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Re: I, too, have a poem
Wolfspirit, on host 216.13.40.177
Wednesday, October 6, 1999, at 05:37:20
I, too, have a poem posted by Morris Cecil Glalet on Wednesday, September 29, 1999, at 19:14:32:
> I tried to write a poem
> But it didn't work
> I wanted to make it niftospiffy
> But now I feel like a jerk
>
> I tried to write a funny poem
> For every Morris fan
> But I couldn't, and I've let you down
> I won't be surprised if I'm banned
>
> I tried to write a big, long poem
> But I didn't do too well
> I hit a poet's block (it hurt)
> I'm a failure, can't you tell?
>
> I tried to write a good, good poem
> But it came out bad
> I've left you deeply disappointed
> And that makes me sad
>
> -Morris Cecil "Oh well, maybe next time" Glalet
> Wed 29 Sep A.D. 1999
Heck no, that wasn't bad. Good self-referential verse is tricky. I liked it. It reminds me of a similar effort in iambic tetrameter:
it's hard to write
this kind of verse
metered so tight
it's hard to write;
it makes you bite
your nails and curse:
it's hard to write
this kind of verse
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