Victor Littlebear’s Bushiad and Idyossey
The net is many things to many people, but one thing it has always been to me is a fascinating window on the weirdly obsessed (yeah, I know). Like Victor Littlebear, creator of The Bushiad and The Idyossey.
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October 3rd, 2004 at 6:55 pm
I feel kinda sorry when I find stuff like that where somebody has clearly put a *lot* of work into something, but I can really only stay interested for a page or two before I go “heh, yeah I get it” and move on. But maybe he’ll get a mention in some history book about the whole election 2004 zeitgeist.
October 5th, 2004 at 6:52 am
why bother? most of the time one is not that important as he/she think to be, so just stop feeling sorry for others, and try to respect and appreciate the work
October 5th, 2004 at 10:50 am
Oh man, no it’s not that I’m looking down on the guy, I just have a short attention span and I’m certainly far from important in any sense.
December 15th, 2005 at 8:08 am
This work is howlingly funny and brilliant, and actually very light reading, far more enjoyable than the original epics.
I read a few lines on the web and immediately knew I had to have a printed copy.
The somewhat fictionalized, but humanly engaging portraits of the major characters does more to evoke thought about their characters and motives than any WH Press Release could ever do. “Foul Rumsfeld”, “Simple George” (alternating with “Resolute George”). It’s not a condemnation of them, just a portrayal of powerful people in delighfully ironic juxtaposition with their all-too-human weaknesses and vanities.
“Hard-hearted Cheney, bitter, scared and insecure,
Due some say to his Pisces Moon
Opposing Neptune in Virgo, smiles in
A half-grin, the left side of his face lifting while
The right side sits immobile, dragged along
Like some reluctant dog pulled unwilling by a leash.”
It reads beautifully in print, and you will get a good appreciation of the importance of meter when you see how easily this comes off the page into your comprehension.
Read here about rhythm and meter in epci poetry
Get the print edition. This type of work should be encouraged.