tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-268099099981586721.post5392693583263899357..comments2023-09-01T03:50:01.667-07:00Comments on Indiscriminate Dust: Poems I Like #5: Wild SwansPhilboyd Studgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10926397147880047519noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-268099099981586721.post-79048460909178656652012-04-05T03:01:58.299-07:002012-04-05T03:01:58.299-07:00I happen to be a great fan of poetry as well, prov...I happen to be a great fan of poetry as well, provided it's in the <i>arse poetica</i> genre.<br /><br />Here's a particularly poignant example:<br /><br />There was a young pessimist, Grotton,<br />Who wished he had ne'er been begotten,<br /> Nor would he have been<br /> But the rubber was thin,<br />And right at the tip it was rotten.<br /><br />Really, this is the only kind of poetry I can understand. The other stuff seems to nebulous to me; perhaps it's only my ADHD talking, but I have never been able to read even one page of poetry.Pied Cowhttp://piedcow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com