Poet's Day

Today is Tuesday. Not only that but to be more precise it is Tuesday the 20th March 2007. Nothing remarkable about that? Consider that the Sunday just gone was just Sunday the 18th of March, except it wasn’t because it was also Mother’s Day (in the UK anyway). We have also just had St.Patrick’s day and every year without fail, January 1st seems to always fall on New Year’s day. There are lots of ‘something’ days during the year and now you are wondering what today is. It’s not my birthday or to my knowledge (I hope) is it the birthday of anyone I know. It’s not even tied in to any anniversary of the writing of Bogg (that I remember). Today I just feel like saying that it is NOT Pete The Poet day. While many writers and poets get their own commemorative day and Fridays are often referred to as POETS day (Pee Off Early Tomorrow’s Saturday), I’m afraid Pete The Poet gets none. This is partly due to the fact that in Dungloon, he is widely recognised as one of the worst poets in history and partly due to the fact that outside of Dungloon, just about nobody has heard of him. Consider the following example of his work for a good reason why:

Fluffy - A Verse By Pete The Poet

Small fluffy clouds passed by
In an otherwise clear blue sky.
Clouds that looked a little like sheep without legs,
Only sheep can’t fly.

While suffering ridicule as a poet, Pete is currently appearing in Part 2 of Bogg after a minor appearance in Book 1. Part 2 is not yet complete but maybe after it is, he will receive the acclaim he richly doesn’t deserve and finally get a ‘Day’ all to himself…