Verbatim found poetry is an intriguing collection of found poems. Poems found in ordinary, and not so ordinary places. Submit yours.
Honduras, Algeria,
Germany, Nigeria,
USA, Slovenia,
Ivory Coast.
Denmark, Spain, Slovakia,
Ghana, France, South Africa,
Chile, Greece, Australia,
Japan, Mexico.
Cameroon and Uruguay,
Portugal and Paraguay,
Serbia and Italy,
Switzerland.
England and North Korea,
Holland and Argentina,
Brazil and South Korea,
New Zealand.
The 32 teams in the FIFA 2010 World Cup.
Tom Hobson suggested
you become
a fan of Tom Hobson.
Tom became
a fan of Tom Hobson
on Facebook
and suggested
you become a fan too.
The subject line and text from a Facebook email.
Who are you looking for?
Penelope Twee –
Search for a username,
first or last name.
Did you mean Penelope Tree?
We
couldn’t find anyone named
Penelope Twee.
Who are you looking for?
Gilbert Same –
Search for a username,
first or last name.
Did you mean Gilbert Lee?
We
couldn’t find anyone named
Gilbert Same.
Who are you looking for?
John Bob Bobson –
Hmm. Our
name search server seems
to have wandered off.
Who are you looking for?
Wigan Pier –
Sorry, but
you’ve reached your limit
on searches for now.
Microcopy on the Twitter Find People page when I entered the names above, 2009.
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