A trio of poems paying tribute to the top notch job our government is doing. Our Fearless Leader Bush Our fearless leader Bush with brains much like mush let sons of a bitches play with our riches and then when they failed their necks he bailed when he should have kicked their damned tushes. The Ship It Does Sink Captain McCain he did shudder as he shouldered the rudder and ye...
Halloween is coming up so I thought I'd send this in. The friendly "greeter" in my local supermarket mispronounced "Beers, wines and spirits" whilst on mic. It got me thinking and I wrote this: Beerswines and Spirits by Rob Barratt When the supermarket's quiet at the end of the day The beerswines and spirits all come out to play The swines drink their beer from a can with a widget Th...
Ode to O If Osama been Obama and Obama been Osama 'den who been with yo' mama if 'dey both been in duh cookie jara?? If Obama pinned Osama 'den Osama pinned yo' mama 'den would Obama pin 'de tail on 'dat Ladin if he bin hidin' in a Afghan??...
There once was a bold lady from cold Alaska, Who would brag incessantly of her greatness if ya asked her! She would always put on a great big act, That would inevitably cover up the obvious fact, That she did not know her pointy elbow from her fat ass, ya!...
Popstar Michael Jackson has amazed people in Scotland on his 50th birthday, by following up his new album of Rabbie Burns' cover versions, with his amazing declaration that he, himself, is a Scot. Jackson claims that his ancestors were part of the...
Kitten poetry is the new Black Death according to sociology expert Dr. Erica Mans.
Always considered a traditional supporter of the Shakespearean sonnet, it emerged last night that the Sun newspaper, owned by Rupert Murdoch, would be supporting the Petrachan sonnet in future.
The British Army has had to admit that some of its personnel have been involved in acts of poetry whilst serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Archaeologists digging in London have discovered a book of manuscripts purported to have been written by the late English poet John Keats. The work was found between the walls in a house that was not previously known to have been inhabited by Keats.
NEW YORK, NY (AP Newsliar) - An early version of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" has been discovered in the upper west side building where the famed American poet and author once lived.
Below are JUST a SELECTION of the THOUSANDS of poems that are sent to The Spoof every year. Enjoy.
Cambridge, MA - A panel of 14 different experts in literature and poetry concluded a months-long study into the poetic abilities of the average fourteen year-old. Their findings were nothing if not disheartening.
Here's the latest bit of news from the news that's pretty late...pretty late as in the opposite of ugly Hilton.
Kokomo, Indiana - A local man here made a shocking announcement to fellow workmates today. Phil Winslow, 27, told three other male workers that he liked boobs, and was attracted to women because they possessed them.
Seattle - A poetry slam here ended in tragedy yesterday when a fight broke out among the twenty-seven poets at the Sip 'N' Surf coffee shop. Though no one was killed seven members had to be treated for girly slap marks and sissy scratches. "It was...
KANSAS CITY - Executives of Hallmark, American Greetings, and other greeting card publishers all had a common theme at this year's annual convention: the mass retirement of seventy percent of their poets within the next four years.
In a mit of fadness, Ronald Dumsfeld has finally cracked into spasms of ackbasswardness: "My poetry has become vull and noid, dull and toyed, obscure and oblique, inured and to seek. To know is to unknow, as knowing is never to have known the u...
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