List: Poetry Parodies | Curated by Marilyn Flower

Jan 13, 2025
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Poetry ParodiesShakespeare and others!
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When that Auguste with Her Dryest of DaysA very rough first draft by Geoffrey Chaucer
Apr 7, 2023
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Apr 7, 2023
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Convict UsA very rough first draft by Seamus Heaney.
Aug 24, 2020
Aug 24, 2020
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The Fake Smile of Starybucks*With profuse apologies to W. B. Yeats
May 16, 2020
May 16, 2020
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Humor! Authenticity! Magic!
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Ode to a Grecian WormIn all her foul-fated, hook-baited glory
Apr 28, 2021
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Apr 28, 2021
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Oh, the Pieces You’ll Submit Without Getting a HitEven Dr. Seuss was far less obtuse
Aug 4, 2020
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Aug 4, 2020
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Stiffing BiffRudyard Kipling's earliest draft about his legacy.
Aug 26, 2020
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Aug 26, 2020
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Meth, be Not Proud…Salvaged from a ratty old notebook of John Donne upon his death bed.
Aug 30, 2020
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Aug 30, 2020
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The MavenRescued from the trash can of Edgar Allan Poe.
Aug 26, 2020
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Aug 26, 2020
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We Hide the FlaskFound in a secret cubby once belonging to Paul Laurence Dunbar, now inhabited by burrowing owls.
Sep 30, 2020
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Sep 30, 2020
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How and Why I Write Poetry ParodiesIt’s easy, fun, and I learn stuff! And you can, too.
Oct 3, 2020
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Oct 3, 2020
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Oh Caftan, My Caftan!A drafty dig through Walt Whitman’s closet…
Sep 1, 2020
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Sep 1, 2020
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