Article View: alt.arts.poetry.comments
Article #819027Re: Usenet's Greatest Poet / gjd
From: Will Dockery
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 08:44
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 08:44
78 lines
2656 bytes
2656 bytes
On Friday, June 3, 2022 at 11:31:12 AM UTC-4, HC wrote: > On Friday, June 3, 2022 at 11:03:23 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote: > > On Friday, June 3, 2022 at 9:18:35 AM UTC-4, HC wrote: > > > On Friday, June 3, 2022 at 8:48:53 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote: > > > > On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 8:02:02 AM UTC-4, HC wrote: > > > > > On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 7:36:34 AM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Guess Who? > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm usenet's greatest poet, > > > > > > At least that's what they say. > > > > > > The Village People love my work > > > > > > And I'm not even gay. > > > > > > > > > > > > The most prolific poet > > > > > > The internet has known, > > > > > > I've written fifty thousand poems > > > > > > In the past week alone. > > > > > > > > > > > > I sit at my computer > > > > > > And dream of South and North, > > > > > > And just like vomit from a drunk > > > > > > The poems come gushing forth. > > > > > > > > > > > > It's sometimes hard to type them, > > > > > > They all come out so fast, > > > > > > And some of them are really long > > > > > > While some are just half-vast. > > > > > > > > > > > > I've never learned poetics; > > > > > > I know that I don't need 'em > > > > > > Because I simply write the poems; > > > > > > Let other people read 'em. > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me > > > > > > But didn't praise my work > > > > > > So I hung up on him. He's just > > > > > > A pissbum and a jerk. > > > > > > > > > > > > I know he's simply jealous, > > > > > > Like all those guys, of me. > > > > > > That's why they bury all my stuff; > > > > > > It's a conspiracy. > > > > > > > > > > > > I know I could be published > > > > > > And everyone would buy, > > > > > > But knowing the conspiracy > > > > > > Why would I even try? > > > > > > > > > > > > So I just stay on usenet > > > > > > Where true success depends, > > > > > > Not on your money, or your fame, > > > > > > But on your online friends. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm friends with half a dozen > > > > > > True poets just like me. > > > > > > (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight > > > > > > With the conspiracy.) > > > > > > > > > > > > They say my poems are perfect, > > > > > > And all I have to do > > > > > > Is thank all six, and tell them all > > > > > > Their poems are perfect, too. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~ > > > > > > GJD > > > > > That was fun, thanks. > > > > For once we agree. > > > > > > > > > > How many times have we agreed > > Not many. > > > > None in recent years. > > > > HTH and HAND. > For once? Apparently so.
Message-ID:
<3137304b-9a70-49b4-8649-edcc1ead0abbn@googlegroups.com>
Path:
rocksolid-us.pugleaf.net!archive.newsdeef.eu!archive!apf9.newsdeef.eu!not-for-mail
References:
<t7a7c1$nds$1@dont-email.me> <6159b7f6-aad0-4c0c-ae59-e861fb202829n@googlegroups.com> <65784fe4-979e-4006-a567-e8108f8b7f26n@googlegroups.com> <7371e6a1-daf3-4fef-83f4-46544c4477dfn@googlegroups.com> <dcd09a9a-052e-4413-80a6-da2a00bbd962n@googlegroups.com> <9e4d00b7-99f9-4310-90f1-e394cb57b808n@googlegroups.com>