I have a morning routine as most people do. I wish I could just sit down with my coffee to write for a while, but my time is limited before I get out of for a walk and then get ready for my school day. Usually I read the New York Times newsletter from my email. I don’t always read all of it because news is generally not good and could start my day with a somber tone. I skip and skim down to the links to the games of the day; my favorites are Wordle and Connections.
A few weeks ago my skimming began to sound in my mind’s ear like a found poem. This poem was created by lines from the December 3rd newsletter. I did not change any of the words or the order they appeared.
News Flash Found Poem (December 3, 2023)
Mothers are grappling with anxiety
after watching 10 migrants die at sea,
a man in Paris with a knife and a hammer.Kill all the deer;
A great step toward survival.Scholars want to show society
there is value in the humanities.Will it be a permanent cease fire
or AI or fertility that saves us?Magicians see thousands of donuts,
an exuberant document of
the human condition.We have become our data
simultaneously loading more
and more of our lives into systems
with little control
over the outcome.Stop reading
Margaret Simon, found poem NYT newsletter
and take the quiz.
Reflections on the Teche 