Please provide some ironic poetry- i am in need of some to relate to the novel catch 22

Here's one, read more of Owen's work for others. Also check out the poetry of the first world war. Use Google to find their website.

The Dead-beat
by Wilfred Owen

He dropped, - more sullenly than wearily,
Lay stupid like a cod, heavy like meat,
And none of us could kick him to his feet;
-just blinked at my revolver, blearily;
- Didn't appear to know a war was on,
Or see the blasted trench at which he stared.
'I'll do 'em in,' he whined. 'If this hand's spared,
I'll murder them, I will.'

A low voice said,
'It's Blighty, p'raps, he sees; his pluck's all gone,
Dreaming of all the valiant, that aren't dead:
Bold uncles, smiling ministerially;
Maybe his brave young wife, getting her fun
In some new home, improved materially.
It's not these stiffs have crazed him; nor the Hun.'

We sent him down at last, out of the way.
Unwounded; - stout lad, too, before that strafe.
Malingering? Stretcher-bearers winked, 'Not half!'

Next day I heard the Doc's well-whiskied laugh:
'That scum you sent last night soon died. Hooray!'

Les

THANKS! this will help very much! very helpful. You're the best! :-D

Hey, BigB found the smilies links, cool! I never knew they were there.

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Lemme test one out here.



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Well, that didn't work. Never mind then.

Testing:

Angry = :-||
Bald = (:-)

Batman = B-)

Bearded = :-)>

Black eye = ?-)

Bow tie = :-)X

Bushy eyebrows = |:-)

Chinese = <|-)

Cow = 3:-)

Crying = :'-(

Drooling = :-)'

Duck = {:V

Elvis = 5:-)

Evil grin = >:-)

Glasses =

Got a cold = :*)

Got a cold = :-')

Happy = :-)

Jaw hits floor = :-C

Kiss (1) = :-#

Kiss (2) = :-X

Laughing out loud = :-D

Leering = :-}

Monkey = :-|

Moustache (1) = :-{

Moustache (2) = :-#

Needs a haircut = (-)

Pipe smoker = :-?

Punk = =:-)

Robocop = |:]

Saint = O:-)

Screaming = :-@

Shocked = :-O

Shouting = :-V

Silly question = <:-)

Sleeping = |-)

Smoking (1) = :-i

Smoking (2) = :-Q

Speaks with forked tongue = :-w

Stoned = *-)

Undecided = :-/

Vampire (1) = :-<

Vampire (2) = :-[

Very happy = :-))

Very sad = :-((

Wearing bowler hat = C|:-)

Wearing a cap = d:-)

Wearing headphones = [:-)

Wearing teeth braces = :-(#)

Winking = ;-)

Wry smile :-7

Yawning = |-O

Good one, Hugh. I think everyone could use one of those.

Les

Strange that only a few worked. One grin, one frown, one LOL and one wink, huh?

There is probably a way to link them all with one of those 'img src' or 'href' thingies, but I dunno how to do them on here.

I believe it has to be programmed by the webmaster who writes the code for this website. Talk to Rudy about it.

Les :O>