Our Patron Saint is William Wordsworth.
And he gets this signal honour for saying that poetry "is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings." Way too many aspiring poets have rallied behind that banner, too few going so far as recollecting those emotions in tranquillity, let alone reading the rest of the preface to Lyrical Ballads (which can be found on Bartleby, for those interested).Godawful Poetry Fortnight isn't a competition. But we do invite all poets—beginners, much published, academics—to have a bit of fun and deliberately write bad poetry. As opposed to, you know, writing it accidentally.
The True Believers Challenge: post thirteen Godawful Poems, one on each day of the Fortnight.)
For those who need them, I'll post prompts here, or on Twitter, one for every day.
Day 2.
ReplyDeletePrompt: Write an ode to your favourite politician. Or godwoman / godman.
There was once a man named Tharoor
Who was an excellent orator, zaroor
A cameo in Andaz Apna Apna he did
A fact to which he'd readily admit
If not for his relentless garoor