Dear Stephen,
First of all let me say how much I enjoyed your book. A pun truly is a joy forever. I now feel both more travelled and owed a living from poetry, since reading said book. Haha! Thought an eminent wit of your stature would like that one.
I must take issue with your statement on page 125, wherein you assert that rhyme is understood by all who have language. It is my sad duty to inform you I have encountered many who do not, and not all of them are native speakers of the Khoisan click languages of southern Africa.
Indeed, I must take you to task, for surely you must be aware that you have unlocked 'the poet within' rather too many who should have remained incarcerated. Still, I'm sure you wrote your book with the best of intentions, as I write this letter.
It remains only to inform you that you, personally, will be held responsible for any further crimes against poetry by one Ewan, a purported writer, whose work is all too available to the public by accessing his 'work' on ABCTales. I have my suspicions that there are other culprits in this carnival of the talentless!
Regards
Ezra Poundsaver,
Bedlam-on-Sea
Sussex
Comments
Silver Spun Sand | November 22, 2009 - 16:09
And, also on page 125 is a rather wonderful example of rhyme:-
"There was an old man of St Bees
Who was horribly stung by a wasp
When they said: 'Does it hurt?'
He replied: 'No it doesn't -
It's a good job it wasn't a hornet'.
;-) Says it all, really.
"'Ezra' - you really did make me smile," she says, before returning to the hoovering.
Tina
Nick.A | November 22, 2009 - 20:04
Nice, and yes I'm sure there are...
Nick