Seeing Austin's spoken for here's Pushkin:

Onegin, rich brat,
turns Tanya down flat.
Steals pal’s girl. Fights duel,
kills pal. Final cruel
joke, falls madly
for Tanya. Ends badly.



Thanks David for the Proust competition ;-)

Xanadu

In Xanadu did kubla khan
A stately pleasure dome decree:
where Alf the sacred river . . . .
hang on, it’s Porlock, on my twitter . . . .

tweet:
phat guy trying2 spread fud. nimby! imho hes a troll. not p2p fight. omg wywh 2save me. hes down. omg u did. aas tnx vm. im da king! 2g2bt! gotta psalm this1! cya l8r. david


English:
PHAT guy trying to spread fear uncertainty and disinformation. Not in my backyard!
In my humble opinion he's a troll. Not a peer to peer fight!
O, my God, I wish you were here to save me.
He's down!
O, my God, you did!
Alive and smiling thanks very much!
I'm the king! Too good to be true!
I've got to psalm this one! See you later. David.

Seree, how do you know that secret language?
I admit it. I've never sent, received nor read a twitter.

hey Janet
how? 4 kids, lots of text messaging -

for your unravelness: fud = fear uncertainty disinformation. nimby = not in my back yard. p2p = peer to peer. wywh = wish you were here. aas = alive and smiling. 2g2bt = too good to be true. I think you know the rest, so see you later!

John, do you think that the Oldies expect real twitter language like Seree's or will our shrunken heads pass muster?
Janet

In my opinion no - they won't understand it and, more to the point, neither will their readership which is people like you and me. Here's another.

Oliver Twist asked for more,
Then he fell among thieves, broke the law.
But Ollie done good when he shopped ‘em
And the good guys transported or topped ‘em.

THE THIRD MAN

Harry Lime
doesn't appear for a long time,
but then he's found,
underground.

Holly,
You just wrote about yourself ;-)

Love Oliver, John.

Janet, I tried to do a clerihew for Holly Martins but couldn't think of a rhyme!