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Dogs and Fighting
By raskolnikoff
12 June 2006
Please feel free to berate the style of writing.

I wrote an article about dogs and fighting
But failed to get the job, as Mr Brown
Said he didn’t like my style of writing.
 
I took my new camera and changed the lighting,
Snapped some photographs of a county town
For the article I wrote about dogs and fighting
 
It wasn’t the dogs but the cold that was biting
As I walked home from the editor of some renown.
He still said he didn’t like my style of writing.
 
I began to find journalism less than inviting
So I began a book which was based around
The article I wrote about dogs and fighting
 
In a year I wrote fifty thousand words, citing
References that would make a lecturer frown
Praying the publisher would like my style of writing
 
Another year later, a bestseller despite the slighting,
Of these bastard critics eager to bring me down,
You see it started with an article about dogs and fighting,
And still they hate my style of writing.

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very cooper-clark-esque
Written by Leo (573 comments posted) 12th June 2006
if they don't like it i find a swift kick in the nuts generally re-alligns thinking... 
 
You produce lots of very differing styles of writing 
 
enjoying them

Written by jsyingling (31 comments posted) 5th July 2006
Very nice rhythm. I forget what the name of this kind of poem is, or at least what it is derived from, but I like it. The only thing I could suggest is to add mayube a little more emphasis on you being successful, because as of now the only reference is "bestseller". Perhaps something about the public liking your work. 
 
Overall, nice flow, nice subject, nice clincher. 
 
If its biographical, congrats on the success.

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