E. J. Thribb (17½) has been the fictitious poet-in-residence at the satirical magazine Private Eye since 1972; the poems are in reality written by Barry Fantoni. Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical Magazine, edited by Ian Hislop. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barry Ernest Fantoni (born 28 February 1940) is a British writer, comic strip Cartoonist and Jazz musician of Italian descent Thribb's poems are usually about recently deceased famous people, and titled 'in memoriam', with the first line invariably reading: "So, farewell then. . . ".
Thribb usually mentions the deceased's catchphrase or theme song, and his poems often feature his friend Keith, or Keith's mum, who is usually "like" the deceased in some way. A catch phrase (or catchphrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance In recent years, Keith's mum has appeared much less frequently - leading to speculation over her health.
Thribb's 'poetry' is characterised by a stream of consciousness which is broken up into short lines seemingly at random, and has very little rhyme, rhythm or reason. This article is about the poetic technique For the form of ice see Rime ice. Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός - rhythmos, "any measured flow or movement symmetry" is the variation of the length and accentuation of Reason involves the ability to think understand and draw Conclusions in an Abstract way as in Human thinking
Thribb always signs his poems with his age - 17½ - although sometimes this will be modified to refer to another thing for which the deceased is famous. He sometimes signs himself E Jarvis Thribb.
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