written and posted by members of Lancashire Dead Good Poets' Society

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Thursday, 22 September 2011

Contextroversy

Poetry is the polish we use to buff our egos.
Poetry is the book we buy to add colour to the shelf.
Poetry is about comparing vocabulary with a tape measure.

Poetry is popular only when ravished, which is to say raped.
Poetry is a consumptive heroine.
Poetry is self harm.
Poetry is.