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• At the Viking Poetry Slam

  
  Gerbil News Network — Authority: 132
  A mastery of poetry was a must for any young Viking.  A few Viking poems dwelt on love, but the heroes often undermined their happiness by chasing adventures that separated them from their beloveds.  The Wall Street Journal “Who’s got the beer cooler?” It’s 1230, and I don’t mean by the hands of ...
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• Doggerel #216: "Why are You So Angry?"

  
  The Bronze Blog — Authority: 121
  Welcome back to " Doggerel ," where I ramble on about words and phrases that are misused, abused, or just plain meaningless. Many of us skeptics routinely have to deal with people who dont understand why were angry or irritated. Sometimes Im quite mystified as to how this failure to understand human emotion occurs. ...
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• A Sad, Sorry Song

  
  ThinkMarkets — Authority: 573
  by Thomas McQuade In looking back over the many excellent posts and comments that have graced ThinkMarkets in its first year, I was struck by the fact that, while many of the literary virtues have been displayed, there has been – surprisingly – nothing that could pass as poetry.  I hope to be forgiven the ...
  3 days ago

• It’s Not Too Soon–To Feel Crabby ‘Bout Christmas

  
  Gerbil News Network — Authority: 132
  News item: A Boston-area radio station began playing Christmas music on Veteran’s Day this year, the earliest date ever.   Holiday people, being too cheerful. I’d like to give one or two a good earful. Jolly like Santa, talking too loud- I can’t avoid them, I’m stuck in the crowd.     It’s ...
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• Doggerel #215: "It Cant Be Coincidence!"

  
  The Bronze Blog — Authority: 121
  Welcome back to " Doggerel ," where I ramble on about words and phrases that are misused, abused, or just plain meaningless. One annoying aspect I deal with in many woos is that they attempt to apply fiction logic to reality. In the movies, coincidences are evidence of the villains conspiracy. In reality, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Doggerel #214: "Absurd"

  
  The Bronze Blog — Authority: 121
  Welcome back to " Doggerel ," where I ramble on about words and phrases that are misused, abused, or just plain meaningless. Sometimes, its easy to dismiss something as absurd: It contains internal contradictions, like a "round square." It flies in the face of better evidenced ideas, like a perpetual motion machine ...
  3 weeks ago

• Doggerel #213: "Just Because / Its Magic!"

  
  The Bronze Blog — Authority: 121
  Welcome back to " Doggerel ," where I ramble on about words and phrases that are misused, abused, or just plain meaningless. This particular Doggerel entry is a bit different from the standard sorts: Its usually only spoken in between the lines, most commonly when someone is faced with a question of "how." Ive seen ...
  3 weeks ago

• Just Hold On Til Mo

  
  Bardball — Authority: 113
  by James Finn Garner .  Dedicated to skittish Yankee fans everywhere: . When your son asks you advice on mascara, When your head’s a-flame and your mouth’s a Sahara, When that small, still voice inside prattles like Berra– I’ve got two words: Mariano Rivera. When you’re uprooted and force-marched to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Doggerel #212: "Weird"

  
  The Bronze Blog — Authority: 121
  Welcome to a Halloween edition of " Doggerel ," where I ramble on about words and phrases that are misused, abused, or just plain meaningless. Theres an implicit argument that seems to come up whenever I hear someone attempt to justify the paranormal by changing the subject to quantum mechanics or other branch of ...
  4 weeks ago

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  Gutterflower — Authority: 402
  This week, somewhere in Pakistan a bomb exploded leaving a trail of melted toys and severed limbs - ripping apart lives and splintering souls, painting the horizon a violent crimson While I cursed a too-slow computer people mutely watched three men on a beach deliberately beat a boy. They watched as his thin arms ...
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• Doggerel #211: "Spooky"

  
  The Bronze Blog — Authority: 121
  Welcome to a Halloween edition of " Doggerel ," where I ramble on about words and phrases that are misused, abused, or just plain meaningless. Sometimes, skeptics are easily bored. A great deal of the frustration we experience is born out of that boredom: Whenever someone tells us about some "spooky" occurrence, ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Prodigy

  
  Gerbil News Network — Authority: 132
  There once was a young man who from date of birth Showed promise of one day achieving great worth. His parents sure thought so, his teachers did too– He’d really be something when upwards he grew.   It might be in science, or maybe the arts He wouldn’t end up like the other old farts. And so all and ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Ballad of Susan Finkelstein

  
  Bardball — Authority: 113
  by James Finn Garner . The girl had “Phillie Fever”, A massive fall attack. The only cure required her To lay down on her back. To nab a pair of tickets, What must a clever girl do? A “Dirty Utley”?  “Around the Lidge”? A “Hamels Camel” or two? But the cops horned in, and now her pic’s Been ...
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• Doggerel #210: "Victim"

  
  The Bronze Blog — Authority: 121
  Welcome back to " Doggerel ," where I ramble on about words and phrases that are misused, abused, or just plain meaningless. On some level, as social beings, we have an instinct for justice. When one of "our group" is harmed, we can quickly direct our anger at who or whatever caused that harm. Much of the time, ...
  5 weeks ago

• Doggerel #209: "Patented"

  
  The Bronze Blog — Authority: 121
  Welcome back to " Doggerel ," where I ramble on about words and phrases that are misused, abused, or just plain meaningless. This bit of doggerel is an old marketing trick that shouldnt work anymore. A patent does not indicate efficacy, only uniqueness, and sometimes not even that. Ive heard that, at least in the ...
  5 weeks ago

• Doggerel #208: "Nothing"

  
  The Bronze Blog — Authority: 121
  Welcome back to " Doggerel ," where I ramble on about words and phrases that are misused, abused, or just plain meaningless. This entry is more specific than most, dealing primarily with Creationists. Its become a tired old cliche of theirs to ask, "How can you believe something came from nothing?" There are many ...
  5 weeks ago

• Doggerel #207: "Eastern"

  
  The Bronze Blog — Authority: 121
  Welcome back to " Doggerel ," where I ramble on about words and phrases that are misused, abused, or just plain meaningless. The "East" is almost a magical place for many of us "Westerners." Wildly different culture, home to many impressive tourist attractions, birthplace of many exotic martial arts, gunpowder, ...
  5 weeks ago

• The Poetry Kings

  
  Gerbil News Network — Authority: 132
  A rainy Saturday afternoon in the offices of plangent voices, the poetry quarterly I helped found nearly three decades ago, and from which I was summarily ousted in a hostile takeover in the early 80’s by Elena Gotchko, the Emily Dickinson-wannabe whom I had taken under my wing when she was still a naif young ...
  5 weeks ago

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