Good prose can also come from novels and autobiographies, sometimes even newspaper articles. Play cutting are prohibited. Use of manuscript is required. Some poetry is just too dense to understand when you listen to it once. Much of the poetry performed in forensics is free verse, which is very different from iambic pentameter.
Free verse tends to be more conversational and easier to perform.
Check out the links and see if you can find some poetry online or hit the bookstore. A cutting which represents one or more characters from a play or plays of literary merit. This material may be drawn from stage, screen or radio. Use of manuscript is required. Maximum time limit is 10 minutes including introduction.