09-28-2011, 12:29 AM
Thanks for the kind words and feedback, AA
The designations I used are Roman numerals: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals
The repetition at the end was supposed to reflect how often that argument is used by writers and defenders of serial killer novels when asked if the genre is immoral.
The poem was written as a reaction to writers like James Patterson who essentially profit from the suffering of others. They churn out these trashy shock thrillers full of women being ripped apart, aimed squarely at sexually dysfunctional creeps, and are lauded for it in pull quotes by Larry King, The New York Times etc. That's essentially the subject matter, serial killer novels. Not so much horror like what Dean Koontz writes, as I think that takes some artistry, but books designed purely to gratify the reader with images of extreme violence, often directed at women.
The designations I used are Roman numerals: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals
The repetition at the end was supposed to reflect how often that argument is used by writers and defenders of serial killer novels when asked if the genre is immoral.
The poem was written as a reaction to writers like James Patterson who essentially profit from the suffering of others. They churn out these trashy shock thrillers full of women being ripped apart, aimed squarely at sexually dysfunctional creeps, and are lauded for it in pull quotes by Larry King, The New York Times etc. That's essentially the subject matter, serial killer novels. Not so much horror like what Dean Koontz writes, as I think that takes some artistry, but books designed purely to gratify the reader with images of extreme violence, often directed at women.
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