I actually find writing poetry quite pretentious,
so it's a shame that I've been given a gift to make up award-winning (seven times) crap on the spot.
( Digeridude Lord Wellington's Beef Trapeze, Fri 24 Feb 2006, 5:16, archived)

Indeed. I prefer science fiction.
That's why my favorite poet is Keats, out of pity. Hard not to feel bad for someone who slowly drowned in their own secretions.

[Edit]As poetry goes, however, I rather like this. :)
(Avacado Platypus, Fri 24 Feb 2006, 5:19, archived)