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  • you done good.

    doggerel is supposed to suck. i would probably put (ing them) as a fourth line: Hershey's Kisses are silver.All the commandmentscan't keep me from pilfering them, damments.
    Posted to Procrastination by catnapping on October 26, 2009
  • August is Bad Poetry Month

    and this year, August 18th is Bad Poetry Day. I'm in.
    Posted to Bad Poetry Contest by catnapping on July 15, 2009
  • nostar suggested?

    really. http://fray.slate.com/discuss/forums/3000063/ShowForum.aspx http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/post/209965.aspx
    Posted to Poems by catnapping on July 15, 2009
  • okay. i got nuthin...

    so here's another oldie: A Cautionary Tale When brother Mitchwas really rich,he threw a witchinto a ditch.It was a bethe made to gethis best-friend Brett’snew Red corvette.Without a hitchHe pitched the witchBut here’s the switch:There was a glitch.From in the ditch,the witch did twitchand wiggle her noseat brother Mitch.He started to sweatand ...
    Posted to Best of the Fray by catnapping on February 14, 2009
  • Repeat after me: Forgive and forget

    Repetition and simple lists are supposed to be the soul of good poetry? Of course, capped off with gratuitous sexual imagery—yes! THAT makes it a *deep* poem—what was I thinking? So the formula must be: Repetitive sentence structure + everything-and-the-kitchen-sink listing + middle-to-late insertion of scatalogical and/or sexual imagery = ...
    Posted to Poems by Gonzalo Lira on April 22, 2008
  • Re: From I'm Gonna Get You, Sucka

    Foobs:My Bitch Better Have My Money (Fly Guy) (...) (for the record, I think it would work better if 'half' and 'some' were reversed) For the record, I think it would work much better if it were consigned to the flames. :P Talk about ''the offense of poetry'' -- this is what happens when people start thinking that poetry is meant to ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on March 7, 2008
  • You think I could resist another haiku?

    Moira has returned Autumn rain falls outside, but Springtime fills my heart.
    Posted to Fraywatch by Claude Scales on November 9, 2007
  • bad poet

    bad poet he was a bad poet. he was always using tricks like trying to rhyme vagina and harmonica ''it's loose rhyme'' he'd say smugly god I hated him. too bad... he had a great ass.
    Posted to Bad Poetry Contest by bobdow on August 21, 2007
  • Bad Poetry

    Horrible. Simply horrible. Few pleasures are this guilty; it must be a sin. I have to go wash my eyes now.
    Posted to Fraywatch by Urgelt on August 19, 2007
  • Arigato, Momofuku

    Sheer brilliance. A solid 10 out of 10 on the cringeometer*! * The only topical cringeworthy reference that comes to mind is ''The Office.'' The Office is positively cringeolicious!
    Posted to Fraywatch by Catovanni Iroquoinelli on August 18, 2007
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