The Battle of the Sexy which is quite disruptive and has produced a lot of
poet-casuals, thankfully.
jb
2009/4/22 Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
> There's also The Battle of the Sexes.
>
> To tie this back to the thread I seem to have disrupted, some of these wars
> have produced a lot of poet-casualties.
>
>
> At 03:21 PM 4/22/2009, you wrote:
>
>> I'm thinking the War of Warts.
>> jp
>>
>> 2009/4/22 Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>> > The two contenders for numero uno have to be:
>> >
>> > The War in Heaven
>> > The War of All Against All
>> >
>> > We've been fighting both of them for a long time.
>> >
>> > Mark
>> >
>> >
>> > At 03:00 PM 4/22/2009, you wrote:
>> >
>> >> The War of Jenkins' Ear (a vicious prosodic contre-temps)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 2009/4/22 Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>
>> >> > OK, taking up my own challenge. Surprisingly, I found myself with a
>> lot
>> >> to
>> >> > choose from. In no special order,
>> >> >
>> >> > The Opium Wars--my kind of drug war.
>> >> > The Davidic Philistine War--foreskins, anyone?
>> >> > The Great Mutiny--most lurid propaganda
>> >> > The Golden Horde--need I say more?
>> >> > The Rough Wooing--Henry VIIIth's charm crusade
>> >> > The Children's Crusade--early birth control
>> >> > The Bay of Pigs Invasion--gotta love the CIA
>> >> > The Pilgrimage of Grace--I've always liked that one. Who was Grace?
>> >> > The Maori Wars--because they didn't kill all of them
>> >> > The War with the Newts--because it didn't happen
>> >> >
>> >> > If I did this again later I'd probably come up with a different
>> batch.
>> >> >
>> >> > Assuming that everyone's taste in bloodshed is different, I await
>> other
>> >> > lists.
>> >> >
>> >> > Mark
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> David Bircumshaw
>> >> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>> >> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
>> >> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> >> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
>> >>
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