In celebration of Robert Burns Day, I offer to you the idiomatic English translation of Burns's famous Address to a Haggis (sourced from http://www.robertburns.org.uk). True Scottish haggis is a real treat (imagine an exceedingly succulent meatloaf), but Burns's poem is simply offal. Fair and full is your honest, jolly face, Great chieftain of the sausage race! Above them all … [Read more...]
A Poem for Wednesday
There once was a monk with a thought, He dwelled on more often than not, "That nut I consumed Was but a legume!" Obmutescence serves food for thought. … [Read more...]
Wouldn't you know
A circle's a circle, wouldn't you know? Obliquely receding the further you go, Relentlessly erring Away from you, tearing The shades of your past With a dissonant blow. But you already knew that, Didn't you know? … [Read more...]
Spam Poetry
Apart from some artistic license concerning punctuation, the following poem is composed entirely from unedited quarantined spam comments to this site. I treasured to decrease just quick note to impart my thanks And now have discovered a heap of fine information My partner and I nonetheless consider Shrimp. Cozy and enjoyable encounter open my mind, Very good to find out … [Read more...]
