Death to Old Poets

[Delta40]

History's poets be damned!
No, make that their universe.
Hiroshima to every last
pulsating, vibrating verse.

Wordsworth's ship will be
sprinkled far and nigh
the pursued woman's hither will wither
in the road of death in her eyes.

Do not tarry when the wind stirs here.

Chaucer's thrifty houshold will nat suffyse
A roof no longer over his head,
the end will cast him as far as Flanders
I say he wol go nat to-morwe but this day
hastily a messe in which he pleyed.

Wrecke his sommes, his bokes and things.

And Shakespeare will cry
I am gone sir and anon sir
and I think it is best
that he feel his art plumment
like a dagger in his chest.

I will kill thee with much cherishing.

[MystyrMystyry]

I once wrote a story about how perhaps in Ancient Greece they held an annual tall story competition and from all around the land came the old raconteurs to spin their best yarns. Along comes this young upstart who just blows them all away with a dream memory - and he takes out first prize, the award of which is that the overseers of the Great Library of Alexandria agree to publish it on papyrus scrolls as - The Odyssey by Homer

This reminded me of that for some reason Delta (not a negative criticism - just took me back to when I wrote it)

[PrinceMyshkin]

But why? one must ask, or at least I need to. What have they done to offend you? Of course I enjoyed the skill and artistry of this...

[Bar22do]

But what, Delta, if YOU become past, old poet yourself and will have to die again under some modern poet pen's nib!??? nu?

[Delta40]

lol. I can't explain how this one manifested itself....

[Clay MacDonnell]

Beautiful use of words. Your lack of reverie is somewhat disturbing to me though.

[Delta40]

Beautiful use of words. Your lack of reverie is somewhat disturbing to me though.

I am not sure what you mean Clay. I consider this piece more of a non-poem myself!

[Clay MacDonnell]

I'm not trying to offend, like I said, I quite liked this. Why anyone would want to write off the Chaucer's and the Shakespeare's of the world though is beyond me. Perhaps i'm just bitter though. Around my university it has become tragically hip to dismiss Shakespeare and pick up Tim Winton instead *sadface*

[Delta40]

Oh I'm not dismissing them. It was just something that came out. I love Chaucer. Not so much Shakespeare but overall, I'm quite ignorant to classic poets. Consider it a projected self-recrimination!

[cafolini]

You are humorous, Delta. They are already in the museum. Finito. But fame's better than bread on the table, at least until lunch.

[Delta40]

Yes they are and I have a book on 300 years of poetry that I'm yet to read. Might make it part of my 'things to do when I retire' list!

[cafolini]

I'm not trying to offend, like I said, I quite liked this. Why anyone would want to write off the Chaucer's and the Shakespeare's of the world though is beyond me. Perhaps i'm just bitter though. Around my university it has become tragically hip to dismiss Shakespeare and pick up Tim Winton instead *sadface*

Hey, Tim Winton is one of the best Australian writers and might be a candidate for a Nobel. Shakespeare could have never been considered unless it was The Vatican who would offer the prize in some galaxy of the many they have everready.

[Delta40]

Bravo Cafolini!

[Jassy Melson]

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[Jassy Melson]

What's interesting to me is that I once wrote a tongue-in-cheek-poem about how Shelley and Byron and Wordsworth were passe, and posted it on here; and I was insulted and called everything from an idiot to a bozo to a neo-nazi on here--and the posters were deadly serious about their replies. I wonder what the difference is between Delta and me; and why the posters to Delta all have had a sense of humor, but the posters to my poem were all deadly serious.

[cafolini]

What's interesting to me is that I once wrote a tongue-in-cheek-poem about how Shelley and Byron and Wordsworth were passe, and posted it on here; and I was insulted and called everything from an idiot to a bozo to a neo-nazi on here--and the posters were deadly serious about their replies. I wonder what the difference is between Delta and me; and why the posters to Delta all have had a sense of humor, but the posters to my poem were all deadly serious.

Could be because this is not tongue-in-cheek.

[Delta40]

What's interesting to me is that I once wrote a tongue-in-cheek-poem about how Shelley and Byron and Wordsworth were passe, and posted it on here; and I was insulted and called everything from an idiot to a bozo to a neo-nazi on here--and the posters were deadly serious about their replies. I wonder what the difference is between Delta and me; and why the posters to Delta all have had a sense of humor, but the posters to my poem were all deadly serious.

ah yes. I remember. Well I think the two poems are quite different and I'm sure the responses fed off one another Jassy.

For those who haven't read it.

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55143

[tailor STATELY]

Delightful Delta40.

LOL - Ah, yes. JM - you were just ahead of your time. I enjoyed (most of) your poem and the repartee, albeit not always light, that followed.


Raspberry Tongue in Cheekiness

Toss the four horseman -
Give me Ginsberg and a crayon
Dr. Seuss read backwards
Homer of olde accompanied by Zeppelin tunes
or Ms. D on any blustery day!

On second thought -
return to me Wordsworth
and give Donne his hat
as he treads upon yon wee daffodils
while the world's smallest violin softly plays

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[Clay MacDonnell]

Hey, Tim Winton is one of the best Australian writers and might be a candidate for a Nobel. Shakespeare could have never been considered unless it was The Vatican who would offer the prize in some galaxy of the many they have everready.

I never criticized Winton. In fact, I adore Winton. I do however believe that it is apt for undergraduates to study the classics before moving onto studying more contemporary literature. This doesn't stop anyone from reading Winton at their leisure.

[Jassy Melson]

I will make a final reply: Just because you like a certain contemporary poet or think that a poet is great doesn't neccesarily make that poet great or mean that a certain poet should be studied. And just because there may be a consensus that a certain poet is great doesn't necessarily mean that poet is great.

[Delta40]

I will make a final reply: Just because you like a certain contemporary poet or think that a poet is great doesn't neccesarily make that poet great or mean that a certain poet should be studied. And just because there may be a consensus that a certain poet is great doesn't necessarily mean that poet is great.

lol Jassy