Found Poetry - An Occasional Series

Back when I was making spasmodic appearances on my friend Matt's blog, we would occasionally post found poetry, a category which I hope speaks for itself. I found my niche, or so I thought, in trawling CNN's website from time to time, and pasting together headlines from various parts of the site. It can reveal some rather lyrical twists and turns. So here it is again. Here's one I did for Tattered Coat on Bush's last State of the Union Address. It's kind of scary.

CNN Found Poem, Friday, September 30, 2005

Born without legs, still playing football
Robot racing gets under way
Oxygen helped mammals grow
Wild gorillas documented using tools

Space tourist prepares for flight
Get used to the new, softer Martha
Drawn and quartered
The end of driving in reverse as we know it