Ph: Poetry Writing: An Appeal To, As Yet, Undiscovered Poets Poem by Brian Johnston
Ph: Poetry Writing: An Appeal To, As Yet, Undiscovered Poets
Undiscovered poets hear me, to PH draw near,
This just might be a good chance for your views to ring clear.
An email address you need to get up and running,
Huge monkeys it‘s said could really write something stunning.
So grab paper and pen, come as soon as you canna,
But don't forget please sir to bring several banana.
Enough monkey typewriters might just supplant Shakespeare,
Given enough time (and assuming plenty of beer.)
We don't have all day but trust me. I have a good hunch,
With banana enough friend we don't think about lunch.
So let's all hop to it just see man what we can do,
If monkey shenanigans truly carry us through.
Show literary typos the ace in our pocket,
By lighting the fuse to our post (English) grad rocket.
May 6,2014
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Poet's Notes:
Brian's bastardized Jamaican English explained….
...'PH' - PoemHunter (you know man, the site you be on right now)
…‘Huge' - a synonym for ‘a great many' or ‘a large number of'….
…'canna' - a synonym for ‘are able to, ' or slang for ‘smoke a joint, ' dare I say it
.................'cannabis! ' (Serendipitous luck I assure you. I'm not that smart.)
…'banana' - the plural form of banana. Hey it's my poem!
…'supplant' - a synonym for ‘prove to be better than' as in ‘my pot's better than
.......................your pot'….
….'beer' - an alcoholic beverage you always think you can drink more of….
…'shenanigans' - an Irish? word that means ‘horse play' or ‘sculduggery'….
…'typos' - a new hip word comparing Poetry snobs to a misspelled word….
…'ace in the pocket' - a way to cheat when playing the card game Poker….
…'post(English) grad rocket' - a new poetry craze that English majors can't crack! .
Your poet note is as helpful as the poem itself. It is really amusing but insightful. I enjoyed it. well done!
Enough monkey typewriters might just supplant Shakespeare, Given enough time (and assuming plenty of beer.) HA HA HA! this gets my thumbs up as does the entire work, there are a number of qualms that I have with the way poemhunter acts now, and you hit it on the head in this very witty, and quite charming work with satirical wit. Let the critics die on their blade of judgment. Their is a reason why 100 monkeys can write Shakespeare, they have greater depth then a critic.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/23/2024 3:14:41 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Your poet note is as helpful as the poem itself. It is really amusing but insightful. I enjoyed it. well done!