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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread What Doth A Poet Laureate Make #43466 10/06/2001 6:52 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England The last poet laureate I had anything at all to do with was John Masefield. And what I had to do with him was to memorise those boring lines "I must go down to the sea ..." to order in English classes. I have now mercifully forgotten most of them. I took an instant dislike to all poetry bar limericks at that point and have only grudgingly retreated from that position since. Anyway, to get to my point, who the hey says anyone is a Poet Laureate. And what does it get them? And us? Just asking ... The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted laureled tsuwm 10/01/2001 6:22 PM Re: laurel & hardy AnnaStrophic 10/01/2001 6:27 PM Re: laurel & hardy tsuwm 10/01/2001 6:34 PM Two, in time Jackie 10/02/2001 1:40 AM Re: Hardly laurel Faldage 10/02/2001 1:17 PM Re: laurel & hardy inselpeter 10/04/2001 2:41 AM Re: max value Faldage 10/04/2001 1:18 PM Re: max value maverick 10/04/2001 4:30 PM Re: max value inselpeter 10/04/2001 10:08 PM Toad-bit Jackie 10/05/2001 1:46 AM Re: Toad-bit tsuwm 10/05/2001 2:51 AM Sex bits, a dullard TEd Remington 10/05/2001 5:42 PM Re: Toad-bit Jackie 10/06/2001 4:00 AM What Doth A Poet Laureate Make Capital Kiwi 10/06/2001 6:52 AM Re: What Doth A Poet Laureate Make tsuwm 10/06/2001 4:12 PM Re: What Doth A Poet Laureate Make maverick 10/06/2001 6:13 PM Re: What Doth A Poet Laureate Make tsuwm 10/06/2001 8:17 PM Re: What Doth A Poet Laureate Make Capital Kiwi 10/07/2001 4:36 AM Re: Poet Laureate &Monty Python wow 10/07/2001 2:55 PM Re: Poet Laureate &Monty Python Capital Kiwi 10/09/2001 11:23 PM Re: Poet Laureate & Goons wow 10/10/2001 3:05 PM Re: The Goon Show Faldage 10/10/2001 3:33 PM Sabrina consuelo 10/10/2001 3:50 PM Re: Sabrina Capital Kiwi 10/10/2001 9:23 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/10/2001 9:33 PM Nudge Nudge, wink wink... musick 10/07/2001 9:46 PM Re: What Doth A Poet Laureate Make tsuwm 10/30/2001 10:07 PM Re: What Hath The Poet Laureate Wraught? Faldage 10/31/2001 1:35 PM Re: Carl's progeny? Geoff 10/06/2001 10:31 PM Reminds me: TEd Remington 10/02/2001 4:55 PM Re: Reminds me: Jackie 10/03/2001 12:31 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,389 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 16 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,213 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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