Found Poetry in The Grapes of Wrath

In Chapter Six of Farm: A Multimodal Reader the authors discuss found poetry in the inter-chapters of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath.  Found poetry is writing a passage of prose out in poetry form.  I chose prose from Chapter 7 for my poem.

 

A Hundred Jalopies

Hot sun on rusted metal,
Oil on the ground.
Tires, used, bruised tires,
Stacked in tall cylinders.
Got a Lincoln ’24.
There’s a car.
Radiator cleaner?
Spark intensifier?
Wipers, fan belts, gaskets?
Spattering roar of ancient engines.
Row on row, headlights
glinting in the afternoon sun.
Good Used Cars.