Tayari's Blog: Hard-Core Lit-Nerds Will Appreciate This...

Posted by TayariJones on December 14, 2005 06:16 PM
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Okay, here is the premise. What if famous authors had written poems with titles that were anagrams of their names. (ee cummings becomes "nice smug me") You can click here and check out the whole collection. It's called the Holy Tango of Literature by Francis Heany. The thing that makes this so cool is that the poems with thier nonsense titles, actually mimic the style of the real writer. (Although I have to say that the "Maya Angelou" poem didn't sound like Maya.) So here is the "Gwendolyn Brooks" poem. Funny stuff. (via Lindayism)

WE LONG BONY DORKS
GWENDOLYN BROOKS

The Mathletes.
Seven in the Computer Lab.

We long bony dorks. We
Real big on quarks. We

Quote Python lines. We
Know arcs and sines. We

Not good at sports. We
Black socks with shorts. We

Beat up at noon. We
Out-earn you soon.

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Comment #1, by Helen

Hey! I'm one of the students from Ms. Taylor's class! I want to thank you for giving up some of your time to visit us. I know I didn't ask questions much, but I listened to what you said when you answered the other students' questions. Sorry for my grammar, you are a writer. ;P Hahaha. The poem's hilarious.

December 16, 2005 10:52 AM

Comment #2, by Tinesha

Maya Angelou's is spoofing - On The Pulse of Morning (the inaugural poem she wrote) - I once had it memorized - so their poem did remind me of that one.

December 19, 2005 05:27 PM

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