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Friend of Stay Free! Francis Heaney knows that the best advertising for his hilarious book is, well, his book. Lacking confidence that he will get much play in traditional advertising channels, he and his publisher are issuing Holy Tango of Literature as a free eBook. It is currently in two formats (Palm and web-readable), but he'll convert it to whatever you want. Seriously. The eBook is covered by a Creative Commons license, so share it freely. A brief explanation of the book, and my favorite poem, is below the fold.

The premise of Holy Tango is: "What if famous poets wrote poems whose titles were anagrams of their names." He also extends the idea to longer forms, such as a 2001: A Space Oddysey parody in the style of David Mamet - "Dammit, Dave" - but this remains my favorite:

I Will Alarm Islamic Owls
by William Carlos Williams

I will be alarming
the Islamic owls
that are in
the barn

and which
you warned me
are very jittery
and susceptible to loud noises

Forgive me
they see so well in the dark
so feathery
and so dedicated to Allah