‘Spametry’: Spam Poetry

By Sydney Stone, Editor-in-Chief

November 19, 2013

Every day the Oracle staff receives comments, many of which are insightful, supportive, and thoughtful. However, occasionally a bit of spam slips in there. Spam comments make no sense and leave the writers of the Oracle utterly befuddled and confused, but nonetheless amused.

Some spam comments are too good to overlook. Such comments fall somewhere between free verse poetry and a dramatic reading of Shakespeare — if Shakespeare spoke in gibberish. Below is an example that I have taken the liberty of rearranging into free verse form.

I would like to thank the “author” of the comment, the SpamBot with the screen name of “ShoorMurb,” for entertaining the whole Oracle staff and readers. We hope that you will laugh as much as we did.

SPAMETRY

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About the Contributor

Sydney Stone, Editor-in-Chief

Syd Stone graduated in 2016. She became the Voices Editor and the Social Media Manager during the 2013-2014 school year and continued in that position in 2014-2015. She served as the Co-Editor-In-Chief of the Oracle with Sarah Wagner during her senior year. She played cello in the Upper School Orchestra, was a member of the Honor Education Council and was the senior chair of the Ambassador Leadership Team. She attended the journalism institute for high school seniors at Northwestern University, where she went on to pursue a journalism major in college.

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