That should be enough questionable verses to last me at least until next year. I'll end with a link to a published poem in Polu Texni (the formatting seems to have degraded, but I think it kind of adds to the theme). www.polutexni.com?m=201405

MAD DOCTOR’S LOVE SONG I shall be tied forever to the dead, Reanimated flesh, life born again. (Because I dreamed you up inside my head.) The stupid, pesky villagers see red, With pitchforks and with torches barging in: I shall be tied forever to the dead.

Warning: #InfinityWar Spoilers (and apologies to Marvel and Marvell fans alike) To His Coy Daughter by Thanos the Mad Poet Could I save worlds enough with Time, This coyness, daughter, were no crime. Could I bend the Reality Of dying soil, barren sea,

A Villanelle villanelle One magnet may destroy, but two will cleave Through any held within a villain’s spell. You cast me off, but will not let me leave. You drew me from the garden, quite naïve; Unripe and green and still within the shell. One magnet may destroy, but two will cleave.

This Is Just To Say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox Wtf why do we have an icebox instead of a refrigerator It’s 2024 what kind of hipster nonsense is this

Ode to a Spider Who Descended from the Ceiling Whilst I was Writing: Old Mr. Hanley, Ever so manly, Typing his words away, Was met by a spider, Who frightened this writer, By calling him trite and cliché.

I thought that I should “never see A poem lovely as a tree.” Until I happened in the park Upon a tree stripped of its bark. And so, to keep the adage right Here’s a poem devoid of bite.

In honor of #nationalpoetryday I've decided to cart over some of my dumbest poem posts from when I was still using the other place so that you can all share in the suffering.

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List: Ways to donate and help flood victims in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene

Hurricane Helene unleashed devastating flooding in the mountains of North Carolina. Here are ways to help local flood victims in Western North Carolina by donating relief funds or volunteering.

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