Iamb Paper

[milo]

. .

[billy]

i see what's appenin

[milo]

i see what's appenin

you may want to get to work then ( hmmm . . scissors, whizzers, fizzers . . .)

[Leanne]

A tribute to the press, now there's the ticket --
intrepid men and women of the word,
bring people news of war and death and cricket
and movie stars of whom they've never heard.
They read us during breakfast and at tea
in order to avoid that small talk farce;
they take us to the loo, religiously,
and in a pinch, we help them wipe their arse.
In truth, it seems the destiny of paper
is: feed the mind and then receive what's due,
for when you've been involved in such a caper,
eventually you'll have to follow through.
Abandon truth, you write to make a sale;
it's taps out, boys, you're at the Daily Mail.

[milo]

. .

[Leanne]

I really can't be bothered with acrostics,
For I have not the patience for such things --
You may have won your place among the gnostics,
Oh sonnetary saint -- here, have your wings,
Unless you'd rather wallow in the mud,
Despite your lofty leanings to the meter;
A place exists, though you may pay in blood,
Resisting exhortations from Saint Peter.
Existence in this plane of foot and ictus
Tips worlds into a bouillabaisse of rhyme
On golden plates, poesie benedictus;
The taste is rare, both vulgar and sublime.
Ride dragons if you must, but bring your pen --
You'll never get a chance like this again.

[billy]

why I won't bother

Why should we write another acrostic
How would it help improve our meagre verse?
You bludgeon poets with a softer stick;
I wonder why, maybe it's just your curse.
What meter madness lives inside your head?
Of iambs jumping fences must you dream,
No poem free of rhyme beside your bed.
The steady stream of sonnets sadly scream.
Beware the written word that likes to sing
Of love and beauty walking in the night.
The pain, the joy, the scheme, the scheme's the thing
Her pattern itches like a bitching mite.
Evolve, go write some lines and leave them blank.
Resolve to stop the form stuff, have a wank

[Leanne]

Bite me :p