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The Project Gutenberg eBook of Impertinent Poems
https://www.gutenberg.org/ ^ | Release date: September 20, 2010 [eBook #33770] | The Project Gutenberg eBook of Impertinent Poems

Posted on 03/18/2026 4:22:38 PM PDT by kawhill

DEAD MEN'S DUST. You don't buy poetry. (Neither do I.) Why? You cannot afford it? Bosh! you spend Editions de luxe on a thirsty friend. You can buy any one of the poetry bunch For the price you pay for a business lunch. Don't you suppose that a hungry head, Like an empty stomach, ought to be fed? Looking into myself, I find this true, So I hardly can figure it false in you.

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; History; Poetry
KEYWORDS: cooke; edmund; impertinence; pages; poetry; projectgutenberg; vance

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1 posted on 03/18/2026 4:22:38 PM PDT by kawhill
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To: sauropod

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2 posted on 03/18/2026 6:01:04 PM PDT by sauropod
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To: kawhill

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3 posted on 03/18/2026 6:49:20 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: kawhill

Does it have the classic poem about the Frustrated Lass from Regina? I think it was a limerick. Very impertinent.


4 posted on 03/18/2026 6:53:12 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (The future isn't like I remembered it to be.)
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To: yesthatjallen
Gutenberg is loaded with free interesting books.

True translations of the Holy Quran for instance.

Westerners who have read the print versions of the Holy Quran sold in the USA in the last few decades believe Islam is a "religion of peace" because the translations have been radically changed to make it appear to be.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16955

This is a link to a free book on Gutenberg.org, three translations by 3 Imams of the Holy Quran side by side.

Anyone who reads this will understand what is going on and what will be going on.

5 posted on 03/18/2026 7:14:49 PM PDT by Mogger ( 7th generation Vermonter, refugee in New Hampshire hoping NH remains sane.)
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To: kawhill

bump


6 posted on 03/18/2026 9:27:13 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. --DJT)
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To: Mogger
I know what the Gutenberg Project is.

What I don't know, from the lack of information given by the OP, is why he's posting this particular book.

He didn't tell us 'this is my favorite author' or 'I loved this book when I was a kid' or 'this book changed my life' or 'this books is important because' or why he believes others might find it interesting or any information about what he's linking to and why.

It's like a stranger walking up to you and handing you a book and walking away. Why is he giving me this book? Why is this book important to him why why is he giving it to me?

An explanation of why this person posted this would be helping in me understanding if it was worth my time to read it.

These 'no explanation vanity posts' pop-up all the time. OPs need to know people can't read their minds.

7 posted on 03/19/2026 5:41:43 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: kawhill; sauropod; yesthatjallen; MikelTackNailer; Mogger; Albion Wilde

There is an audio book version of this.

https://librivox.org/impertinent-poems-by-edmund-vance-cooke/

8 posted on 03/19/2026 7:02:59 AM PDT by ProgressingAmerica (The U.S. Constitution is not a suicide pact. Progressivism is a suicide pact.)
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