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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CRITIC, by S. F. BATCHELDER First Line: Are you a lampoon man? Not really! Last Line: And praises the harvard lampoon. Subject(s): Harvard Lampoon, The (periodical) | |||
"ARE you a LAMPOON man? Not really! Oh, dear, though, I know you must be! That's why you've been smiling so queerly -- My goodness, you're studying me! Now, what have I said that is funny? And oh, will you publish it soon?" 'Tis thus, with a voice sweet as honey, She mentions the HARVARD LAMPOON. "Indeed, yes, I see it quite often, The pictures are simply inane; The verses and jokes -- they would soften An average Vassar girl's brain. Of course they are killingly comic; I laugh, but I feel like a loon!" And thus, with a fierceness atomic, She censures the HARVARD LAMPOON. "But then they are bright, I don't doubt them, And very artistic, of course! Outsiders don't know all about them, You have to explain the -- the -- 'horse.' Do send me that sweet book of 'pickings,' I hear you will publish in June." And thus she gives over her flickings, And praises the HARVARD LAMPOON. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VERSES READ AT A PHI BETA KAPPA DINNER by GEORGE SANTAYANA ANSWER TO PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON EARTH'S IMMORTALITIES: FAME by ROBERT BROWNING TO THE REPUBLIC by JAMES GALVIN TO MY EXCELLENT LUCASIA, ON OUR FRIENDSHIP. 17TH JULY 1651 by KATHERINE PHILIPS BALLAD OF THE GOODLY FERE by EZRA POUND LINES COMPOSED AT GRASMERE by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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