Why I'm Not a Poet

March 24, 2007 1:00 PM | Categories: Spend Humor, Spend Management

I think the world of Michael's blog -- and even the movie he references in the below linked verse -- but bloggers are not poets or song writers. I've listened to and even written my share of bad poetry in the past. But this takes the cake. I wish I could do to Michael's pen what Bluto in Animal House does to a crappy musician's guitar. It would save us all a lot of pain.

- Jason Busch

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One post
Two posts
Red post
Blue post.

Black post
Blue post
Old post
New post.

Yes. Some are red. And some are blue.
Some are old. And some are new.
Some are sad.
And some are glad.
And some are very, very bad.

# Posted By anon | 3/24/07 12:24 PM

Maybe I should remind you of the constraints I had to work within:

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/oompa.htm

It's not supposed to be good poetry.

If it had been Dr. Seuss, it would have been better.

But how else was I supposed to point out the humor in a TV that big, tune people in to the forthcoming Coupa release, and not give anything away?

# Posted By Michael Lamoureux | 3/24/07 3:02 PM

That's the beauty of the blog...no rules, no editor barking at ya, no handbook of proper vs. non-proper...

Michael references Spend Matters quite a bit in his blog, so it's good to know that there's at least one way that you guys will remain different!

Keep rhymin', Mr. Lamoureux!

# Posted By Charles Dominick, SPSM | 3/26/07 6:48 AM

Oh, and if you haven't figured it out yet, It's an oompa loompa chant, meant to be chanted to a low baseline, not a poem. ;-)

# Posted By Michael Lamoureux | 3/26/07 7:48 AM

Come to think of it, I haven't posted a single poem yet!

Fox in SOX (http://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2007/02/10/fox-...)
The Vendor in Black (http://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2007/02/17/the-...)
were verses in the styling of Dr. Seuss
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss)

It's the new age of the D-D-S-N (http://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2007/02/24/its-...)
was verse in the spirit of the Village People
(http://www.lyrics007.com/Village%20People%20Lyrics...)

The Tower of Spend (http://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2007/03/03/the-...)
... But I Took Purchasing (http://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2007/03/17/-but...)
was verse in the depths of Leonard Cohen
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_cohen)

Ain't No Saving in a Perfect World (Coming Soon!)
is verse in to the tempo of Huey Lewis
(http://www.lyricsfreak.com/h/huey+lewis+and+the+ne...)

and

Davie and the Coupa Factory (http://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2007/03/17/davi...)
is an oompa loompa chant.

But if you really want bad poetry ...

# Posted By Michael Lamoureux | 3/26/07 7:58 AM

"I think that I shall never see

A taxonomy for spend mgt like UNSPSC . . . ."

I just couln't help myself!

Thanks for this bit of fun as well as substance in what's a very complex landscape.

# Posted By Susan Griffin | 3/26/07 9:37 AM