he is six. here it is:
If You Had Gone To A Wasteland Of Fun
Then I Would Say To The Birds
Come! Come! With Me
Where The Air Is Much Fresher
Who Knows The Unknown Secrets?
― scott seward, Thursday, 30 July 2009 13:40 (fifteen years ago)
four months in western massachusetts and my kid is already into the whole freak folk scene.
― scott seward, Thursday, 30 July 2009 13:41 (fifteen years ago)
<3 <3 <3
― there is no there there (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 30 July 2009 13:42 (fifteen years ago)
your child is obviously some sort of mystic prodigy
― there is no there there (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 30 July 2009 13:47 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.cinepad.com/twin_peaks/tpdance.JPG
― jaymc, Thursday, 30 July 2009 13:51 (fifteen years ago)
he's the new Rumi.
― scott seward, Thursday, 30 July 2009 13:58 (fifteen years ago)
That's a fantastic poem!
― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 30 July 2009 14:03 (fifteen years ago)
It's the new in thing for music writer progeny! (Jody Rosen posted a poem from his five year old the other day.) The future belongs to them.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 30 July 2009 14:05 (fifteen years ago)
"wasteland of fun"
i am v intrigued by this concept
― there is no there there (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 30 July 2009 14:15 (fifteen years ago)
I love that poem!
― Detroit Metal City (Nicole), Thursday, 30 July 2009 14:17 (fifteen years ago)
WOWEE!
― Joerg Hi Dere (NickB), Thursday, 30 July 2009 14:17 (fifteen years ago)
(Is 'Who Knows The Unknown Secrets?' an ILM thread title?)
― Joerg Hi Dere (NickB), Thursday, 30 July 2009 14:18 (fifteen years ago)
A+ poem
― EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT SHIT POPPIN OFF (latebloomer), Thursday, 30 July 2009 14:40 (fifteen years ago)
Rufus! I miss him! Tell him I LOVE HIS POEM, WRITE MORE!!!!!
― Beth Parker, Thursday, 30 July 2009 14:42 (fifteen years ago)
very impressive
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Thursday, 30 July 2009 14:42 (fifteen years ago)
he is Sky Saxon incarnate
― mile high guy (brownie), Thursday, 30 July 2009 14:44 (fifteen years ago)
Sky's spirit is reborn!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 30 July 2009 14:58 (fifteen years ago)
Good job, Rufus. Your mamma loves you. You too, Cyrus.
― Maria :D, Thursday, 30 July 2009 15:00 (fifteen years ago)
clear mastery of rhythmic cadence and inventive use of imagery, A+
― girlish in the worst sense of that term (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 30 July 2009 15:25 (fifteen years ago)
delightful ty!
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 30 July 2009 15:28 (fifteen years ago)
I knew this thread wld be awesome when I saw the parenthetical aside in the title. Kid wld've blown the poetry contest here out of the water.
― bad-boy (sic) cartographer (actually a girl) (called) (not named) (Abbott), Thursday, 30 July 2009 15:49 (fifteen years ago)
first entry in 2010 ilxor poetry contest
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 30 July 2009 15:54 (fifteen years ago)
good luck usa
amazing!
― BIG HOOS's wacky crack variety hour (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 30 July 2009 22:03 (fifteen years ago)
yeah, that poem's awesome.
― cb, Friday, 31 July 2009 10:06 (fifteen years ago)
Okay, where's the new Poem of The Day?
― Beth Parker, Friday, 31 July 2009 12:28 (fifteen years ago)
hmmm, i could ask him. i sent him to his room for a time-out so he could come up with something really bitter and scathing.
― scott seward, Friday, 31 July 2009 12:48 (fifteen years ago)
timeout as artist's garret
hopefully he has candy cigarettes and some iced tea in a bourbon bottle
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 31 July 2009 14:06 (fifteen years ago)
Prison poet!
― Beth Parker, Friday, 31 July 2009 14:26 (fifteen years ago)