Re: The poem at 3 a.m. / gjd

George J. Dance wrote:
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On 2022-06-15 4:35 p.m., General-Zod wrote:

George J. Dance wrote:

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The poem at 3 a.m.

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The poem at 3 a.m.
does not want to be written;
it visits only to mock you.

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- gjd

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Quite a good short poem.....

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Thanks. It needs a bump, though; so let me tell you what I'm starting
off here. I got the idea after I was trolled into posting "Usenet's
Greatest Poet" on aapc, and it ended up on the front page there for
weeks.

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Now that I was posting poetry again, I had to find some to post. I
top-posted a couple of limericks (which have also been bumping on and
off the front page). By then I'd remembered the "April" section of
/Doggerel/, full of similar satires. None of it can be read at present,
and here's a way to introduce it to people who haven't read it or have
forgotten it.

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This is the first poem in "April" (following the title tercet). It isn't
a satire on anyone, but it's about writing and its difficulty, so it
belonged in the "poetry" section. (April's National Poetry Month in our
two countries, but you probably knew that).

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Once more quite good...