Poetry-related: Now really...?

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

PopTodd Wrote:

Why dredge this back up?
Was it the Tom Zé post?

Or do you just feel like being an asshole to me?

sorry todd...I only just received my letter confirming that my poem has been selected for publication in "Immortal Verses." Apparently, they required a month to "carefully read and discuss" my poem before recognizing its "poetic artistry"

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:45 pm

billy g Wrote:

PopTodd Wrote:

Why dredge this back up?
Was it the Tom Zé post?

Or do you just feel like being an asshole to me?

sorry todd...I only just received my letter confirming that my poem has been selected for publication in "Immortal Verses." Apparently, they required a month to "carefully read and discuss" my poem before recognizing its "poetic artistry"

Even though I'm not a "real" person, I'm really sick of being the butt of every joke.
Would you kindly back the fuck off?

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:47 pm

Damn, Todd, you've gotta admit as far as jokes go, that is a GOOD one.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:02 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

Damn, Todd, you've gotta admit as far as jokes go, that is a GOOD one.

True dat.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

I apologize in advance for dredging this thread up Todd but I just received this email from Poetry.com:

Quote:

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jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

i feel like i read an article about this place and how they scam people and how the people don't care even a little bit because they get to have an awesome weekend with other poets hanging out at a hotel and a fancy dinner.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 12:04 pm

"poets"

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

spontaneous.

nobody · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 5:40 pm

Looking back at this thread, I feel like everyone was awfully easy on Todd.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:40 pm

nobody Wrote:

Looking back at this thread, I feel like everyone was awfully easy on Todd.

Looking back, I think that you're probably right.

nobody · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:48 pm

It was a kinder, gentler Obner back inn those days.

dangerbird · **Joined:** Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:53 am **Posts:** 427

i think its a really good poem, lots of great imagery

but you should never pay to have your poem included somewhere. I got that offer a few years ago, and i thought they chose a pretty shitty poem. So i kept submitting to more authentic journals and got two published last year and got $150 out of it. Its not easy, i got about 15 rejections and one acceptance, but that acceptance made me real proud. Id try that route, your poem is good enough i think, and i dont know what else youve got.

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:55 am

nobody Wrote:

It was a kinder, gentler Obner back inn those days.

Really??

In those days, we still had OPA! stirring shit, Charli's hysterics, the Elvis Fu/Shiv/LooGAR mission to get Frostingspoon to kill himself or be put on a sex offender watch-list, my crusade against Hegel & Fickerson, & Darrin's screeds. We still have that last, though in smaller volume, & I still loath Hegel & abhor Ficky, but otherwise, everybody's married off &/or having kids. Today, then, & outside of Konstantin & Monty, Obner is all...

[rparis sips his coffee]

shiv · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2012 1:12 pm

Tee Wrote:

nobody Wrote:

It was a kinder, gentler Obner back inn those days.

Really??

In those days, we still had OPA! stirring shit, Charli's hysterics, the Elvis Fu/Shiv/LooGAR mission to get Frostingspoon to kill himself or be put on a sex offender watch-list, my crusade against Hegel & Fickerson], & Darrin's screeds. We still have that last, though in smaller volume, & I still loath Hegel & abhor Ficky, but otherwise, everybody's married off &/or having kids. Today, then, & outside of Konstantin & Monty, Obner is all...

[rparis sips his coffee]

What's this all about?

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2012 1:29 pm

shiv Wrote:

Tee Wrote:

nobody Wrote:

It was a kinder, gentler Obner back inn those days.

Really??

In those days, we still had OPA! stirring shit, Charli's hysterics, the Elvis Fu/Shiv/LooGAR mission to get Frostingspoon to kill himself or be put on a sex offender watch-list, my crusade against Hegel & Fickerson], & Darrin's screeds. We still have that last, though in smaller volume, & I still loath Hegel & abhor Ficky, but otherwise, everybody's married off &/or having kids. Today, then, & outside of Konstantin & Monty, Obner is all...

[rparis sips his coffee]

What's this all about?

I'm saying Obner is gentler, now. You're all married, or at least coupled, & reproducing... You just have a more settled mien.

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2012 1:31 pm

Oh, I missed the bolding. But, oh, I just get too much of the same vibe of Hegel & Fickerson that I got from my boys when I was in my early twenties. Just a sense of entitlement.

Modem · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:24 pm

The Stairwell

"It smells like Boloney
shit itself in here."

"It smells like
grapefruit piss."

We were about
to move on
when that guy
who played "Doc"
in Back To The Future
walked by.

"Jesus, it smells
like antifreeze sucked
sulpher's dick in here."
He said,
"What did you guys do?"

"It's like being
locked in a tent
with menstruation."

We shared a good laugh.

We asked him why
he was still dressed
like in the movie,
with the lab coat
and crazy hair.

"movie?"
He asked.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2012 3:15 pm

Imagine
if Batman
not only never met the Joker,
but didn't even know he existed.
If the Joker was
just some dirty-haired,
lipstick-smeared loser who
stocked shelves at Target
and otherwise only aired his
grudges
against his perceived nemesis
on the internet
from the confines of his mother's
basement.
And the grudges
weren't even grudges,
more like
"I dunno, I just get a weird vibe of entitlement off that Batman guy.
I loathe him."
In the act three climax
Bruce Wayne
sits in a bistro reading
the business section
and orders
a second biscotti.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2012 3:16 pm

I guess what I'm saying is Chris Nolan sucks.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2012 3:27 pm

Modem · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2012 3:37 pm

Stealing Hibernation

oh, that dainty juice box
between your legs
I've heard all the stories
and stepped on many of
the discarded straws
but what's it all about, really?
Is it about running under
the radar at recess?
Or fooling yourself and society
into a place of vitamin proficiency?

Naw, I don't think so.
It's about bringing the bears
from the woods
and snapping popped collars
around their cuddly necks
giving them a sneak preview
and a scent of what comes next
they learn to walk on all fours
they learn to live behind doors;
nap underneath the
lemonade stand, man.

take everything you can,
while you wait for that
something to happen.

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2012 3:48 pm

Radcliffe, you are a prince. Truly, the above is the first post from you about which I have guffawed.

'Cause it's true, yes. But also, it's true.

Oh, but update your files: I havn't done third shift stocking since before W. Bush was President.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Tee Wrote:

nobody Wrote:

It was a kinder, gentler Obner back inn those days.

Really??

In those days, we still had OPA! stirring shit, Charli's hysterics, the Elvis Fu/Shiv/LooGAR mission to get Frostingspoon to kill himself or be put on a sex offender watch-list, my crusade against Hegel & Fickerson, & Darrin's screeds. We still have that last, though in smaller volume, & I still loath Hegel & abhor Ficky, but otherwise, everybody's married off &/or having kids. Today, then, & outside of Konstantin & Monty, Obner is all...

[rparis sips his coffee]

Monty's notes are right for a change. The closest we get to meanness these days is Monty pointing out a potential cause for an attack and predicting an attack that never comes.

I just got another email from Poetry.com reminding me to put my virtual tin cup out for collections. Pretty aggressive group.

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:03 pm

billy g Wrote:

Tee Wrote:

nobody Wrote:

It was a kinder, gentler Obner back inn those days.

Really??

In those days, we still had OPA! stirring shit, Charli's hysterics, the Elvis Fu/Shiv/LooGAR mission to get Frostingspoon to kill himself or be put on a sex offender watch-list, my crusade against Hegel & Fickerson, & Darrin's screeds. We still have that last, though in smaller volume, & I still loath Hegel & abhor Ficky, but otherwise, everybody's married off &/or having kids. Today, then, & outside of Konstantin & Monty, Obner is all...

[rparis sips his coffee]

Monty's notes are right for a change. The closest we get to meanness these days is Monty pointing out a potential cause for an attack and predicting an attack that never comes.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:23 pm

I don't remember this, but Rog and BG HAD to have cooked up that one-two punch in Chaggy one day.

Both posts as topical now as they were then.

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