'The Waste Land In Five Limericks' by Wendy Cope

[elenbarathi]

T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land In Five Limericks

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In April one seldom feels cheerful;
Dry stones, sun and dust make me fearful;
Clairvoyantes distress me,
Commuters depress me-
Met Stetson and gave him an earful.

IIShe sat on a mighty fine chair

Comments

[elenuial]

This is really good even outside of the jokiness.

I think I'm in love.

[kleenexwoman]

LOVE it.

[gold_alarm]

Omg love it! Thanks for posting.

[gamesiplay]

Oh, I love Wendy Cope, especially being cheeky about canonical poets.* Thanks for posting this.

*Another Unfortunate Choice

I think I am in love with AE Housman
Which puts me in a worse-than-usual fix.
No woman ever stood a chance with Housman
And he's been dead since 1936.

[karmaisspecial]

Nice! That pretty much sums up "The Wasteland." :p