Howler Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Howler

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I understand some true Muslim artists
deliberately add an error for humility,

and that anyone might,

but re 'He understands the cult of Christ makes of suffering virtue'
on Page 211,
forgive me if I'm being harsh,
but I'd have to know why the error
before I'd give him the prize
no matter the good before it
or how the 256 pages after it
diluted it.

Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: language,mistake
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
2013 Vintage paperback of Richard Flanagan's Man Booker Prize winner 'The Narrow Road To The Deep North'
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Michael Walkerjohn 13 May 2016

Aloha Douglas... Ah D. We all know this... words are meant to be revised... and in any of those books... the revisions are done continually to adjust the words to those that bring in the most cash... talk about a pyramid scheme that has gone on for ever! or at least as long as there has been a recorded language... or at least until the third time each story was told down that dusty path in Palestine... no worries... it is all recorded word for word by those old boyz in Sumer... and recorded on clay tablets and the scribes scratched in cuniform that word which was the first word... and all others have copied this myth? Yes! so the madness continues in many languages all over this planet wide species single... barely above secondary primates psude-monkeys pushing an easy way to make a bit of coin... and all those air-headed morons all over the planet gobble this gob daily... and kill their brothers and sisters daily for more of this coin and gobbled gob... people are lower than pigs... and more filthy too... what ever is the universe to do about these people pigs and their gobbling goo? Lets US all have a barbecue! Howler back at me about your thoughts on this problem... All of the best from this life, to you, and all of your relations... Michaelw1two

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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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