"Parodies Found" Your spoofs of well-known classics

Thanks, cacian. I enjoyed the "murk", "curk", "perk" sounds in yours. I think your parody, Hawkman, was an improvement on the original. As far as liking in general WCW poems, AuntShecky, I don't recall having read enough of them to be able to say.

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Originally Posted by Hawkman

Don't listen when Erato sings;
there's "no ideas but in stings."

a copywriter.

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Terrific parody of the good doctor's dictum against abstractions in poetry.

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Originally Posted by YesNo

As far as liking in general WCW poems, AuntShecky, I don't recall having read enough of them to be able to say.

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You might like Paterson (one of his book-length poems.) My favorite William Carlos Williams poem is "To Elsie." I'nm sure that you would find that one appealing and affecting, YesNo.

Come to think of it, I did read a short story of his, "The Use of Force", in my daughter's copy of The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. After reading it, I recall thinking that it made more sense than "Red Wheelbarrow". I'll try to find "Peterson" and "To Elsie". Thanks for the recommendations.

''to wait or not to wait
such is the lack of faith''