Saturday, December 08, 2007

A belated report on hearing Germaine Greer lecture on the previous week

How pleasant to know Ms Greer!
Who has written such volumes of stuff!
Some think her ill-tempered and queer,
But a few think her pleasant enough!

Her mind is concrete and fastidious,
Her output admired, and prolific,
Some critics have called her 'invidious';
But to fans she is 'Simply t'riffic!'

She has written on Female Eunuchs,
And fusty old 18th-century tomes,
And pro-crocodilian polemics,
And a number of Enlightenment poems.

She has lectured on the novels of Austen
To all her Australian peers;
And her fans as one all declare
'How pleasant to know Ms Greer!'

7 comments:

  1. That's "How pleasant to know Emeritus Professor Greer" to you.

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  2. And there you were thinking you could do the whole title in one vowel-free syllable.

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  3. EP Greer? Oh dear! It seems that in choosing 'Ms' over 'Miss' I have been remiss. Rems, even.

    A hit and ms affair?

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  4. So many exclamation marks, so few Greers.

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  5. Anonymous8:19 pm

    Oh, that was a perfect poem to use. And it takes me back to the olden days when my Granny used to read Lear to me by the hour. It made me the weirdo I am today.

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  6. I would have liked to have seen EP Greer.

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  7. We wish you a merry Christmas, and a happy new Greer!

    (All out of new puns - old stocks low - help!)

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