Lost and Found or A Poem I Didn't Intend to Write

A Found poem can be a list, pieces of conversation, or newspaper articles — something that has a poetic tone or elicits the same emotional response as a poem. If the original intent of your Found poem is to be poetic, then it is not true.

The beauty of this form is that you find a treasure amidst the clutter of your life. Also, there is no altering (adding, deleting, or omitting) this poem. To keep it in its pure form is to stay true to the heart of the Found.

My Found came from a short story I wrote. Reading down the left margin, I used the 1^st word of every line. This is the result:

Rebellion

You know, World

Perfectionism befriends children

Your insides scream your name

Shut up.

Ignore it.

Tired of perfect.

We all want that.

Learn from  vixen smiles and

Smoky cold sentences

Ambition loves you

Away from disappointment

Slurred secrets in someone’s yard

Don’t matter

Impurity picks you up

Frantically dissolving innocence

Rebellion crawled under her eyes and

Sat next to me

Can you see a silver lining?

What have you "Found" lately?