This is an ok degree which I have now, except it's a real gyp that I can't add anything to what people call me. Like if I got an MD whenever telemarketers asked for Mr. Shay-heen I could angrily say that's DR. SHAH-heen, thank you, and I'll take eight life insurance policies please. Also, they always say that you can get a job teaching college with an MFA but that is a total lie. You need like three award winning books before that happens. In conclusion if anybody needs to know anything about poetry feel free to ask me, because for some reason the University of Houston thinks I am a master at it.RATING: 67%
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Well congratulations Master Glenn.
You ARE a master at it. Well done!
Also, I think you use a word in your review that we're not allowed to use anymore. Or maybe that is poetic license?
If I may make a comment, the honorific "Doctor" is played out. BO-RING. You need to come up with something that'll really capture the imagination of the telemarketer.
My advice: go with the title of "Balambaras". It's Ethiopian, and basically means "a man entrusted with important commands" (or at least that's what it says on wikipedia until tomorrow).
So now when telemarketers call and ask for Mr. Shay-heen, respond with "Excuse me, it's BALAMBARAS SHAH-HEEN." I doubt the Ethiopian aristocracy will mind.
P.S. You're welcome.
Congrats, once again, Master Glenn! Yet, if I'm going to call you Master Glenn, you're going to have to call me Master Jacqui--since we're both newly minted MFAs and all. I think that's a good deal. It would be an even better deal if one (or both) of us had Bates for a first name. Master Bates. Oh that would be classic, indeed.
Master Jacqui
Congrats on that MFA. There's no reason why you can't write 3 award-winning books in the next few years. You should probably chill on the racist verbs if you want them to be widely recognized academic awards, though. Or I guess you could change "gyp" to "Jew" if you're looking to impress the white supremacist demographic--they'd call you Dr. Shay-heen for sure.
As a poet I claim rights to use any and every word ever made. My thesis' new name is Raghead, by the way.
Congrats on the new degree!
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