From our StatCounter service I receive daily emails with various stats, including the search terms that people used to find our site. I usually let these sit in my inbox until I have a few months saved up and then I sort through and pick out some of the strange or unusual ones. As the list builds, I begin to notice common themes and phrases. Occasionally they will be in a sequence that actually makes sense. By grouping and rearranging the phrases I put together the following Found poems. The phrases in the titles and passages are exactly as entered. I haven’t edited for spelling or added/removed words.
our multipolar disorder
elected officials inept
crippling nostalgia
the american dream? time to wake up!
the next revolution is gonna be a revolution of ideas
if it’s a lie, then we fight on that lie, but we gotta fight
the fear urgency of now
no matter how long the darkness is
the sunbeams will cut through them like swords.
we are confronted with the urgency
while usa sleeps about war
philosophy of the end of the world in religions
memo from god
important if true. christianity
the sky is falling meaning
there’s no reason to be jolly
cruel callous and kind
. . .
hope despair zen
illusion of sky man falling on bathroom
give him my regards
do people choose to change
do people really change?
why people really don’t want change
nothing stays the same in life
i know nothing stays the same but if your willing to play the game
click the crystal ball and it will guess
evil joe lieberman
lieberman sith lord
oh you are just the worst type of person
household torture methods
sensory overload and deprivation
i won’t tell you what you want to hear
how much elemental sulfur can you be exposed to?
i can smell sulfur in my fingernails
hands smell like sulfur
how to debone smelt
shad and freud
the dharma of eliot spitzer
prettiest vagina in new york
kinematic pleasure
clytemnestra carpet
. . .
dream last night hillary clinton
outdoor intercourse
manure mattress
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I used to do Found poems with my kids in the remedial reading classes I taught. I loved it. Their poems always turned out so great. And the added plus of being good summaries! I liked to use Newspaper articles to get them reading and searching for interesting phrases.
Thanks for posting this….brought back nice memories of my kids.
After tonights PP, there will probably be some interesting hits.
Although I still find it kinda hard to believe that someone searched for Shad and Freud.
One of my oft-used (perhaps over-used) expressions is right there at the top.
Crippling Nostalgia.
Used it so much that I just had to make it a chapter title.
Now I know I’ve really made it.
YET
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