Bruce Carleton, mandarin, points the way.
"INADVERTENT POETRY"
Vietnamese food ala crate

MENUS
All of the items you'll see on the linked page were found in restaurants in Vietnam and duly recorded (and in some cases eaten) by me.
CLICK HERE to see some unusual dishes. [Heads up, Fear Factor script writers.]
a nickle-a-song SONGLIST
Here are some titles listed on a compilation tape of 60s love songs that was encountered at Big Al's restaurant on Tran Quang Khai St. (By the way, Big Al's got called that because, until he got his teeth fixed, the manager looked exactly like Alfred E. Newman). In a few worthy cases, the artist is also noted.
CLICK HERE for the titles.
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(There, that ought to attract a few search engines.)
These are but a few of the astounding titles available at asianadultvideo.com. [Which, in case you're interested, seems to have disappeared... but I'd wager there are others not too unlike it out there.]
CLICK HERE for the titles (guaranteed verbatim).
Spacy in space MOTORCYCLE NOMENCLATURE
Some interesting names are attached to motorcycles. Here are a few of them, along with one haiku on two wheels.
CLICK HERE for the names.
pacification

...and speaking of HAIKUS
These four pieces don't really fit in this section, but I don't have one for "advertent poetry."
CLICK HERE for some inspired verbiage.
Stick-Out-Belly shall not be forgotten.

HUMAN NOMENCLATURE
People are also subject to some interesting vagaries when it comes to monikers.
CLICK HERE for the names.
Harold Robbins, dude laureate HIDDEN VERSE
Few literature lovers would think to look in a Harold Robbins book for artful poetry, but that's exactly where they're wrong.
CLICK HERE for the verse cleverly hidden in a passage from Descent from Xanadu.
a typical English class TALES FROM MY SECRET LIFE AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER
I did it for fifteen years, so I ought to have a something to show for it besides good grammar.
CLICK HERE for the anecdotes. [Be prepared to be disappointed.]
five-word poetry (and one's a preposition) POETRY GOES POSTAL
I wouldn't begin to suggest that the headline writers of The New York Post were inadvertent in their word choice, but it's possible poetry wasn't their aim. Poetry, however, was what they achieved. CLICK HERE.
Wm. Clark poetry THE BATTERY OF VENUS vs. THE AMORITE
Cptn. William Clark (of "Lewis and..." fame) is known to have been creative in his word choices. CLICK HERE for one of his finer poems.
computer poetry BINARY PENTAMETER
Stopping by the computer lab on a snowy evening...
CLICK HERE for the digital point of view.
Cavalier poetry CAVALIER ATTITUDE
Like pearls swallowed by swine, poetry can turn up in some unlikely ordure.
CLICK HERE for the pearls.
linguist OTHER LINGUISTIC VARIATIONS
Whatever didn't fit in the categories above got stuck here.
CLICK HERE for the variations.
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