Friday, October 21, 2011

Friday's Poem #5

Today's poem belongs to the collection of poems Broetry by Brian McGackin. As the author himself declares, "Broetry  is poetry for dudes. It's poetry for people who don't like poetry".

"A lot of poets have broetic qualities," he says. "Robert Frost liked baseball; he wrote about sports. His poetry was always very accessible. Even Shakespeare — Shakespeare was just writing about chicks."
"If you think you don't like poetry, you just haven't found a poem that's right for you," McGackin says. "Broetry is poetry that's right for you. Broetry is a literary chili cheeseburger."
The following poem appeared on the cover of Broetry and it is very similar to a very popular poem by William Carlos Williams This is Just to Say. Carlos Williams is, by the way, another great poet to teach English as EFL. I highly recommend him.




I have finished
the beer
that was in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for Friday
Forgive me
this girl came over
so sweet
and so hot

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