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Comedy: October 24, 2012 Issue [#5329]

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 This week: Deliberately Bad Poetry: a Primer
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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Letter from the editor

In earlier times here on Writing.Com, before we had all these fancy bells, whistles, and/or other features to keep us entertained... there was deliberately bad poetry.

It was a small movement at first-- a few of us here and there getting together to thrown down the worst rhymes and tackiest lines we could come up with. Then there were even contests for the baddest-- and I do mean baddest-- poetry around. The concept is simple: write a deliberately bad poem and request the lowest ratings possible. Reviewers, in turn rate the poems as low as possible, where a one star rating is reserved for the absolute best in bad poetry. It seems like a lot of folks don't understand this quirky phenomenon, so this is a primer of sorts for the uninitiated.

That said, there's a lot of accidentally bad poetry out there. It's important to know your good bad poetry from your bad bad poetry.

Most deliberately bad poems post a disclaimer somewhere in the item body.
They're meant to be bad. Usually they have relatively low ratings and most of them will suggest that they are meant to be one-star poems right in the item title or item body. For the best effect, many of these poems, while being totally horrid, are still actually very funny as they still adhere to other rules of poetry, such as forms, or rhyme, or other challenges.

Please rate them accordingly!
It's all part of the fun!
Even better, you may want to get into character and give a fun, silly review as well. By giving these reviews and ratings accordingly, you're playing a part in a wacky Writing.Com tradition. Some folks adopt different "personas" for these types of reviews-- faux dead-poets and other experts in the field of terrible poems.

*Pointright* *Pointright* *Pointright* While it might feel good to try to "boost" these poems by giving a higher rating and review, it's best to play along with the fun. Giving a one-star review to a deliberately bad poem you think is funny is almost like giving a five-star review to a poem you absolutely love.

Until next time,
Take care and Write on!
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Editor's Picks

This week's picks are a celebration of deliberately bad poetry-- please respect the spirit of the endeavor and rate these poems as they were meant to be rated, where one star means the worst is the best!

 A Force to Be Reckoned With Open in new Window. [ASR]
can't help but bring you down
by Vanillafire Author Icon

 Missing Shampoo Open in new Window. [E]
Kyoka for the anti-slam about missing shampoo.
by Diane Author Icon

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by A Guest Visitor

 Some Hair Open in new Window. [13+]
A disgusting musing on body hair and the losing battle to eradicate it
by Elisa: Snowman Stik Author Icon

 I Need You Right Now Open in new Window. [13+]
Bad but clean poem about my vice.
by Katya the Poet Author Icon

 my flowers in the rain Open in new Window. [ASR]
something slightly insane: written for a BAD poetry contest
by Rhyssa Author Icon

 Genus Ovis, A Love Poem Open in new Window. [18+]
Written for the Spewlitzer Prize contest. Deliberately bad poetry!
by Ravenwand, Rising Star! Author Icon

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by A Guest Visitor



And stop by the best little one-star poetry saloon this side of here:

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One Night in Margaritaville Open in new Window. [18+]
Small town bad poetry event on Friday nights.
by Katya the Poet Author Icon

 
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Take care and Write on!
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