They Didn't Realise The Authors Were Dead.

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I belong to a poetry site - it's not an earning site, but we can comment on each others' poems. Famous classic poems are sometimes included in the poetry lists, just for us to read. Sometimes people don't recognise them as such, even though they are clearly labelled, and the resulting comments can be hilarious. Here are a few examples - bear in mind that all these famous poets are long dead. 1. Shakespeare (1564-1616). Comment "Clever piece - I've missed your writings. Stop by to say hi when you are around." Another comment: "Your grammar's a bit off and it's a bit hard to read, but it's still fairly good". 2. John Donne (1576-1631). Comment "Keep writing - not many can write Old English like you can. Let's hope that Death doesn't get us any time soon eh?" (The poem was called 'Death Be Not Proud') 3. John Keats (1795-1821). Comment "I hope you produce more like this and that your pen never runs out of ink. You should think about getting published - seriously." 4. Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) Comment "Are you, like, on Facebook or Tweeter or Instagram? And please have some respect and respond, I need those freaking hearts!" * Note - with regard to number 4 - we can rate each others' comments via a system of hearts. Btw, the commenters were all different people. Here's a little ditty I wrote about all this: Have their brains so far from them fled that they don't realise what they've read? I've laughed till I cried when they haven't spied that the writer is already dead. "Keep writing" they say with good cheer (and this to a guy called Shakespeare!) At a classic they look "Are you on Facebook?" Perhaps they have had had too much beer!