Saturday, October 04, 2008

I'm pissed

This Issue 1 thing pisses me off. I'd like to find who's doing this and punch them in the groin. Or maybe I'll just own my faux poem, celebrate it as a step forward toward a new style... nay, I wanna punch someone's groin.

My poem is on page 1634 of 3785. It goes like this:


Anodynes changed from bark

The anodyne of the belle,
above the arctic habiliment

I trudge during summer beyond
creatures

His essence is still his essence


What the hell is that? An anodyne?

4 comments:

Adam Clay said...

I'm just excited that I have another line for my CV!

Job market, here I come!

garylmcdowell said...

Haha. Seriously.

I'm actually being only half-serious. Shit, someone took a lot of time to put together that "magazine." Can you imagine?

Adam Clay said...

It's nuts. I really don't get it. Someone actually wrote these poems too--

Justin Evans said...

an·o·dyne /ˈænəˌdaɪn/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[an-uh-dahyn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. a medicine that relieves or allays pain.
2. anything that relieves distress or pain: The music was an anodyne to his grief.
–adjective 3. relieving pain.
4. soothing to the mind or feelings.

[Origin: 1535–45; < L anōdynus < Gk andynos painless, equiv. to an- an-1 + ōdyn- (s. of odýné pain, with lengthening of o) + -os adj. suffix]

LOL!

I can't wait to see mine!

BTW, it is an honor to be anthologized alongside so many great contemporary poets.