Poor abused iambs

[squeequeg]

Dear Red Sox Nation:

I love you. I am one of you. I intend to go on celebrating this year's World Series win as long as I can, and I hope you do too, in as many ways as you like.

However, for the love of all that is holy, stop writing shitty poetry about it.

I mean, this crap is like William McGonagall reborn. One thing I never dreamed when I got into the newspaper business (even in such a tangential manner as I am now) is how much lousy poetry is out there -- and how desperate we can sometimes get for filler material.

Maybe if I sleep with Beowulf under my pillow, some of the pain will ease.

Comments

[sigerson.livejournal.com]

Ech.
Let's go find an abstinence-only teacher who writes bad poetry and vomit on him/her.
(I was on the phone w/da'rents when you called--did you get your pudding yet?)

[the-star-fish.livejournal.com]

That truly was terrible. Painfully bad. I don't get how people can't grasp the concept of scansion -- just read it out loud! Does it sound good? If not, FIX IT!!

(Sorry to rant. Pet peeve and all ... a thousand pardons.)

[minyan.livejournal.com]

And it's not even funny! it's not even redeeming-despite-itself terrible poetry. Gak.
Even that idiot who writes about flopping barges is funny - even the Vogons are funny.
sigh. Tanya, they won't even scan.
I'm not sure that even rates as filler. Cannon fodder, maybe.