housingofhaunthill

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30

resist the warped

indignation

 unfeeling break-

fast following

 leave of faces

safety in hands

 perceive courage

just make me go

 —

 This is a found poem. Source: Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. Penguin Books, 2018. Pgs. 174-180.

[housingofhaunthill]

29

reason recoiled

at faith

sick and funny

fools curling

out the home

 —

 This is a found poem. Source: Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. Penguin Books, 2018. Pgs. 168-171.

[housingofhaunthill]

28

blue dress

wickedly swung

from decency

 cynicism a

minimum

interest

 —

 This is a found poem. Source: Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. Penguin Books, 2018. Pgs. 163-166.

[housingofhaunthill]

27

mother house

forgotten

 hard kinship

a kind of wonder

 rushing past

anxious weapons

 —

 This is a found poem. Source: Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. Penguin Books, 2018. Pgs. 156-161.

[housingofhaunthill]

26

floor lips sickening

drop / relinquish quiet

drinking another for-

bidden pun / unfamiliar

somersaults wash your

greeting bearable your

profitable night smelled

of my revolver

 —

 This is a found poem. Source: Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. Penguin Books, 2018. Pgs. 150-153.

[housingofhaunthill]

25

to know grinning hours

don’t get undressed

exhaust the repertoire

of disappearing inch by inch

 —

 This is a found poem. Source: Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. Penguin Books, 2018. Pgs. 144-149.

[housingofhaunthill]

24

similar

same thing

meaningless

information

 assume

back then

nuns alive

 proven fact

supernatural

causes

indication

skepticism

 send flowers

left behind

 anything at all

affect messages

 —

 This is a found poem. Source: Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. Penguin Books, 2018. Pgs. 138-143.

[housingofhaunthill]

23

imperceptive friends

drove automatic writing

a positive policy

 a suitcase filled

with ectoplasm found

a fair quiet carrier

 —

 This is a found poem. Source: Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. Penguin Books, 2018. Pgs. 132-137.

[housingofhaunthill]

22

foul the gently

quarreling outskirts

 on either side

shimmering

 evil glow

of awful whiteness

 tightened

continuing cry

 —

 This is a found poem. Source: Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. Penguin Books, 2018. Pgs. 126-131.

[housingofhaunthill]

21

sweet and

concretely

cool human

instance

of mysticism

 no one

belonged

to instinctive

amusement

the vanity

 of innocence

and righteousness

dared transgress

the image

of the nicest blood

 —

 This is a found poem. Source: Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. Penguin Books, 2018. Pgs. 120-125.

[housingofhaunthill]

20

wardrobe persuaded

this message

blaming anything

 heaven’s cousins

clean universe

reasonable patterns

 familiar surrender

all I’ve got

tired sound went on

 —

 This is a found poem. Source: Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. Penguin Books, 2018. Pgs. 114-119.

[housingofhaunthill]

19

no more sympathy

to afford against terror

 hours nourished

at a frigid amusement

 foolish to spend hope

on writing on the wall

 —

 This is a found poem. Source: Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. Penguin Books, 2018. Pgs. 108-113.

[housingofhaunthill]

18

the menace

of the supernatural

against time

dared to listen

to the joke

 —

 This is a found poem. Source: Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. Penguin Books, 2018. Pgs. 102-107.

[housingofhaunthill]

17

perfectly crash

fury caught

 knot gesture

slipping along

 until lifelong

excitement

 surpassed

unreal night

 —

 This is a found poem. Source: Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. Penguin Books, 2018. Pgs. 96-101.

[housingofhaunthill]

16

little parlor

knows bravado

 woodcutter’s

brave jokes

 atmosphere

weaknesses

 homesick stairs

to degrading cold

 —

 This is a found poem. Source: Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. Penguin Books, 2018. Pgs. 90-95.

[housingofhaunthill]

15

propping

foolishly

a temper

 polish

handmaidens

out of

fairyland

 a handsome

cold barrier

lingered

 —

 This is a found poem. Source: Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. Penguin Books, 2018. Pgs. 84-89.

[housingofhaunthill]

14

what misleads

marvels

 a veranda

Venus rising

 a field of

statues

 a soft spot

in the cellar

 —

 This is a found poem. Source: Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. Penguin Books, 2018. Pgs. 78-81