Poets for the war

January 18, 2006 The Journal asked readers "to submit pro-American, pro-freedom, anti-Saddam, anti-idiotarian poems", and received more than 300 emails in return. "Some were very good, some were very bad, most were in between, and some were so bad they were good," the WSJ writes. A selection of the poems can be found on opinionjournal.com.

The Journal also refers to Poets for the War, a site edited by Charles L. Weatherford and subtitled "A Site for Sensible Poets". Although the site imitates the lay-out of poetsagainstthewar.org, it does not appear to be a parody. The editor invites readers to send in pro-war poems for publication on the site.