The Found Poetry Project

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Written by Orange Mobile Telephones
Confirmation of Direct Debit Letter

Found by Lori Johnson
Darlington, UK

I can confirm, from personal experience, that
post-traumatic stress can be alleviated by Tetris.
Having had two nervous breakdowns in the last
                                five years, I needed to find
                                some way of suppressing
                                my thoughts. Not being a

drinker, I was fortun
ate to stumble across
the distraction of Tet
ris—which I played night and day for many mon
ths. It requires such extensive spatial and visual
brainpower that it disengages my capacity for ver

bal thought
and brings
relief from
anxiety—
until such
time as ex

                  haustion overtakes
                  me. Upon waking
                  from my restless s
                  leep, I turn immed
                  iately to the Tetris
I keep on my bedside table, whi
ch provides further relief until I

                                                pass
                                                out a
                                                gain.

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Written by Ruth Hill
New Scientist, 21 Feb 2009, page 25
“Tetris to the Rescue,” Opinion Letters

Found by Timothy Green
Los Angeles, CA

I wish I could be there
to be miserable with you
but I’m in the land of storms,
sweaters, pubs that serve only Guinness.

I’ll be home in 11 days.
It’s too soon.
I’m used to it here now.
I’m starting to sort of learn Irish
and talk to people.

Everything at home is so
much more permanent,
so much heavier.
Every little thing I do there
feels it will echo through eternity.

Here, I have less complicity,
less responsibility
for the fate of everyone.
At home I feel like
if I don’t recycle a can
one thousand babies
will die in Zimbabwe.

We watched this movie
in class tonight,
The Wind that Shakes the Barley.
It was violent and harsh.

I bought a cute sweater
at the sweater factory today.
I think you would like it.

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Written by Emma Keener
Personal Letter, April 2007

Found by Megan O’Reilly Green
Los Angeles, CA