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Poets are Funny

Poetry Thursday

This is the last week for Poetry Thursday, and I’ve no idea what will come next. Maybe these will cheer you up:

Partiallyclipspoet

Copyright Robert T. Balder

Want the punchline? Click the image. Via Land Mammal.

poetryfoundation.org has a page of poet poems; these are my favorites [click the image to go to the cartoon]:

© William Steig 2006, cartoon supplied by cartoonbank.com   
© Charles Saxon 2006, cartoon supplied by cartoonbank.com 

© Frank Cotham 2006, cartoon supplied by cartoonbank.com   
© Charles Barsotti 2006, cartoon supplied by cartoonbank.com

      

Finally, it occurred to me that I might find something at gapingvoid. Sure enough, a quick look unearthed this, somewhat more pointed, cartoon:

hugh macleod

True for me.

For you?

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3 responses to “Poets are Funny”

  1. Alan Bender Avatar

    Great stuff. Help I have poetumory.

  2. Alan Bender Avatar

    Don’t you just love how all poets have all these security tests on comments to protect us from something that might be relevant?

  3. Tumblewords Avatar

    The final one did me in. I’m still laughing.

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