Very Bad Poetry
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Very Bad Poetry by Kathryn Petras
Writing very bad poetry requires talent. It helps to have a wooden ear for words, a penchant for sinking into a mire of sentimentality, and an enviable confidence that allows one to write despite absolutely appalling incompetence.The 131 poems collected in this first-of-its-kind anthology are so glaringly awful that they embody a kind of genius. From Fred Emerson Brooks' "The Stuttering Lover" to Matthew Green's "The Spleen" to Georgia Bailey Parrington's misguided "An Elegy to a Dissected Puppy", they mangle meter, run rampant over rhyme, and bludgeon us into insensibility with their grandiosity, anticlimax, and malapropism.
Guaranteed to move even the most stoic reader to tears (of laughter), Very Bad Poetry is sure to become a favorite of the poetically inclined (and disinclined).
Kathryn and Ross Petras, brother and sister, are die-hard sports lovers as well as experts in stupidity (they wrote the calendar The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said) and eagle-eyed collectors of unexpected statements, including bestsellers such as Age Doesn't Matter Unless You're a Cheese and Dance First, Think After).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780679776222 |
| ISBN 10 | 0679776222 |
| Title | Very Bad Poetry |
| Author | Kathryn Petras |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1997-03-25 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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