#bucketofwords, cutandpastepoetry.

In recent years I have been attending #sunnysideartfair with my bucket of words. The art fair is a local event supporting a local charity, Sunnyside rural trust, which helps adults with learning difficulties get on in life, at these fairs I host the poetry corner, where the bucket of words is employed to get visitors to write poems using David Bowies lyric cut and paste writing method. words from many sources are added to the bucket, where those who dare can take a handful to be rearranged into a poem. with some spectacular results. the following poem was not written as such.

Bucket of words.

Welcome, welcome to,
The bucket of words,
A pub you may think?
A bit on the wonk for a pub.

Plastic, orange and wire handled,
Wonky block capitals proclaim!
Bucket of words, bucket of words,
With sarcaustic glee!

It’s filling defiantly on the wonk,
Grab handful if you dare,
We double dare you,
Words from afar, for you to create a poem,
Perhaps we better not over wonk them.

The bucket of words was created,
Purely for poetries creation,
Now come delve your hand in,
Write in.

Rog leach, June 2026