Bad fiction

[periwinkle27]

Some of you may know the story "A Dark and Stormy Night" that I cowrote as part of a bad grammar challenge.

snow_fall pointed me to another example of bad!fic:

The Dark and Stormy Knight by forthrighthttp://www.fanfiction.net/s/4198916/1/The_Dark_and_Stormy_Knight

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[periwinkle27]

I can still recite this sucker. I'm also known for Burgess' response to his own poem "The Purple Cow"

Ah, yes, I wrote the "Purple Cow"-
I'm Sorry, now, I wrote it;
But I can tell you Anyhow
I'll Kill you if you Quote it!

and

Rice Pudding

What is the matter with Mary Jane?
She's crying with all her might and main,
And she won't eat her dinner - rice pudding again -
What is the matter with Mary Jane?

What is the matter with Mary Jane?
I've promised her dolls and a daisy-chain,
And a book about animals - all in vain -
What is the matter with Mary Jane?

What is the matter with Mary Jane?
She's perfectly well, and she hasn't a pain;
But, look at her, now she's beginning again! -
What is the matter with Mary Jane?

What is the matter with Mary Jane?
I've promised her sweets and a ride in the train,
And I've begged her to stop for a bit and explain -
What is the matter with Mary Jane?

What is the matter with Mary Jane?
She's perfectly well and she hasn't a pain,
And it's lovely rice pudding for dinner again!
What is the matter with Mary Jane?

Alan Alexander Milne

[avery11]

Okay, now you've really got me going! I remember both those poems from school.

Who wrote that clever alphabet adjectives poem about a group of people on a bus? It starts:

"Affable, Bibulous, Corpulent, Dull,
Eager to find a seat, Formidable."

I wish I remembered more of it, because it always mde me laugh. We learned it in 7th grade, while studying "Six Weeks to Words of Power." I guess some of the words must have stuck, because I sure use a lot of adjectives when I write.

[periwinkle27]

John Updike.
What letter is missing?
And did you know that "maudlin" comes from the British pronounciation of "Magdalen?"

novelist, short story writer and poet John Updike was riding in a bus and saw the following sign, which gave him the title for a poem.

Capacity 26 Passengers
- sign in a bus

Affable, bibulous,
corpulent, dull,
eager-to-find-a-seat,
formidable,
garrulous, humorous,
icy, jejune,
knockabout, laden-
with-luggage (maroon),
mild-mannered, narrow-necked,
oval-eyed, pert,
seductive, tart, vert-
iginous, willowy,
xanthic, zebuesque are my
passengers fellow.