tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post7588965062076248971..comments2023-09-04T21:36:48.170+10:00Comments on The Site Formally Known As: Poetry Slam Friday returns!Stubbadubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05333188150383405691noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-70702976413831241992009-03-07T07:39:00.000+11:002009-03-07T07:39:00.000+11:00I'd like to show my appreciation for your litt...I'd like to show my appreciation for your little joke Wari:<BR/><BR/>>.<Lewd Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02482085817373911266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-67415977311430708522009-03-06T10:17:00.000+11:002009-03-06T10:17:00.000+11:00She should be called Emily Dickensian.She should be called Emily Dickensian.wari lasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510841562408680249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-61971538034625616512009-03-06T10:07:00.000+11:002009-03-06T10:07:00.000+11:00This is my all time favourite Emily poem:We do not...This is my all time favourite Emily poem:<BR/><BR/>We do not play on Graves—<BR/>Because there isn't Room—<BR/>Besides—it isn't even—it slants<BR/>And People come—<BR/><BR/>And put a Flower on it—<BR/>And hang their faces so—<BR/>We're fearing that their Hearts will drop—<BR/>And crush our pretty play—<BR/><BR/>And so we move as far<BR/>As Enemies—away—<BR/>Just looking round to see how far<BR/>It is—Occasionally—<BR/><BR/>**<BR/><BR/>You don't need to add zombies to her shit. It's creepy enough as is.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-25286679952114228642009-03-06T10:02:00.000+11:002009-03-06T10:02:00.000+11:00Not exactly uplifting stuff Ramon.From Jane Austin...Not exactly uplifting stuff Ramon.<BR/><BR/>From Jane Austin and Zombies to catching a ride in a carriage with Death.<BR/><BR/>And both the dailys here have dead people on the front page today.<BR/><BR/>I feel a boozy lunch coming on.wari lasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510841562408680249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-39734693270636141702009-03-06T10:01:00.000+11:002009-03-06T10:01:00.000+11:00Oh, the letters are okay near the end when she goe...<I>Oh, the letters are okay near the end when she goes a bit mad</I>.<BR/><BR/>"Dear Vicar,<BR/><BR/>May I say how delighted I was to spend such splendid afternoon in the arbour with your wife and yourself.<BR/><BR/>Sorry about the shrieking, frothing at the mouth and cries of 'the snakes, THE SNAKES'.<BR/><BR/>Yours sincerely,<BR/><BR/>Miss E. Dickinson,<BR/>Emperoress of the Universe."Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-10899608537683717702009-03-06T09:36:00.000+11:002009-03-06T09:36:00.000+11:00Oh, the letters are okay near the end when she goe...Oh, the letters are okay near the end when she goes a bit mad... but well, her poetry was something private to her - as you may recall, she only published four or so in her lifetime, the rest were found under her bed when she died. So the letters are more to do with the the family, you know, like, to the Vicar and his wife, "Oh thank you for the lovely roses and I do hope you shall visist again some time and we may drink lemonade under the almond tree etc etc"<BR/><BR/>Dylan's letters were all asking people for money.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-85856004378579955482009-03-06T09:35:00.000+11:002009-03-06T09:35:00.000+11:00This comment has been removed by the author.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-22735016914767675052009-03-06T09:03:00.000+11:002009-03-06T09:03:00.000+11:00Yes, but as Lisa Simpson once helpfully pointed ou...Yes, but as Lisa Simpson once helpfully pointed out Em died "crazy as a loon".<BR/><BR/>Why are the letters so shit?Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-25079768145667861852009-03-06T09:01:00.000+11:002009-03-06T09:01:00.000+11:00Thank you. I like a bit of routine, where I can c...Thank you. I like a bit of routine, where I can count on certain things - poetry slam Friday beng one of them.<BR/><BR/>Em is one of my favourites. I even have a T-shirt with her face on it.<BR/><BR/>I also have her collected letters and boy are they shit. Her poetry was brilliant, her letters rubbish. <BR/><BR/>Same with Dylan Thomas.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.com