"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a Stately PowerPoint Decree" by Mike Lacher

PowerPoint and Coleridge together at last.

Via McSweeney's Internet Tendency.

"Great Moments In Product-Placement Poetry" by Rebecca Coffey

What if Ogden Nash, Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe, and Dante all sold out?

A Rose by any other name is an asshole

I just finished reading a book about Guns N' Roses in which it was revealed that the lyrics for "Sweet Child O' Mine" were originally a poem written by Axl Rose. The book also revealed that Axl Rose is one of the biggest assholes ever in the history of popular music. But no matter. I'm excited about the poem part because I can link to John Moe's "Notes on 'Sweet Child O' Mine,' as Delivered to Axl Rose by His Editor" on McSweeney's Internet Tendency. You're welcome (to the jungle). Get it?

If "Howl" were written today

A really awesome "Howl" parody over at McSweeney's. Though calling it a "parody" really doesn't seem right. You'll see.

Via Buzzfeed.

Freud's guide to Mother's Day

Yes, Mother's Day has come and gone this year, but I just stumbled upon "Sigmund Freud's Step-By-Step Guide to a Perfect Mother's Day" By Paul Kleinman on the McSweeney's website. Number 15 on the list is, "Read a selection of Robert Frost poems to her." Out of context this is not creepy at all.

"A Mown Lawn" by Lydia Davis

In honor of Jamie, who cut my lawn today and did the edging, which revealed miles of sidewalk previously consumed by grass and weeds.

(Lydia Davis, from Best American Poetry 2001).

"YouTube Comment or E.E. Cummings?" by François Vincent

Can you tell a line of poetry by a famous poet from a line of drivel by YouTube commentators? Take the quiz.

PS: I flunked. Maybe that's why I've never really been into E.E. Cummings.

Thanks, Laura, for the tip.