Actually I wrote a whole book of irony when I was a teenager. Go download it if you want black humour. You know where. lulu you On 09/08/2011, at 10:44 AM, Mark Weiss wrote: > Irony alert! Irony alert! > > -----Original Message----- >> From: James Cervantes <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Aug 8, 2011 9:07 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: old men's wank, as usual / men without semen >> >> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> A graceful way to say goodbye. >>> >>> There are some very nice all-female poetry lists. >>> >>> It must be wonderful to be young and female. >>> >> >> And right about everything. >> >> - Jim >> >> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Suzi Hall <[log in to unmask]> >>>> Sent: Aug 8, 2011 7:43 PM >>>> To: [log in to unmask] >>>> Subject: Re: old men's wank, as usual / men without semen >>>> >>>> All you old poots are nothing but a bunch of trainspotters. I'd >>>> tell >>>> you to get fucked, but I know that's impossible for you old men. >>>> Instead you dribble wanky words all the time. >>>> >>>> I've never read a single good poem by a man on this network - >>>> only a >>>> few decent ones by Sheila, Jill and Sharon. >>>> >>>> Quit me please. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 09/08/2011, at 8:35 AM, Halvard Johnson wrote: >>>> >>>>> *Toxic Assets Sonnet* >>>>> >>>>> Pedro found his reservoir of goodwill for his fellow >>>>> humanoids contaminated—or tainted, if you will— >>>>> by perennial and hereditary diseases. Exalted beings >>>>> >>>>> all, they chewed their nails in anticipation of defaults >>>>> and market plunges, holding onto their faith that what >>>>> goes down must go up. Nervousness and its neighbor, >>>>> >>>>> panic, often had cookouts in their unforeclosed back >>>>> yards. When the going gets tough, the tough broil >>>>> burgers. At any other time, the heady air of despair >>>>> >>>>> would have provided a tonic. But now, today, Main St. >>>>> knows even smart Canadians cannot ride to the rescue. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Serving the tri-state area. >>>>> >>>>> Hal >>>>> >>>>> Halvard Johnson >>>>> ================ >>>>> >>>>> [log in to unmask] >>>>> http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home >>>>> http://entropyandme.blogspot.com >>>>> http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com >>>>> http://www.hamiltonstone.org >>>>> <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/> >>>>> http://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/home >>>>> <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/> >>>>> *Sonnets from the Basque & Other >>>>> Poems< >>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/16pWoy7FBSWyCLWpz0hhI-i0BOYjSBeUiqfWBmJF3g64/edit?hl=en_US >>>>>> >>>>> , Mainly Black< >>> https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1i_JGJ_FqQldEnUq7cwjV8giYykz_tsGbTkC2EkAP3IM&hl=en&pli=1 >>> # >>>>>> >>>>> , **Obras Públicas< >>> https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/halvard-johnson-obras-publicas >>>>>> >>>>> ; **The Perfection of Mozart's Third Eye and Other >>>>> Sonnets< >>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/27039868/Halvard-Johnson-THE-PERFECTION-OF-MOZART-S-THIRD-EYE-Other-Sonnets >>>>>> >>>>> ; **Organ Harvest with Entrance of >>>>> Clones< >>> http://www.amazon.com/Harvest-Entrance-Clones-Halvard-Johnson/dp/0965404390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283182804&sr=8-1 >>>>>> >>>>> ; **Tango Bouquet< >>> https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ATDp6rzKkBkhZGZwand2cHdfOWc1Mnh3Zw&hl=en >>>>>> >>>>> ; **Theory of Harmony< >>> https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall04/theory1.pdf >>>>>> >>>>> ; **Rapsodie espagnole< >>> https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/rapsodi.pdf >>>>>> >>>>> ; **Guide to the Tokyo >>>>> Subway< >>> http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Tokyo-Subway-Other-Poems/dp/0971487316/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283183153&sr=1-3 >>>>>> >>>>> ; **The Sonnet Project< >>> https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/hsonnet.pdf >>>>>> >>>>> ; **G(e)nome <http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall03/genome.pdf>; >>>>> **Winter >>>>> Journey <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.winter.html>; >>>>> **Eclipse<http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.eclipse.html> >>>>> ; **The Dance of the Red Swan < >>> http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.dance.html >>>>>> ; >>>>> * >>>>> *Transparencies & Projections < >>> http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.transp.html >>>>>> >>>>> * >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Sol Literary Magazine: http://solliterarymagazine.com/ >> >> The Salt River Review: http://www.poetserv.org >> >> https://sites.google.com/site/jamesvcervantes/home >> >> http://www.hamiltonstone.org/catalog.html#temporarymeaning >> >> http://www.fieralingue.it/documenti/mr_bondo.pdf >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescervantes/