"America's metaphors have become strained beyond recognition, our nation's verses are severely overwrought, and if one merely examines the internal logic of some of these archaic poems, they are in danger of completely falling apart," said the project's head stanza foreman Dana Gioia. "We need to make sure America's poems remain the biggest, best-designed, best-funded poems in the world."
Saturday, September 13, 2008
National Endowment For The Arts Funds Construction Of $1.3 Billion Poem
Ah, the Onion!
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Inimitable internet jokers "The Onion"
Said many wry things about the home of Paul Bunyan.
"Their Poetry needs experts to stop it from crumbling";
But EFA funding causes rumbling and bumbling!
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