This is as good a time as any to offer up another shameless pitch for a song I like.

I’m not a lover of poetry. Poetry is an art lost on me. The only poets I can name off the top of my head are Edgar Allen Poe and Walter Savage Landor. I probably remember Poe because the Halloween episode of The Simpsons that mimicked his poem “The Raven”. I do however know exactly why I remember Walter Savage Landor. Who the hell has the middle name Savage? Years ago when I was in high school one of his poems was discussed in an English class. I don’t remember the poem, but I remember this guy with the middle name of Savage.

Music however is a form of poetry I do appreciate. Especially songs like “Radio” by Alkaline Trio. This is actually a Tom Petty song, but Alkaline Trio delivers a hard hitting, emotional cover that fuels my punk rock heart and revives feelings of angst with former girlfriends. Who can’t appreciate verses like this:

Shaking like a dog shitting razorblades
Waking up next to nothing
After dreaming of you and me
I’m waking up all alone
Waking up so relieved while you’re
Taking your time with apologies
I’m making my plans for revenge
Red eyes on orange horizons
If Columbus was wrong I’d drive straight off the edge
I’d drive straight off the edge

That’s poetry as far as I’m concerned.