Recent poster Opus over at Tacitus has started her own blog. She's certainly on the Left side of the spectrum, but she likes Dave Barry and I've seen worse scansion coming from the Left*, so what the heck. No such thing as bad publicity, right?
UPDATE: Sheesh, on review it would seem that I'm either sloppy, tired, peeved or all three: Opus also has demonstrated a sense of humor and intelligence over at Tac's, so I was happy to see that she got a blog. And I'm not making fun of her poetry.
Moe
*Don't get me started on some of the stuff that I've had to wade through. You'd think that a group that traces its roots back to the protest movements of the last century would produce more people able to write a political song that scans and rhymes, but apparently not. Ach, Ginsberg, what sins have been committed in Thy name!
We are the Folk Song Army.
Everyone of us cares.
We all hate poverty, war, and injustice,
Unlike the rest of you squares.
There are innocuous folk songs.
Yeah, but we regard 'em with scorn.
The folks who sing 'em have no social conscience.
Why they don't even care if Jimmy Crack Corn.
If you feel dissatisfaction,
Strum your frustrations away.
Some people may prefer action,
But give me a folk song any old day.
The tune don't have to be clever,
And it don't matter if you put a coupla extra syllables into a line.
It sounds more ethnic if it ain't good English,
And it don't even gotta rhyme--excuse me--rhyne.
Remember the war against Franco?
That's the kind where each of us belongs.
Though he may have won all the battles,
We had all the good songs.
So join in the Folk Song Army,
Guitars are the weapons we bring
To the fight against poverty, war, and injustice.
Ready! Aim! Sing!
-Tom Lehrer, The Folk Song Army
Posted by: Geoduck | January 31, 2004 at 10:14 PM