Poet Poe pens nonsense verse. "Plus...phun," puns Uly, "I disburse." Its gamut runs from spam to worse. The po'sy posted...? Poe's diverse -- most, postcards from his universe, replies to grudges he must nurse. My summary...? Let me be terse: a mitzva, mostly. (Not a curse.)
Friday, January 20, 2023
You Say "Potato" and I Say "Capsicum Annuum": a Sound Limerick
In most cases, your second reading
will likely prove the poet's intended one.
Linnaeus! Linnaeus! Linnaeus!
Carl can knee us...filet us...decry us:
un-unsnarl'd, each expression
un-unsnarl'd, each expression
breeds one gnarly mess -- 'n'
I loathe how in knots our tongues tie us.
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Composed and illustrated in 2019, each verse of poetaster Ulysses ("Uly") Poe's illuminated nonsense lyric "What A's ...
