tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post8816310536766545368..comments2024-03-27T05:41:49.609-04:00Comments on Ask And Ye Shall Receive: On Poetry and DyspepsiaLove Biteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09560398644345169431noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-39657457631934563212010-05-04T15:35:16.860-04:002010-05-04T15:35:16.860-04:00This drivel is exactly the sort of thing that insp...This drivel is exactly the sort of thing that inspired the following:<br /><br /><b>Ode to Some Poor Schmuck on the Occasion of His Retirement/Death/Marriage/Whatever</b><br /><br />I could not possibly care any less<br />Than I do trotting out this awful mess.<br />Please forgive my lack of humility --<br />Coinicides with lack of ability<br /><br />I have so much to say, I’ll make it fit,<br />Even if doing so sounds quite like shit.<br />All that matters, it seems, is that it rhymes<br />Despite my committing sonorous crimes.<br /><br />I’ll force the expression of sentiment<br />With words that show mental impediment.<br />Arranged like crackers, my metaphors please<br />People like me, who are impressed by cheese.<br /><br />(This is the part I don’t want you to know.<br />Sleeping, this poem did out of me flow.<br />So many occasions to which I’ve been --<br />Tell me, what the fuck was your name again?)Posol'stvo the Medvedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573435137467134333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-15624162288608006282010-05-02T13:23:40.077-04:002010-05-02T13:23:40.077-04:00Forcemeat flutters my meat curtains, by the way.Forcemeat flutters my meat curtains, by the way.Love Biteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09560398644345169431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-2005402497735590502010-05-01T21:50:43.896-04:002010-05-01T21:50:43.896-04:00This blog has a long history of love for good poet...This blog has a long history of love for good poetry, and lethal hate for those who torture the word.<br /><br /><a href="http://papayamaya.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Good poetry</a>, reviewed by Calamity.Love Biteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09560398644345169431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-52195720690683009542010-04-30T16:18:32.126-04:002010-04-30T16:18:32.126-04:00Yes. Absolutely.Yes. Absolutely.Here In Franklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249969885696185864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-35833884732065355412010-04-29T23:39:36.855-04:002010-04-29T23:39:36.855-04:00NoNoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-33447067966471790322010-04-29T15:30:07.918-04:002010-04-29T15:30:07.918-04:00But wouldn't you rather have eight comments of...But wouldn't you rather have eight comments of substance than fifty-seven people affirming nothing?Shinerpunchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851666020267659995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-38307575786846594462010-04-29T07:50:08.405-04:002010-04-29T07:50:08.405-04:00Geez, she has 57 comments for a poem that rhymes m...Geez, she has 57 comments for a poem that rhymes membrane and vein.Here In Franklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249969885696185864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-70762446954528844902010-04-28T05:01:12.406-04:002010-04-28T05:01:12.406-04:00Same to you,sir.Same to you,sir.goyestoeverything.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09653187178740540494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-64467889771400324962010-04-28T04:49:09.871-04:002010-04-28T04:49:09.871-04:00Good show, Mr Stock, good show indeed.Good show, Mr Stock, good show indeed.Forcemeat the Clown (Rtd)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07271758183555217074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-27092871598252455912010-04-28T04:23:28.362-04:002010-04-28T04:23:28.362-04:00I thought Forcemeat
Screwed me
But I learned soon
...I thought Forcemeat<br />Screwed me<br />But I learned soon<br />That we merely cuddled<br />In his benevolent spoongoyestoeverything.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09653187178740540494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-23810134340154704762010-04-27T18:33:51.507-04:002010-04-27T18:33:51.507-04:00I'm really excited about Forcemeat's futur...I'm really excited about Forcemeat's future round these parts.Rassleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12370070146085209687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-85203235919783326322010-04-27T17:57:32.071-04:002010-04-27T17:57:32.071-04:00Poems are my fuck. To see them thus debased makes ...Poems are my fuck. To see them thus debased makes me feel all killy. <br /><br />Forcemeat, you are welcome to pop round to mine for tea any time you fancy.Sack Possethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149646494377478785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-87726022136752077802010-04-27T17:13:17.142-04:002010-04-27T17:13:17.142-04:00This is one of my favorite reviews I've ever s...This is one of my favorite reviews I've ever seen on here.<br />For a few reasons, but it was particularly colorful without being just plain snarky or bitchy. It also makes me want to read your blog and figure out who Franny is and what happened and all those details are delightful - I agree about the sherry+ruined pants.<br /><br />Also fuck yeah a reviewer who likes poetry even a little bit, finally!Georgiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12206678608822837976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-2712174741730841952010-04-27T15:42:06.783-04:002010-04-27T15:42:06.783-04:00I have a whole notebook full of these kinds of poe...I have a whole notebook full of these kinds of poems. I wrote them all in junior high.<br /><br />Rassles - I really want to see your build-a-bear poem.<br /><br />Excellent review.Sylvia Wrathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-31648726220889400042010-04-27T15:14:31.962-04:002010-04-27T15:14:31.962-04:00I agree that the old posts are more bearable than ...I agree that the old posts are more bearable than the poems, but in the ones I read, she used 'i' instead of 'I', which I cannot abide. There are very few people who can get away with such stylistic skylarking, most of them dead.Forcemeat the Clown (Rtd)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07271758183555217074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-62664354979622829782010-04-27T13:59:21.939-04:002010-04-27T13:59:21.939-04:00Good fucking golly, she writes like 400 shitty poe...Good fucking golly, she writes like 400 shitty poems a year.<br /><br />And those old non-poetry entries are definitely better than these horrible poems. They're still emo, but tolerable. <br /><br />I should show her my build-a-bear poem.Rassleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12370070146085209687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-68723704385463710002010-04-27T13:04:30.487-04:002010-04-27T13:04:30.487-04:00I went back and looked at the older entries. I li...I went back and looked at the older entries. I like her ramblings better than the poems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-13154687043860696692010-04-27T13:02:34.145-04:002010-04-27T13:02:34.145-04:00I told Shadow that she'd been reviewed.I told Shadow that she'd been reviewed.Forcemeat the Clown (Rtd)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07271758183555217074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-67195706512902005992010-04-27T12:33:39.399-04:002010-04-27T12:33:39.399-04:00I give you now Professor Twist,
A conscientious sc...I give you now Professor Twist,<br />A conscientious scientist,<br />Trustees exclaimed, "He never bungles!"<br />And sent him off to distant jungles.<br />Camped on a tropic riverside,<br />One day he missed his loving bride.<br />She had, the guide informed him later,<br />Been eaten by an alligator.<br />Professor Twist could not but smile.<br />"You mean," he said, "a crocodile."<br /><br />Great review.Thanatoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18086063666735002969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-20085986450491786832010-04-27T12:32:41.304-04:002010-04-27T12:32:41.304-04:00A glossy apple.
She drives a Nissan roadster.
Thou...A glossy apple.<br />She drives a Nissan roadster.<br />Though her words still dull.formerly funhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915882376165190052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-9965520806767310942010-04-27T12:25:57.725-04:002010-04-27T12:25:57.725-04:00I'm on it.I'm on it.Shinerpunchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851666020267659995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-6219791417713747522010-04-27T12:24:39.813-04:002010-04-27T12:24:39.813-04:00Her feelings too deep,
Blog like a waking nightmar...Her feelings too deep,<br />Blog like a waking nightmare.<br />Words put me to sleep.formerly funhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915882376165190052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-82405873854672069042010-04-27T12:20:40.051-04:002010-04-27T12:20:40.051-04:00Does the poetess? poetrix? know she's been rev...Does the poetess? poetrix? know she's been reviewed?formerly funhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915882376165190052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-34014437494984132112010-04-27T12:15:23.347-04:002010-04-27T12:15:23.347-04:00Agreed. Let the verse flow freely. Not too freel...Agreed. Let the verse flow freely. Not too freely, though, because we have limited syllables and it's not even noon at my desk.Shinerpunchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851666020267659995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28050624.post-59367044594172147162010-04-27T12:04:05.178-04:002010-04-27T12:04:05.178-04:00Shiner, perhaps this once, we should have a Haiku ...Shiner, perhaps this once, we should have a Haiku of the week instead of quote of the week. Make the minions get creative.Miss Missiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03184269685276049399noreply@blogger.com