Comments on The Burd Report: Local Art or just a good warning?

Oh gee, a pick-poet on a rhyme spree. Creativity...

2009-06-03T15:18:20.401-04:00

Oh gee, a pick-poet on a rhyme spree.

Creativity of a higher order would eschew the opening, "There once was a ..."

just a bit of re-ordering; "Once there was a ..."

or

"Was once there a . . ."

Limerick Land is a vast region located in the lower east side of the imagine nation of the Peoples Republic of Poetry. It borders Bland Land and often there are squirmishes along the margins caused by pulp frictioneers entering the imagine nation and stealing first drafts.

There once was a poet named Wally Who filled the b...

2009-06-03T13:02:55.507-04:00

There once was a poet named Wally
Who filled the beach with virtual folly
You can see from his beard
That he's really quite weird
And makes the citizens say oh golly!

*****************************

How's that for a rhyme against hilarity? Your post inspired me to compose the above in tribute to you, although I must say it's hard to come up with words that rhyme with Wally.
Deb O'Connor - confessing now that I also wrote the first one about Ben.

You guys should be brought up on charges of rhymes...

2009-06-03T11:36:07.361-04:00

You guys should be brought up on charges of rhymes against hilarity

There once was a person named Anon Who should be i...

2009-06-02T07:13:03.436-04:00

There once was a person named Anon
Who should be in gaol as a con
If you don't use your name
You deserve no fame
And you still ain't no University Don!

There once was a man named Ben Who was often real ...

2009-06-01T18:36:01.828-04:00

There once was a man named Ben
Who was often real quick with a pen
But sometimes he spoke
Without geting the joke,
Only to put foot in mouth yet again

The Art In Public Places Committee (AIPPC) exists ...

2009-06-01T11:53:33.216-04:00

The Art In Public Places Committee (AIPPC) exists to apply the standards of common sense. The Imagine Nation of the Peoples Republic of Poetry (PRP) is governed by the standards of uncommon sense. Martin deals with the former; in which April 1 is licenced as the Day of Fools with ‘restrictions’. The Spirit of That Day, however, can be carpe diemmed (1) at any moment to satisfy the whim of uncommon sense, a.k.a. whimsy. When Wind Woman feels whimsical on April 1, she splinters into a Moist Spring of promiscuous breezes. Whimsy is the tantalizing teasing and toying of air-borne petals lifting and lilting about like the broken wings of butterflies. Whimsy is a respected ingredient in the apoethecaries of the PRP. I especially recommend Love Poetion #9, which, when taken during the consumption of meat from a field beast, can lead to … ah, but I digress here. Whimsy is healthy. Whimsy is wonderful. Repeat, rinse, “Whimsy is wonderful”.

(1) Quintus Horatius Flaccus, a.k.a., Horace, (Dec 8, 65 BC – Nov 27, 8 BC),

The idea is to blur the border between fact and fi...

2009-06-01T11:04:47.045-04:00

The idea is to blur the border between fact and fiction. Poets and novelists walk that line as a matter of course. Good poets and novelists dance on that line. Great poets pirouette on that line because they are foolish enough to take on the dare. The results are immortality.

April 1 is a great day for fools. It's disdained only by nouns, who are stodgy rocks in the river as frolicking verbs pass them by. Life is a noun, living is a verb. That's law, Martin.
It is how they obtain a position in the great courts to listen to the real fools.

Thanks folks for the correction, it does make for ...

2009-06-01T10:02:23.662-04:00

Thanks folks for the correction, it does make for good coffee break conversation and the article has been rewritten to reflect fantasy

FYI, there are no new signs at the beach. The sig...

2009-06-01T09:46:42.534-04:00

FYI, there are no new signs at the beach. The signs were the result of Wally's creative talent in Photoshop.

Umm, Ben, regarding the purported signs, this is J...

2009-06-01T09:38:56.048-04:00

Umm, Ben, regarding the purported signs, this is June 1, not April 1.