More Google Poetics

Readers share search-phrase verses

The brilliant folks behind Google Poetics create found poetry from search terms. When you search on Google, it provides a list of most-frequently-searched-for phrases. The best create poetry like:

She wrote

She wrote
She wrote me a letter
She wrote love on her arms
She wrote lonely on her body
She wrote the book

Recently, I invited you to share your found poetry in a writing contest. Here are some of the best pieces.

Claire Sturgeon, media communications specialist at Institute for Genomic Biology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, submitted this piece:

He studies

He studies at university
He studies how things originated
He studies where morals come from
He studies the impact of human behavior on emotion
He studies her

Claire, I love the way the progressively longer lines build up a rhythm that’s broken by the short last line. That approach really emphasizes the twist in your final line.

Patti Tironi, director of Employee Communications — Climate Solutions Sector at Ingersoll Rand, was our most prolific entrant. She submitted several pieces, including this one:

Kill me

Kill me
Kill me baby
Kill me now
Kill me deadly
Kill me softly
Kill me
Kiss me
Kill me

Tironi also submitted a found poem made of email subject lines:

Compendium of All Things Ridiculous

Compendium of All Things Ridiculous
You can’t always reason with those who make the decisions
Change is rarely as easy as it is necessary
No sense delaying the inevitable
You can feel the tires rubbing against you
It’s just a matter of when they hit drive

And the winner is …

Tironi wins the prize not just for being prolific, but also for this fine found poem:

I am born

I am born
I am born again
I am born in thunder
I am born to win

Congratulations, Patti. Watch your mailbox for a little found poem-related prize.

And thanks to everyone who played!