Monday, May 19, 2008

Our cool kopek (from Ceferino Elrod)

been pleased to grant.
She looked forward to hearing men speak of her father as a she.
Another of We came on some, the day before last, said Jaime.
Addam Marbrands scouts had found them,
might not think him worthy of the silver,
but Pate knew how to set a bone and leech a fever.

Note: This was received as spam mail to sell Viagra. I liked the title "Our cool kopek" and it was sent by "Ceferino Elrod". Finding the phrases and rhythm quite pleasing, I decided to post this spam email as poetry. I make no claims to be the author, only to identify the work as poetry.

2 comments:

Audri said...

i think a good title for this would be "Found Poetry". You have elevated some random words that have been generated into Found Poetry by selecting it.
I receive a lot of the random stuff in my spam box but most of it falls under the category of annoying.
I like the random aspect of how this spam is generated- I always enjoy the interplay between chance and control.

Anonymous said...

This is nice. I myself have become addicted to spammer names, and scan the spam for the poetry of it all. Today I had mail from Cleon Arshad and Filmer Chi-Tai. I think I must be so exotic, by association.