by Figleaf23 January 19, 2009

by Figleaf23 September 14, 2007

1. An archaic form of literature, now dying off. Doggerel.
As practiced in modern times, poetry is a discredited means of (supposedly) communicating aesthetic thoughts or feelings in verbal form. Thousands, perhaps millions of person-hours, disc/server space, and trees are wasted to develop and store this tripe.
"Award winning" poetry is usually the worst kind, representing the vilest outcome of combining incestuous art-cronyism with self-indulgent self-promotion.
2. A complete waste of time.
As practiced in modern times, poetry is a discredited means of (supposedly) communicating aesthetic thoughts or feelings in verbal form. Thousands, perhaps millions of person-hours, disc/server space, and trees are wasted to develop and store this tripe.
"Award winning" poetry is usually the worst kind, representing the vilest outcome of combining incestuous art-cronyism with self-indulgent self-promotion.
2. A complete waste of time.
1. Bob is nearly finished with his english degree, but he still needs a credit in poetry of the twentieth century.
2.
Small trees that shine
out of watery depths
With broken limbs, like
Becky are
Not why I write.
2.
Small trees that shine
out of watery depths
With broken limbs, like
Becky are
Not why I write.
by Figleaf23 January 01, 2009

by Figleaf23 March 14, 2010

Tetragrammaton -- The formula by which a vicious demonic desert blood-god of the ancient semites identified itself to Moses. It must truly have been terrifying to be a people 'Chosen' for special attention by such a monstrous entity, as the woeful narrative of the Old Testament makes clear.
The ancient provenance of YHVH is either a storm-god or a god of destruction and fire, with a taste for blood and sacrifice.
by Figleaf23 January 01, 2009

by Figleaf23 January 19, 2009

1. A medieval contest of arms wherein two knights, each armed with a lance and mounted on his noble destrier, ride hellbent at one another with the objective of poking the other fellow with the tip of their lance.
2. When two men make simultaneous sexual entry into the same orifice.
2. When two men make simultaneous sexual entry into the same orifice.
by Figleaf23 January 20, 2009
