The Fake Ad in the April issue was for the University of Michigan Museum of Poetry’s “Frost Slept Here” exhibit. It gave the Fake Ad Czar an opportunity to try his hand at some Robert Frost fan poetry by hiding the previous month’s winner’s name in some original verse.
The reviews are in!
“Frankly, some pretty godawful poetry,” writes Ann Bieneman.
“Sounds like AI slop to me!” writes A.J. Kydd. “Not a road taken by Robert Frost.”
There were more, but you get the point. Everyone’s a critic.
We weren’t the only ones who tried to imitate Frost. “The woods are lovely, dark and deep,” writes John Rennels, “But I have promises to keep / And mysteries before I sleep / And mysteries before I sleep / I flip the pages, crisp and white / Searching by the dashboard light / The Ann Arbor Observer glows / A lonely beacon in the night / I scan the columns, row by row / To find the thing I need to know / Where hides that clever Fake Ad prize / The hunt begins amidst the snow.” (We like how he imitated Frost, but still managed to reference another great American poet: Meat Loaf.)
The ad appeared on page 58 of the April issue, and 149 clever Fake Adders correctly identified it. Our winner was Garrett Shotwell. He’s taking his prize to Argus Farm Stop.
