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This
slim, nicely designed volume will send readers into fits of
anger, especially those who recall the early press on this
book. Peel was rumored to have gotten an advance of over $100,000—pretty
much unheard of for a collection from a minor poet. At that
time the advance was granted, no one but the editors and agents
involved knew what of the content; it was kept secret. Public
speculation ran from Peel being a pseudonym for hip hop star
Soulja Boy, to the poems being so revolutionary that they
would change the way Americans think. Spam Poetry actually
is what it says—text copied and pasted from junk email
and reformatted in a poem format.
Unlike
O Holy Cow! The Selected Verse of Phil Rizzuto, this
collection of found poetry does not entertain or enlighten.
It only enrages.
Caash
Lone
Say good bye to debt
Acceptable Unsecured Debt includes
All Major Credit Cards,
No-collateral Bank
Loans, Personal Loans,
Medical Bills
etc.
In her
foreword, poet and author Marey Carr writes at length about
the process of poetry and how, if all poetry eventually becomes
about choosing the right words to convey emotions, found poetry
is just as valid as traditional poetry, since the poet has
to choose what to include. Even if readers agree with that,
however, most will find that they've seen more interesting
spam than the included poems. It seems almost as if Peel put
this together on a single rainy Saturday afternoon.
Sam
from the bar
Hello! I am bored today. I am nice girl
that would like to chat with
you. Email me at
only, because I am using myfriend's email
to write this. Hope you wanna
see my pics.
The more
enigmatic pieces are the most successful, but it's doubtful
that even pieces like Modelmak validate this book.
Modelmak
make luv all night
on 8th
Some
of the spam poetry, like Hi, has an almost inspirational
feel, as if the spammer were writing an homage to Rudyard
Kipling or Joyce Kilmer. These poems may make readers wish
Peel had stuck to a theme rather than just presenting spam
randomly, as it appears in an inbox.
Hi
When you are young and stressed up…
When you are aged and never give up…
Cialis gives you confidence
in any chance,
every time.
Today
we want to offer you New Watches collection. is also in
this vein, offering the hope that so many are missing in our
frightening times.
Today
we want to offer you New Watches collection.
* Low prices
* Huge variety
(R0lex,Bv|gari,Cartier,L0ngines,0mega,Patek.Philippe etc)
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Today you have wonderful chane to save huge sum of money.
Perhaps
if Peel had offered some analysis with this collection or
added an afterword illuminating what he was trying to do,
the collection wouldn't be so bemusing and vexing.
(April
1, 2008)
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