Appropriated Poetry

Maria K. E. Lahman, Veronica M. Richard

Qualitative Inquiry · 2013 · 53 citations · 27 references

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TL;DR

Archival poetry, rooted in traditional centos, contemporary found poetry, and artistic appropriation, is exemplified by the authors’ appropriated poetry examples. The authors outline four key areas—merit, eligibility of writers, the path to becoming a research poet, and accessibility—to guide the creation of research poetry. They present transcription poems that borrow from found poetry to form a research poetry genre, and argue for a “good enough” space where researchers can produce initially imperfect but potentially refined poetry.

Abstract

The development of transcription poems is presented along with the authors’ borrowing from found poetry to create the research poetry form archival or artifact poetry. Archival poetry has roots in the arts such as the traditional poem centos, contemporary found poetry, and appropriation in the arts. Appropriated poetry exemplars are included. The authors advocate for a space they term good enough poetry for researchers to write what at first might be “inferior,” but what might develop into refined poetry. The following areas are discussed: (a) merit, (b) who should write poetry, (c) becoming a research poet, and (d) accessibility.

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