Poems about Internet Pseudonymity
Friday, February 27, 2009
I will not try to keep pace with those whose poems I'm blogging, partly because I did something stupid with my car this weekend and am mildly injured and taking not enough Advil. Rhymed couplets are a bit beyond me just now.
I find these quite charming. They are excerpted below.
Lines on Pseudonymity by Henry Gee
But I digress. Consider: were you to choose
A handle, you might just as easily lose
It. I contend the pain of your exposure
Is worse than had you sworn instant disclosure.
and
On Anonymity by the Cuttlefish
The right to be a cuttlefish
And hide behind my ink
May not appeal to everyone
Despite what I may think.