Poetry Woos The Winsome Liberals
June 21st, 2007 at 11:37 am by Cranky
There is no deed so egregious, no murder so gruesome which a book of poetry won’t ameliorate.
So notes the Hatemonger’s Quarterly:
From what we can tell from the meager excerpts provided in the article, the poems are clumsy and artless. That’s no surprise. As the report informs us: “According to Mr. Falkoff, most of the poetry he is aware of was written by prisoners who had not written poetry before being arrested.”
Gee, then it must be just wonderful. Yet the quality—or its obvious lack—is clearly not the point.
Rather, these poems—presuming they aren’t filled with secret messages to al Qaeda leaders—are merely aimed at convincing bien pensant fools of their political prejudices. They’ll allow the NPR crowd to pretend that, say, Jumah al Dossari, a Gitmo detainee and newfound poetaster, is just a poor fellow mistreated by the evil American government—instead of a fiery Islamist with connections to the Lakawanna Six.
June 21st, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Hmm…like the Bono post, another post that gives me mixed reactions. As a Christian, a former English major, and an amateur actress, I would be fascinated to hear from these people. The military brat/patriotic American/conservative side of me is jumping up and down yelling, “Go Cranky!” Okay, I’m going off to read Rod Dreher’s Crunchy Con blog now. I wish there were an NPR for conservatives.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Marc Fuckoff?,, what kinda’ name is that? Oh yeah wait,, he’s a defense lawyer, sounds about right.
June 21st, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Here I sit, broken-hearted…
Uh…
There once was a man from Nantucket…
Uh…
Roses are red, violence is…
Shit, this poetry thing is harder than the scrotum of a camel…
June 21st, 2007 at 7:03 pm
But they were able to compile an entire book, right? Proof positive that poetry soothes the savage Islamic beast.
Are there that many words that rhyme with “Jew” and “dead”?
June 21st, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Too funny, IPB!:mrgreen:
June 21st, 2007 at 9:47 pm
I wonder if Islamic Poetry Boy is related to Islamic Rage Boy…
June 21st, 2007 at 10:53 pm
kind of like the Seven Dwarves
June 22nd, 2007 at 8:14 am
No Islamic poetry contest? I’m sure I could rattle off one.
June 22nd, 2007 at 8:32 am
Michele, let’s have us a contest!
Winner receives a custom-made p-shop of their choice or the three diet-Pepsis in my desk drawer.
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:24 am
Diet Pepsi? Ugh. Make it a three-pack of Coke Zero, and you’re on…
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:49 am
Diet Pepsi?
Oh look whose finicky now! We’re not exactly Club Med here, we work with what we got.
My entry:
Abdul’s Heart
Where’s the she-lawyer with the hairy chin?
It is my freedom I want her to win.
When she looks in my eye
My heart wants to cry
The thoughts I have for her is sin.
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:56 am
Like the caged dove, my song cannot reach the sky.
My spirit is crushed, like the chest of a martyr just after the belt detonates.
I feel lost and blind, like that headless Jew, Daniel Pearl.
Please Allah and that infidel lawyer, plead my case and help me seek justice.
Like you, Allah,
Like you, infidel lawyer,
I only want to be with my people
and destroy the US.
June 22nd, 2007 at 11:07 am
Oh I see this is going to be a productive day in Cranky-land. Once you get him going with poetry (or toads), the day is shot…
Since all you offer is DP, all I can offer is a crappy Haiku…and for some reason all I can think of are 6-syllable lines…
I’ll have to get back to y’all…