Funny Poem about Writing
A selection of Max Scratchmann's funny poems about writing. Authors, poets and publishers are all put under the literary microscope and found to be wanting.
Literary Festival
A poem about a literary festival poetry reading, accompanied by all the pseudery and navel-gazing which makes such events compelling.
Hone Your Craft
Publishers are a necessary evil in the love triangle between author, book and public. They're also interfering, vacillating and infuriating, as the author in Max's funny poem discovers all too quickly.
Writer’s Nightmares
A poem about the torment experienced a writer faced by a blank page, which both taunts and tortures him.
Poets’ Convention
A jolly, jaunty poem with a rapidly diminishing cast list.
Comic Book Heroes
A mix of real and fantasy comic book heroes (aren't all comic book heroes fantastical, Ed.) inhabit Max's surreal poem.
Acceptance Speech
Echoes of the Seven Ages of Man permeate this poem which is underflowing with the milk of human kindness.
A Web Hater’s Love Song
The web has brought out the worst in people and provoked the ire of Max. Beware!
Credit
Literary nonsense on the subject of credit.
The Blank Page
A companion piece to Hone Your Craft, Max revisits the subject of literary infertility in his poem The Blank Page.
Visiting My Publisher
More literary frolics as an author suffers at the hands of his interfering publisher.
