Today Miz Quickly asked us write the last line of poems matched to a list of titles created in an earlier prompt. I hadn’t done the homework, so I took her suggestion to use the titles of books, choosing the 15 best sellers in fiction on the New York Times list dated 8/16/15. Since I was already moving into Found Poetry territory, I then made a list of 15 phrases from an on-line article in today’s New Republic entitled “Donald Trump Captures the Hearts of Young Republicans” by Suzy Khimm. Putting all the titles into a hat, I drew them out one-by-one and matched each with the corresponding phrase from the numbered list.

I was surprised to see the possibilities created here and I had fun, too.

Go Set a Watchman
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still tugged at their hearts

Grey
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hungry for red meat

The Girl on the Train
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He’s about himself.

Thrill Me
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a wall at the border

Siren’s Call
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in a town built on spin

Circling the Sun
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excited about the energy

All the Light We Cannot See
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Tenacity

The Martian
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a hunger across this

The Nightingale
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leaving the door open

The Code of Conduct
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He could get me there.

Badlands
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by the end of the night

The English Spy
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even in the heart

Never Die Alone
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amazing and necessary

The Bourbon Kings
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not sweet little babies

Luckiest Girl Alive
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felt like liberation