Friday, October 09, 2009

Poetic injustice

Yesterday Marni Soupcoff had a column in the National Post which revealed Toronto had hired a left-wing activist to serve as the city's "poet laureate."

This led me to write the following letter to the editor, which was published in today's paper:

Poetic injustice

Re: A Job No Outspoken Poet Would Want, Marni Soupcoff, Oct. 8.

So Toronto is paying Marxist and militant feminist Dionne Brand a cool $30,000 to act as the city's "poet laureate."

It's news like this which makes me wish I could hire a poet laureate of my own.

I need somebody to help me find a phrase which rhymes with "ridiculous waste."

5 comments:

VW said...

How 'bout "perfidious taste"?

You can put the cheque in the mail.

Gerry Nicholls said...

VW: You're a poet and don't know it!

Anonymous said...

The competition for Court Jester is gonna be a dogfight. So many to choose from . .

Anybody know who's on the selection committee? I'd like to propose a few names. Like, 45 of them.

Brian gardiner said...

Insidious haste
tax the chaste
f$&k face

Anonymous said...

So Toronto is paying Marxist and militant feminist Dionne Brand a cool $30,000 to act as the city's "poet laureate."

Typical of the dunderheaded and bilious Soupcoff. Agonizing over 30,000 dollars while CanWest is billions in debt and now under creditor protection.

Talent-free rube.