Antonionioni

... is so clever! Everyone should really read one of his sonnets a day. They always cause a chuckle, even if they don't keep the doctor away, the restructuring of the NHS does that.

The Public Toilet Poem

This rather rude sonnet by Antonionioni reminds me rather of Swift and Pope in its bawdy subject matter and formal treatment - it's part of Tony's project to write a sonnet a day.


1457 - The inherent sexism of public urination

They say never walk under a ladder
Or something might fall down upon your head
But what’s worse is when you’ve a full bladder
And there’s no public lavatory ahead
It’s easier for a man’s load to be shed
I’ve seen it done by football supporters
In full view of a city’s teeming crowd
Or drunk blokes late at night; steaming rivers
That trickle down the walls into gutters
But for agonised females, far harder
They can’t wee standing up, not if well-bred
And if they tried, imagine how coppers
Would throw them in the van after knicker
Repositioning; a scene girls all dread

Corset pome

The superfragilistic Antonionioni has risen to his latest challenge, to write a sonnet about a corset. To read it this time you'll have to check out his blog - which is brill.

http://antonionionisnewonions.blogspot.com/

Tony writes a sonnet a day and this is number 1422. Phew.