Philip Larkin eAppreciation Society, Eh
Day 2,650, 01:54
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by Hail Astrid
... also known as PLeASE.
Took me a while to come up with that one.
Anyway, I'm meant to read this book (on the left) written by this guy (on the right).
It's a book of poetry.
So I was wondering if there were any poetry aficionados out there who'd like to read or discuss some of Phil's poetry.
Here is some poetry I wrote to get you in the mood.
Poem
by Hail Astrid
The Queen gave Philip Larkin a Gold Medal for Poetry
Because he was one of the greatest British poets of all time
But I beg to differ
Some of his poems don't even rhyme
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I also wrote a poem, it was for the village poetry competition! I hope you enjoy... 🙂
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I have genital warts,
Soon you will too.
Dayum! It goes without saying that you won, of course?
Yes, mainly because the only other contestant's poem was this-
"Bad poetry,
Oh noetry..."
They fuck you up, Philip Larkin.
"This Be The Verse"? Very good!
Philip Larkin
a veritable gi-
ant
of structureless, grammarless
..........................abstract poetry.
Who also did
Some rhyming stuff
To make sure that
He earned enough.
I feel a sudden urge to give you a medal!
Philip Larking despised medals. Well known fact, innit.
Well, considering he's Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL... I never would've guessed 😛
Bonus points for anyone who can identify the meter of the last bit
(casts deliberate glance in Hail Astrid's direction)
*looks away in shame*
*checks Google*
*is confused further*
Ah, screw it, I'll go with iambic pentameter
Give that bitch some iambic pantameter.
Bitches love iambic pantameter.
It's iambic, but not pentameter - looks like bimeter (if such a thing exists) to me...
da-dum da-dum
da-dum da-dum
Yeah, its called iambic dimeter though.
He also did stand up. Saw him in 1953. "Larkin' about" was the act, and he was shit. Not funny at all.
Lmaooo seriously?!
No.