Found Poem - "Guilt-Free Style" by Shan Li from the LA Times

Faux animals hides have arrived
with a new appropriate name
and with science's help
pleather is out,
and vegan leather is in.
Gone are the stereotypes
of faux leather
with it's black shiny exterior
made of polyurethane
that feels and looks like plastic.
Even the name sounds cheap
on the tongue
to consumers and producers alike.
Animals lovers can now enjoy
leather that looks
and feels like leather
thanks to innovations
in the textile industry.
Because of these improvements
fashion can now be guilt free.

Citation: Li, Shan. "Guilt Free Style." LA Times. 26 Feb 2015. C-C4.

Found Poem - How To Eat A Guava by Esmeralda Santiago

As children we didn't always wait for
the fruit to ripen.
A green guava is sour and hard.
A ripe guava is yellow although some
varieties have a pink tinge.
As I move toward the apples and pears of adulthood,
I remember how you bite into a green guava,
how you hear the skin, meat and seeds
crunching inside your head.
How the inside of your mouth explodes into spurts of sour.
On the rare occasion of cool nights and plentiful rains,
the guava bushes grow close to the ground.
The branches are laden with ripe juicy guavas with firm and sweet skin
and a pink heart.
I let the guava that smells of summer
afternoons join it's sisters in the Shop and
Save exotic display.
The apples and pears of my adulthood are
predictable and bittersweet,
but the ripe and sour guavas of my
childhood are both bitter and sweet,
reminding me of years past.

Citation : Santiago, Esmeralda. "How To Eat A Guava". New York 2003.