I like the original poem, and I like Perl Poetry, I seem to dislike bending the classics to fit Perl. (Nothing personal and as if my opinion is really worth much anyhow :-). I like the old style write yer own Perl Poetry, I suppose it could have been worse, it could have been Xanadu by Coleridge.( A few verses longer )

Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if Randal had been Coleridge writing "The Ancient Mariner", what would have happened when the guy came along and knocked on the door and broke his train of thought. (There are rumours that Randal's train of thought has a caboose :).

Sometimes I wonder: what if Larry Wall (makes the sign of the cross) had been interupted whilst writing the section of Perl I am having issues with and it is broken, my catharsis is usually punctuated by an "ah" after much studying of Llama, Camel, Wolf and Owl.

I digress, what do other Perl Monks think of Poetry and Perl and Perl Poetry? I don't know art I just know what I like :) 

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Brother Frankus.

In reply to Now if it was Bill Gates head in the sand, it would make me laugh at least :) by frankus
in thread Ozymandias by m_turner

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