A funny column from Andy Lamey of the National Post yesterday on "trophy poetry."
Which is:
Trophy poetry is defined by two characteristics: It tends to be written by people who have achieved fame in fields far removed from poetry; and it is very bad.
Read the whole thing here -- one of the more hilarious examples he provides was by John Kerry, the Democratic senator running for the presidential nomination:
I had a talk with a deer today / we had a talk on the road some way ... between his frequent snorts / he asked me if I sought his pelt / cause if I did he said he felt / quite out of sorts.
Yikes. Not exactly Emily Dickinson, is it?