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

[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.)