Kilmer Watts makes his living teaching piano lessons, but when automatic pianos arrive in town, he realizes he\'s out of a job.
An author\'s note explains the inspiration for the story..
The backmatter includes definitions of poetic feet, types of poems (with illustrated examples) and a glossary of other terms.
How will poetry ever survive? Kyle Lukoff\'s funny story, rich in wordplay, is complemented by Mark Hoffmann\'s lively, quirky art.
But one day the machines malfunction, and there is a dramatic Explosion at the Poem factory.
He assembles a Poem by picking out a rhyme scheme, sprinkling in some similes and adding alliteration.
So Kilmer learns how to operate the meter meter and empty the clich bins.
The foreman explains that machines and assembly lines are used for poetry these days.
He spots a Help Wanted sign at the Poem Factory and decides to investigate -- he\'s always been curious about how poems are made.
Kilmer Watts makes his living teaching piano lessons, but when automatic pianos arrive in town, he realizes he\'s out of a job
