Sonnet in found poetry

guess you could say that I hit any shot

 

He’s a young man we redshirted last year

For what you can put in those big green bins

So we all just wanted to come out here

Help board members do their due diligence

 

Operators who want to set up shop

One of the questions that I’m going to put

he tore a hamstring going into camp

A ridiculous recovery shot

 

Is this recyclable or is it not

My career was complete after this win

Guess you could say that I hit any shot

For what you can put in those big green bins

 

He barks wrong club wrong club wrong club and kicks

No level of transparency would make 

 

 

Source

McDaniel, Jason. “Receivers Shine In Spring Game.” Houston Chronicle 12 Apr. 2014: C7.

 

Drellich, Evan & Ortiz, Jose de Jesus. “Zeid’s Arm Spray Draws Review From MLB.” Houston Chronicle 12 Apr. 2014: C4.

 

Kroichick, Ron “Watson Stands out In a Crowd.” Houston Chronicle 12 Apr. 2014: C1.

 

Cesar, Maria Luisa. “Educators Balk at ‘Fact-Finding’ Funds.” Houston Chronicle 12 Apr. 2014: B1, B5.

 

Morris, Mike. “City’s Recycle Program Adding Cartons.” Houston Chronicle 12 Apr. 2014: B3.

 

Note:

Sonnets do not remotely come naturally. I considered lots of ways of breaking the form, and I had very limited time, so this is what I did.

 

Here is the prompt I was responding to:

 

Write a sonnet sourced from lines found in newspaper articles. You may choose your own sonnet type ( Examples here) and should feel free to be creative with the rules. One known Oulipo variation is “sonnets of variable length,” in which one must compose a sonnet in which the lines are either as short as possible or as long as possible.