{"product_id":"9780679776222","title":"Very Bad Poetry","description":"Author: Petras, Kathryn\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780679776222\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE US\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 25 Mar 1997\u003cbr\u003ePages: 144 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting very bad poetry requires talent.P#160;P#160;It helps to have a wooden ear for words, a penchant for sinking into a mire of sentimentality, and an enviable confidence that allows one to write despite absolutely appalling incompetence.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;The 131 poems collected in this first-of-its-kind anthology are so glaringly awful that they embody a kind of genius.P#160;P#160;From Fred Emerson BrooksP#39; Pquot;The Stuttering LoverPquot; to Matthew GreenP#39;s Pquot;The SpleenPquot; to Georgia Bailey ParringtonP#39;s misguided Pquot;An Elegy to a Dissected PuppyPquot;, they mangle meter, run rampant over rhyme, and bludgeon us into insensibility with their grandiosity, anticlimax, and malapropism.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Guaranteed to move even the most stoic reader to tears (of laughter), Plt;bPgt;Very Bad PoetryPlt;\/bPgt; is sure to become a favorite of the poetically inclined (and disinclined).","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280858329246,"sku":"UBD-9780679776222","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780679776222.jpg?v=1789543165","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780679776222","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}