Being Amber Rhea

14 Responses to "Found Poetry"

1. Chris says:
   
   September 15th, 2005 at 10:22 pm

   I wouldn’t say sucks. I just watched Bush’s “speech” from Potemkin Village, Louisiana. Now that sucked.

2. Joseph G says:
   
   September 15th, 2005 at 11:13 pm

   Can I choose a “pathetic” category right behind sucks?

3. Toadvine says:
   
   September 16th, 2005 at 8:16 am

   Have a heart.

   Grade on

   a

   curve.

   Give the

   Lost soul in

   the Starbucks rest

   room an inflated “love it.”

4. Cathi says:
   
   September 16th, 2005 at 8:45 am

   I’m with Joseph. When you’re writing bad sad poetry on the wall of the Starbucks bathroom, you need help.

   If this were scrawled in drunken script on the wall at, say, Smith’s Olde Bar, I’d be more charitable.

5. Thomas says:
   
   September 16th, 2005 at 9:27 am

   I don’t know. I think found poetry of any kind is pretty awesome. The mere fact that it was created and then lost adds a heavy dose of pathos, even if the actual work is less than stellar.

   For this one, the meter is non-existent and the structure best resembles a shopping list, but the intent is worthwhile. With any luck, the person sorted out their confusion through putting pen to paper, then realized they just didn’t need the poem … hence, poem left behind.

6. Garrett says:
   
   September 16th, 2005 at 9:40 am

   I’m leaning toward a rating of unsanitary.

7. Patrick Fitzgerald says:
   
   September 16th, 2005 at 9:45 am

   Here I sit, broken hearted…

8. Amber says:
   
   September 16th, 2005 at 10:25 am

   With any luck, the person sorted out their confusion through putting pen to paper, then realized they just didn’t need the poem … hence, poem left behind.

   Why, then, the rating system? Seems like the person was planning to come back later and see if anyone had commented about the poem. Almost like blogging except… with a Starbucks restroom instead of a computer.

9. Jmac says:
   
   September 16th, 2005 at 12:20 pm

   So was this thing like taped to the wall, or just left discarded on the floor … or worse. What kind of reviews would one expect to get from folks who are using the bathroom?

10. Patrick Fitzgerald says:
    
    September 16th, 2005 at 12:25 pm

    It’s written in Rambling Sucktameter.

11. Garrett says:
    
    September 16th, 2005 at 12:48 pm

    Hahahahahaha, “Rambling Sucktameter”… Best thing I’ve heard all day.

12. Amber says:
    
    September 16th, 2005 at 12:58 pm

    So was this thing like taped to the wall, or just left discarded on the floor … or worse.

    It was wedged in between the wall and the handicapped railing.

    I wouldn’t go fishing poetry out of the toilet, no matter how amusing it might be. (The poetry, not the act of me fishing it out. Gotta love misplaced modifiers. Or is that a dangling participle? Gah.)

13. Tony Simon says:
    
    September 16th, 2005 at 3:11 pm

    Why did you type “found this” instead of “wrote this”? Why must you clutter up the blogosphere with lies? Be proud of your creative output.

14. Amber says:
    
    September 16th, 2005 at 3:13 pm

    Very funny, Tony. But I wrote better poetry than this when I was 14. And I would never put a question mark on a separate line.