Introduction

The source material for a found poem can be
any piece of writing whatsoever.
 
After the initial act of selection
may follow excision,
trimming,
re-arrangement
or even, to a certain extent,
re-writing.
 
Or it may be simply
a question of selection.
So be it.


The writer of found poems will require the following articles
 
1.  A hammer will be found most generally useful.
2.  Stout and thin paper, and some of a soft kind
     for wrapping up specimens.
3.  String, sealing wax.
 

A Copy
 
A copy is a direct replica of a pre-
existing work.
            It is not illegal
to make a copy, provided there are no
attempts to make anyone believe
it is an original work.
 
 
Marcel Duchamp never tired of saying
 
The most important element
in a picture
     is its frame.
in a sculpture,
     its plinth.