This one isn’t exactly a “found” poem — it IS a poem. It was printed as if it were prose but, when I started breaking the lines, the rhyme scheme appeared. This was phoned into the weekly paper’s Live Wire call line.
I don’t know who it is who has so happily departed, but I do know it was a termination of employment, not of life.
Thank God and School Board She’s Gone
by Anonymous Caller
Thank God and school board she’s gone;
She’s been coaching at Corydon for much too long.
Winning games is a wonderful sight
But not more important than being treated right.
It sounds really good because I’ve been silent too long.
Thank God and school board she’s gone.
Sounds like the chorus to a country song, doesn’t it? I can almost hear the steel guitar now….
ANYWAY, it’s Tuesday, so I’m posting at Fatal Foodies with a speedy-quick veg dish.
A WRITING PROMPT FOR YOU: Someone your main character dislikes loses a job.
MA
Alana
August 3, 2016 at 6:25pmThat made me smile. Country music (and country phone calls) are a wonderful thing.
Marian Allen
August 4, 2016 at 8:41amš Glad I made you smile, Alana.
Pete Laberge
August 2, 2016 at 3:17pmAnd my horse ran away….
With a big bale of hay….
So, I’m drinking my beer all alone…..
Not even a friend to call on the phone!
But she’s gone, gone, gone, daddy gone!
And obviously, I am no poet, but at least I know it!
Let wiser minds than mine add better verses!
Marian Allen
August 2, 2016 at 3:34pmPete, you are too much! LOL! Excellent contribution!
Joey
August 2, 2016 at 11:59amHaha! Very nice! š
Marian Allen
August 2, 2016 at 12:38pmEmotions run high in these parts, Joey. š
Joey
August 2, 2016 at 10:07pmWe had a principal like that once. Perfectly understandable!
Jane
August 2, 2016 at 10:02amSuper great found poem!
Marian Allen
August 2, 2016 at 12:37pmThanks! You just can’t make this stuff up.