cut-up poem

[ kuht-uhp ]

noun

1. a poem created from parts of the works of various authors combined to form one composition.

Example Sentences

"I hear things, I go to movies, I'm listening to people talk, I read history and think of phrases," he tells me — for work that can feel like protest placard, note to self, cut-up poem and urgent reminder all rolled into one.

From Los Angeles Times

Hung together, they feel like a combination protest placard, note to self, cut-up poem and urgent reminder:

From Los Angeles Times

But the cut-up poem I composed for Jeff Koons, out of the reviews of his show at the Whitney Museum, has inspired just such a thing: Brooklyn-based artist William Powhida has made a drawing out of it, and, if I say so myself, it looks pretty rad.

From Los Angeles Times