I've never written a found poem before today, but the prompt was to try something you've never done. So ... here is a "found poem". A poem where every word is taken from the current Wikipedia page on Jack London. I don't think I found much. But, it was fun to try. This poem is taken from the section on Jack's first marriage to Bess. It was during this time that he wrote some of his most successful novels (including
The Call of the Wild), but though they had two daughters together, Jack and Bess weren't happily married and Jack had affairs including with
Anna Strunsky,with whom he wrote
The Kempton-Wallace Letters. I followed a pattern and wrote down every fifth word. Then, just punctuated what I had. Not sure it's a poem, but, it was interesting to try!
Found Poem – Wikipedia Page on Jack London
Born author, he, the commercial one, and
his best of set "To Build a Fire" as
of
The Sea Wolf. Advocate with his
non-fiction.
April 7, 1900 was part friends years.
Stage Stasz that out friendship
they Kingman together clear
did that to during his
The Kempton-Wace Letters philosophies
"Dane Kempton's" romantic London
for on the contrasted known
Bess London child January 15, 1901
later both Piedmont, California
of The Call of the Wild. In was
by close were was gentle
Cloudsley Johns in suspect marriage devoted
tell evidence she me for terrible
back home won't the if Stasz
"code" that prostitutes venereal
Bessie moved and on
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