Bow down before the hendecasyllable!

How Much Verse Could It Be?

The 3rd MuddyUm Poetry Collection

I shall begin by quoting the prophet of Utopian Negation, Eric Jaronsinski, of Nein Quarterly:

Prose+deletion=poetry. Poetry+deletion=good poetry.

By this incisive criteria, MuddyUm poetry is among the best being written today. Also the funniest. Also the most obscure. Also the most meta. Also the most muddy. This is our 3rd Collection of poems. We have an ongoing poetry prompt:

Write a poem about something funny and/or write a funny poem about something.

Poetry

Rhymes with Funny, by Gary Chapin

A prompt call to action. Write a rhymey poem and improve our quality of life!

Praise Thou the Algo, the Omnipotent Chooser for Further Distribution, by Smillew Rahcuef

Praise the subtitle that shalt not be ignored.

To Rhyme, or Not To Rhyme, by Marilyn Flower

“Oversymplify a rhyme, drop a dime, f*ck with thyme?”

Shall I Compare Thee to a Cheap Bidet? by Holly J See

“Comparisons are odorous,” Shakespeare

Romance Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Horribly Disfigured, by Steve Wyatt

Would it have been better off dead?

Penultimate Religion, by Jean Campbell

She will mock God if it’s the next to the last thing she does!

The Great Clap Freeze of 2022 by BOFace

BOF proves you can write a poem about anything, so what’s your excuse?

About Poetry

Help! I’m Trapped on a Shelf with Rumi! by T. Kent Jones

Those sad bastards need fresh air and exercise

Why I Write Poetry Parodies, by Marilyn Flower

You know you were wondering

Read It Could Be Verse, the first MuddyUm Poetry Edition.

Read Vogons Are the Verse. the second MuddyUm Poetry Edition

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