Poetry Makes Nothing Happen? Ask Laura Bush (barf alert)

The Nation ^ | 2/24/2003 | Katha Pollitt

[Utah Girl]

Can you use the Dose to ping to this thread? I want as many people as possible to write to Katha Pollitt, the oh so superior witch, and express our feelings in poetry. Katha does not give her email, but here is the email for The Nation's editors. email and express your outrage.

Food for thought: Would you accept an invitation to a Democrat White House for a poetry reading or whatever???

[John Valentine]

To Ms. Politt: (NOT to Utah Girl)

I like to read, too, but I don't need to read your crap.

[Utah Girl]

Here's much better reading, Poets for the war.

[rintense]

PING!

[Utah Girl]

Thanks!!!

[vikingchick]

trying to write a poem against war
that perhaps may please my daughter
who hates politics
and does not care much for poetry, either.

No wonder, after being forced, no doubt, to listen to cuckoo mommy's rants.

[Utah Girl]

Katha Pollitt's daughter also wanted to hang a flag in honor of the dead of 9/11. Pollitt wrote a big column about how she refused to let her daughter do so, and detailed the big lectures about the evils of flags.

[vikingchick]

Well, there's hope for the kid at least! Maybe she'll become a Freeper one day.

[Lauratealeaf]

Poets these days are a mannerly crowd,

Only if manners according to an MTV dictionary means:

Most foul, obscene, depraved, vile, morally corrupt, perverted, distorted and deviant.

[MJY1288]

The problem with these so-called poets, they're much like that admitted Pro Communist who was appointed and New Jersey's Poet Lauriat. It isn't even poetry, it's hatred in words that rarely even rhyme. There is nothing uplifting or educational about their spew, just hatred or victim hood written on paper and labeled as poetry. It reminds me of "Modern Art" nothing redeeming or artistic whatsoever, just garbage with a spotlight on it. Much like putting a dress on a pig, underneath the dress you still have a stinking Swine.

I'm very glad Laura was wise enough not to allow these shameless liberals disgrace and dishonor the real poets, past and current. I find it refreshing that Laura Bush had sense enough to see what was coming if she allowed this non-political event become a opportunity for these agenda driven people to use this venue to spew their hatred for this country and our President.

Oh!!! I almost forgot.... I LOATHE LIBERALS

[Jen]

A Poem (?) to Katha Pollit

You call yourself a poet,
because you write
like this
in lines that don't rhyme.

Ooops, that last one did
internally,
but without intention.
So please enlightened one
forgive my pedestrian attempt
at a craft that is
far superior - you think -
to my rational sensibilities.

I don't have a clue
what you are trying
to convey
with fancy allusions
so grand sounding, but without meaning
except to you, a poet,
so superior to mere humans.

Perhaps you should go
mail yourself to the moon
or marry a palm tree
or some other kinky thing
that I do not understand.
Then your daugher,
might be free of your
insanity and find that
there are plenty of others
who think her mom is an
idiot who writes poetry that sucks.

[MJY1288]

LOL, EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!

[vikingchick]

Oh yeah, like we believe they would all behave like perfect angels once they were at the White House. They probably planned to start chanting their tired anti-war slogans, fists raised high in the air.

Then the Secret Service would be forced to drag their sorry behinds outside where their little photography chums would chronicle the fiasco for some cruddy coffee table book that the libs would purchase with adolescent glee.

Thanks, but NO THANKS. :)

[Howlin]

LOL!

[Utah Girl]

Excellent!!! I am impressed.

[MJY1288]

I forgot to add you in the "To" line for post #11

[Utah Girl]

I've been pretty impressed with the poetry on the pro-war poetry site. It makes sense, brings the horror of war, but also says that war is preferable to losing our freedom.

[Jen]

Tequila gets the poetic juices flowing... ;-) hahahahahaha

[Lauratealeaf]

I love your poem (?) to Katha Pollit! That last line, when said aloud has quite an attitude.