Um, I get a lot of hits from Google.co.uk, looking, predictably, for "arse." I like to think this will be a pleasant surprise for those folks and should they need a feminist critique, I'm happy to extend a fig leaf, so to speak. Lots of arse of one kind and not another here. That said, no one gets the title, so here follows a feeble explanation:
Back in the day, ~ 20 B.C., Horace wrote the Ars Poetica (sans 'e', see), his treatise on the art of poetry. Those who wish to read the original Latin can find it here. Not much poetry here of the kind Horace celebrated, though I do dabble in political haiku. Anyhoo, arse poetica. Get it? The arse of poetry, haha. Everyday arse, hoho. Much in life seems to be poetical arse anyway, and I need a laugh in these increasingly cretinous times. Alrighty then.
P.S. I used 'arse poetica' as my username when I signed up with Typepad, so I'm greeted everyday with "Welcome back, Arse!" Har.
You're crazy.
Posted by: Joida | Sunday, 29 January 2006 at 11:17 PM
I just stumbled across your page. Very intereseting reading. Do you remember me from high school?
Posted by: Wilbert Patton (Will) | Friday, 12 January 2007 at 08:07 PM
i found this on accident. I used the phrase "arse poetica" to describe an out-of-touch academic type in my new novel, and i couldn't remember whether the real word was spelled ars or arse. thanks for clarifying. your site is smart and funny. do you myspace? mine's http://www.myspace.com/randalllpatterson
Posted by: Randall | Sunday, 25 February 2007 at 02:38 AM
Just saying hi
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