What’s wrong with poetry?

[rowens]

when I was a teenager, a girl told me I might be the next Poe. I've been trying to drink myself to death ever since. I even tried it in Baltimore one night.

I proofread everything except my own stuff. I leave that to God.

I'm drunk right now. Right now!

[newsclippings]

Blacking out in cities I don't know very well... I'd say that's my forte.

[rowens]

Poe had a weak stomach. He threw up when he tried to overdose. I have a strong stomach, and strong digestion. I smell food and I get gassy.

I get drunk and I write.

I was a great Poe scholar. Don't tell Leanne. I don't want her to think I know what I'm talking about.

[Leanne]

I know you know what you're talking about... it's just that the shit that comes out of your mouth is of a different flavour to the shit that comes out of mine.

[rowens]

When I'm really drunk, the shit that comes out of your ass would be good enough for me.

Oh, this isn't the sewer is it?

[newsclippings]

where are we? I only ever look at the left panel

[tectak]

where are we? I only ever look at the left panel

I would like to ask what's wrong with poetry?

[rowens]

The thing that's wrong with poetry is that too many people suffer. And not enough people are pretentious enough to believe that they can do something about it.

[tectak]

Damn you Tom.

The Black Forest was peaceful, and all the goats uneaten...

And you had to post a new discussion topic.

War breaks out in the pigpen...Its them verses us ( for fuck's sake I know it's versus and I do not know why the apostrophes slope at a funny angle or the flavourof shit or whether rowens is my father or escorial is a dangerous psycopath...actually, I think I do know about escorial but rowens...no.)
......save me a goat, todd. I'm coming home!
Best,
tectak ( Poetry is alive and well and living under the toilet seat. Where the fuck am I?)

[newsclippings]

Is it the pee stains or actual defecation?

[rowens]

I don't have piss stains. I always wear black.

[newsclippings]

So you're what's underneath my toilet seat?

[rowens]

Honey, if that gets me where I need to be, I'll be there.

But really, I can't afford a new pair of trousers. And what I got is black.

[rowens]

I used to be a wrestler. Real and planned. And when I said BWO, it meant blue world order.

I made a poem once called, A Dozen Plateaus.

It had the refrain:

There's been a thousand already.

[Leanne]

What's wrong with poetry?

There are too few limericks about goats. Fix it.

[Todd]

What's wrong with poetry?

There are too few limericks about goats. Fix it.

And with that, this thread is officially derailed.

Thanks Leanne

[rowens]

I like cows.

And yes. I've been here this whole time.

[rowens]

I used to be a wrestler. Real and planned. And when I said BWO, it meant blue world order.

I made a poem once called, A Dozen Plateaus.

It had the refrain:

There's been a thousand already.

Now this response makes even less sense. I do have that poem somewhere though.

[escorial]

Poetry has a poor image and somethink that is only read by intellectuals,students and the middle classes.Most in this catergorey like were poetry is and would rather it stayed exclusive but i reckon so many great poets have come and gone because they were not exposed to the medium.Just like football started as a working class sport and now it's a middle class game maybie the same could be done with poetry.