Barbed Lyres: Canadian Venomous Verse (1990) Foreword by Margaret Atwood. This Magazine asked readers ro write satirical verses, and this book is one of the results. The verses in it for the most part express annoyance rather than venom, but the standard of both content and form is high. An example relevant to the current US Presidential election:
Of Brian and Ronnie and Free Trade
How wonderful his breath must smell
From his bid to be famous
He sold our nation straight to hell
And kissed old Ronnie’s anus
(S. Piatkowski, Ottawa)
Found in the Sault Ste Marie library’s book sale for $1. A keeper. ****
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