Fishing With A Line of Poesy
March 9, 2009 12:50 PM Subscribe
Every year the fisher poets gather in Astoria, OR to share their verses (some with musical accompaniment). [Previously on mefi]
Not biting today, I see.
Yeah this post is like that beached whale on the Oregon coast.
I thought this post had it all: nautical themes, omega 3 fatty oils, echoes of the Ancient Mariner, bardic fishermen, quaint Oregon towns, sea shanties, a link to the New York Times, old salts reciting verse in rhyming couplets, the barnacle encrusted sublime, the faint stench of one too many pints of ale: you know, a winning combination. Alas, it was not to be. Soon this FPP will be rusting with all the rest of the forgotten trawlers that line the rocky bay: snagged on the rocks of fortune, buried in the tides of the blue. There she goes, there she goes.
posted by ornate insect at 5:03 PM on March 9, 2009
Yeah this post is like that beached whale on the Oregon coast.
I thought this post had it all: nautical themes, omega 3 fatty oils, echoes of the Ancient Mariner, bardic fishermen, quaint Oregon towns, sea shanties, a link to the New York Times, old salts reciting verse in rhyming couplets, the barnacle encrusted sublime, the faint stench of one too many pints of ale: you know, a winning combination. Alas, it was not to be. Soon this FPP will be rusting with all the rest of the forgotten trawlers that line the rocky bay: snagged on the rocks of fortune, buried in the tides of the blue. There she goes, there she goes.
posted by ornate insect at 5:03 PM on March 9, 2009
To be fair, although I like Astoria, it's more gritty than quaint.
posted by dersins at 5:17 PM on March 9, 2009
posted by dersins at 5:17 PM on March 9, 2009
One of my favorites was Math.
1...
2...
3...
4...
...etc. for 20 minutes.
posted by sluglicker at 7:01 PM on March 9, 2009
1...
2...
3...
4...
...etc. for 20 minutes.
posted by sluglicker at 7:01 PM on March 9, 2009
Yeah this post is like that beached whale on the Oregon coast.
Sweet! Does that mean we're going to blow it up?
posted by darksasami at 9:12 PM on March 9, 2009
Sweet! Does that mean we're going to blow it up?
posted by darksasami at 9:12 PM on March 9, 2009
I've been to Astoria, and saw the Goonies house, and the Kindergarden Cop shots. That is all.
posted by joelf at 4:17 PM on March 10, 2009
posted by joelf at 4:17 PM on March 10, 2009
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