The upshot at Schott

At a previous entry I describe entering Schott’s Vocab at the New York Time with a real carpet bombing: a limerick on each of Schott’s suggested words. Alas, I was not recognized in Schott’s followup.

One of the other unrecognized members of the Salon des Refuses, one Christopher Michael Brunelle, posted this plaint:

The winners should follow the rules?
You silly! You’re one of the fools.
True rhythms and rhymes
Aren’t a sign of the Times;
“Good enough” is enough for their schools.

To which I replied at the blog:

Now, Christopher Michael Brunelle,
Don’t say oh damn and oh hell,
Remember Amadeus?
The Emperor said, “God Save Us,”
“You’ve overwhelmed us with notes! Not swell!”

Shaffer, who wrote that wonderful play,
Was trying, I think, to say,
That the winners of today’s trivial prizes
Will be in for some rude surprises
When the mill of the Gods grinds away.

Then, in response to other poets maudit who got stuck into a Gnu (don’t know if this will make it through moderation):

There was a jolly sailor who rogered with a Gnu
The reason why, no man ever knew
Perhaps he had a View, man
To sire a sort of Gnuman
That bestial sailor who rogered with a Gnu!

There was a Gnu in Gnome Alaska where the midnight sun does shine
And his Limericks were gnomic, and as such, very fine
Sarah Palign he did Malign he spared her not at all:
He made her cry he made her sigh, and she began to bawl:
Will no man rid me of this gnomic Gnu up where the midnight sun does shine?

Kundry Laughing at Amfortas' Suffering (detail) 2007 Edward G. Nilges