quickly

The purpose is “strictly social”

So what’s so surprising about that?

*The language was removed after backlash, as documented here.

Source: Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives. Perennial Publishers, 2002. Print. Text taken from page 97.

#found poetry #found poem #the stepford wives #thepoeming #remix

Day 28: Nocturne

cool blue dusk twanging with crickets

the sky was lovely

Shoulder to shoulder

reaching till I really get going

Source: Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives. Perennial Publishers, 2002. Print. Text taken from page 6.

#found poem #found poetry #the stepford wives #thepoeming #erasure poetry

Day 27: Self-Portrait II

elfin and translucent

cheerful and smiling

worth looking at

—being irrational, I hope it lasts

Source: Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives. Perennial Publishers, 2002. Print. Text taken from page 91.

#found poem #found poetry #the stepford wives #thepoeming #remix

Day 26: Self-Portrait

I knew I wasn’t

uniquely tornado-struck

solemnly chaotic

more crooked than I want to know

Source: Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives. Perennial Publishers, 2002. Print. Text taken from page 39.

#found poem #found poetry #the stepford wives #thepoeming #remix

Day 25: Anger Is Often a Mask for Fear

damn damn double-damn

no put-on graciousness

Are you really not deeply concerned ?

Source: Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives. Perennial Publishers, 2002. Print. Text taken from page 17.

#found poem #found poetry #the stepford wives #thepoeming #erasure poetry

Day 24: Commissioning the Poet

You don’t expect me to make

half-moons

do you?

Source: Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives. Perennial Publishers, 2002. Print. Text taken from page 38.

#found poetry #found poem #thepoeming #the stepford wives #remix

Day 23: Explanations

meant to be a reconciliation

the dispute flared again

explanations a dazzle of glittery Nothing

It sounded like the first line of a poem

Source: Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives. Perennial Publishers, 2002. Print. Text taken from page 64.

#found poem #found poetry #the stepford wives #thepoeming #erasure poetry

Day 22: I Consider the Anti-Trans Legislation Proposed in my State

Whereases said

the usual falsely-friendly-appraising

I just hope we make it

Source: Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives. Perennial Publishers, 2002. Print. Text taken from page 61.

#found poem #found poetry #the stepford wives #thepoeming #remix

Day 21: After the Apology

arms folded

cool jade eyes

non-smiling

I forgive you

Source: Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives. Perennial Publishers, 2002. Print. Text taken from page 30.

#found poem #found poetry #the stepford wives #thepoeming #remix

Day 20: Anything’s Possible

You don’t really believe that stuff, do you?

well, I said

You can’t lock up an open mind.

Source: Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives. Perennial Publishers, 2002. Print. Text taken from page 34.

#found poem #found poetry #the stepford wives #thepoeming #remix

Day 19: You Read Something Into My Words

disquietingly inaccurate focus

moonlit suspiciousness

SHOCKING SECRET

bare afraid and silhouetted

Source: Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives. Perennial Publishers, 2002. Print. Text taken from page 47.

#found poem #found poetry #the stepford wives #thepoeming #remix

Day 18: Consequences

she sounded washed out

tense

she couldn’t really give herself

mind made-up

Source: Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives. Perennial Publishers, 2002. Print. Text taken from page 81.

#found poem #found poetry #the stepford wives #thepoeming #erasure poetry

Day 17: Unexpected Visit

signpost a hearty welcome

excitement Moving

leaving and filling

the surprising entrance

Source: Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives. Perennial Publishers, 2002. Print. Text taken from page 3.

#found poem #found poetry #the stepford wives #thepoeming #erasure poetry

Day 16: Consider This

the men have banded together, industrious with old conventions

the liberated woman making different expressions

so lifelike you should consider trying

Source: Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives. Perennial Publishers, 2002. Print. Text taken from page 94.

#found poem #found poetry #the stepford wives #thepoeming #erasure poetry

Day 15: Distraction

Something in the amusing color and sharp bustle

the energetic theater of a fresh eye

several viciously bad blows they didn’t say anything about

the absence of Development and Time

Source: Levin, Ira. The Stepford Wives. Perennial Publishers, 2002. Print. Text taken from page 23.

#found poem #found poetry #the stepford wives #thepoeming #remix

Trending Blogs

Recently Viewed Blogs

the Stepford poems