OneStar: anthologies fro e’ryone (theme and variations)
Introduction
Academic Prattle
About a Movement
the Author Doesn't Really Get
I.
Tedious, inaccurate
with a Marxist leaning.
An attempt
to be
the first Academic
to acknowledge
the new developments
by drowning them
in academic babbling.
Had no idea what I was getting into.
Actually thought it was an anthology
and I'd just have to make it
through a silly introduction.
This is why i shy
away from buying books
on Kindle
fro more than a few dollars.
I.
Tedious, inaccurate
with a Marxist leaning.
An attempt
to be
the first Academic
to acknowledge
the new developments
by drowning them
in academic babbling.
Had no idea what I was getting into.
Actually thought it was an anthology
and I'd just have to make it
through a silly introduction.
This is why i shy
away from buying books
on Kindle
fro more than a few dollars.
if i could just turn back the clock :(
II.
I'd just have to make it through
a silly introduction
This is why i shy away
from buying books on Kindle
III.
Tedious, inaccurate
with a Marxist leaning.
with a Marxist leaning.
Te deum, incarnate
with his marks is learning.
Teddylicious, in a curate
with a Max who's leering.
with a Max who's leering.
Tedentious, in a cute
whiff of Marist leaping.
whiff of Marist leaping.
Tim's devious, in a crate:
whether Mark is leaving.
whether Mark is leaving.
IV.
Things the Author Doesn't Really Get:
money, sex, fame, recognition, respect, gratitude, a new car, a position in the pantheon of gods, a variety of products for testing purposes.
V.
if i could just turn back the clock :(
back the clock back the clock back the clock
if i could just turn back the clock :(
back the clock back the clock back the clock
if i could just turn back the clock :(
back the clock back the clock back the clock
(nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah) repeat
V.
fro more than a few dollars
i could just turn back the clock
fro more than a few dollars
i could drown them in academic babbling
fro more than a few dollars
i could have no idea what i was getting into
fro more than a few dollars
i could make it through a silly introduction
VI.
An attempt to be
the first drowning anthology
VII.
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NB: This found poem is based on Jonathan Schlackman's review of Brian Reed's Nobody's Business: Twenty-First Century Avant-Garde Poetics (Kindle Edition).
NB: This found poem is based on Jonathan Schlackman's review of Brian Reed's Nobody's Business: Twenty-First Century Avant-Garde Poetics (Kindle Edition).
interesting! I enjoy any "bold" attempt to make things ring "new"!
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