Friday Poetry Blogging

Why? Because there's just a crapload of good poetry out there, and most of us aren't reading enough of it. As the inaugural post, here's one of my faves, which I read for the first time on the London Tube as part of the "Poetry on the Underground" program in the early 90s. It sounds best when read aloud.

The Loch Ness Monster's Song, by Edwin Morgan
Sssnnnwhuffffll?
Hnwhuffl hhnnwfl hnfl hfl?
Gdroblboblhobngbl gbl gl g g g g glbgl.
Drublhaflablhaflubhafgabhaflhafl fl fl -
gm grawwwww grf grawf awfgm graw gm.
Hovoplodok-doplodovok-plovodokot-doplodokosh?
Splgraw fok fok splgrafhatchgabrlgabrl fok splfok!
Zgra kra gka fok!
Grof grawff gahf?
Gombl mbl bl -
blm plm,
blm plm,
blm plm,
blp.