Holy Cow! Seriously? The Chairman is totally married. You should all write a poem about that.

The Chairman will marry his beloved Chairwoman in eight days. Therefore, if you have any misgivings about this, now would be a good time to voice your opinion ( Read more... )

The lush greenery surrounding The Chairman's house has typically been managed by my lovely upstairs neighbors. This year, however, they have been busy elsewhere, and the weeds have thus been growing unchallenged. Until now, that is ( Read more... )

I recently met the three year old child of vinceklortho and his lovely bride (both fellow Cornell alumni). I crouched down to shake her hand. She looked at me, terribly shy, lifted her foot up to my hand, and declared...

I have cat shoes.And, indeed, she did ( Read more... )

Okay, so the invitations have been mailed out. The Chairman truly wishes he could invite all of you (and, perhaps, turn the reception into one big IRON POET tournament?)

Now that the deed is done, what should the Chairman and Chairwoman have said in the invitation? A haiku of matrimonial proportions? A limerick of love? A sonnet of celebration ( Read more... )

The Chairman has fond memories of playing the boardgame "Mousetrap" in his youth. I'm pretty sure I never played it according to the rules, though. Mostly, the IRON SIBLINGS and I just set up the full contraption immediately and then let it do its thing.

Mmmmm... Rube-Goldberg-ian...What are the IRON POETS experience with mouse traps? Do you ( Read more... )

The last few topics haven't received many entries. I'm sure people are busy, but I also wonder if the topics themselves just aren't inspiring Great Poetry. Therefore, I ask the IRON POETS this question: "What is Important to you ( Read more... )

The Chairman and Chairwoman shared some Adventures in Finance last night, when we spoke to my financial advisor (probably a good idea to start now, since our finances will change a bit once we get married ( Read more... )

The Chairman wonders, what poetry would an alien race write about humanity? I'm sure there would be some bad Vogon Poetry, but would there be any inspiring verses ( Read more... )

The Chairman caught a cold from the Chairwoman. She dubbed it "The Misery". She was right. It's pretty miserable. Just when one thinks it's starting to get better, a new set of symptoms kicks in. Outstanding ( Read more... )