Many people - rightly - have been substantially offended by a toe-curlingly awful 'poem' on the fate of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev by a lady named Amanda Palmer (whom I freely confess I was hitherto unaware of). Some have felt moved to hurl abuse at her via twitter, or mocked her unmetrical, non-rhyming glurge via Facebook. Fair enough.
I feel stung into responding with a proper poem about the event, in a proper verse-form, and staying somewhat closer to the known facts. I stand by it on the grounds of accuracy, and stress I mean no offence to anyone in Boston or otherwise affected by the terrible events of last week (the only word I have reservations about is the 6th line, but the form demands a 6-syllable double-dactyl at that point and I couldn't think of one which better reflects the courage and tireless devotion to duty of the Boston PD). I merely wish to provide a literary alternative to Ms Palmer's poem which avoids being overlong, sloppily written, vomit-inducingly self-regarding and misplaced in its sympathies.
A Poem for Tamerlan
Higgledy piggledy
Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Set off a bomb
At the finishing line
Afterwards uniformed
Overenthusiasts
Shot him.
Bostonians felt that was fine.
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Proper poem. Rhymes, scans, makes sense, includes the phrase "Higgeldy-piggeldy".
It's called a double dactyl, and has been used by real poets from time to time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_dactyl
Not a fan of the Dresden Dolls or Neil Gaiman, then?
I haven't attempted hers yet, but your poem is rather neat.
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