He-he... I've read the comments about this being "sexist" (and thought about
it being ageist!) and see it's not very PC - but I enjoy the humour and say
"go for it!" It seems to capture a charicature, an attitude that's just as
prejudiced. Yet I love the way it turns so much upside down.
"in my day we would never... " Great! A fine poem!
>From: Gary B <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: We Will All Become Blue-Haired Old Women
>Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 08:32:40 -0700
>
>We Will All Become Blue-Haired Old Women
>
>in my day
>we would have never
>
>rhymed
>been concerned with form
> let alone syllable count
> let alone iambic trochees
>punctuate
>capitalize
> the beginning of lines
> and absolutely no one upper cased I
>use words for what they really mean
>be clear
> precise
> concise
>
>we would have never dared
>in my day
>
>Melody for April and Gar finds at:
>http://gardawg.homestead.com/gardawg.html
>
>The Wild/Eliot Hyperpoem at: http://wildhyper.homestead.com/front.html
>
>Poets for Peace. ˇPoemas sí, balas no!
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