Welcome to POETS Day: the Antisocial Sonnets

Repelling a kappa with a fart (Yoshitoshi)

Many years ago, when I was working for a small publisher in the high-tech trade press, I started a Friday email list to entertain the public relations people with whom I enjoyed working. It was called P.O.E.T.S. Day (Piss On Everything, Tomorrow’s Saturday), and I delivered a new doggerel “Shakespearean” sonnet in each edition.

In this re-launch of POETS Day, I’m not going to commit to originality yet, but instead will browse my stash of poetry, and th...