Question about the Found Poem

Cheyenne asked: "For this poem do we have to just use magazine advertising slogans and newspaper headlines or can we use things like song lyrics or quotes from books?"

Thanks, Cheyenne. I owe you another one.

Please DO NOT take lines from song lyrics or other poems. The reason for this is that those lines (assumably) are already very poetic. The trick of found poetry is finding language with poetic potential in unlikely places. Advertising is usually a good source.

Thanks for setting me straight BEFORE the whole class went off and "found" poems in the Complete Works of Shakespeare!