Actually I gave one of my characters wind so I could use the line: “Jim’s stomach gurgled borborygmically, something that sounded not unlike, ‘Uh, oh.’” It has nothing to do with the plot but the word was just too damn good not to use and I doubt I could work it into a poem.

jb says: Hi Jim. I agree on authors’ bios. It’s all part of this business of celebrity. But as you indicate, most people who write, and somehow, especially those who write fiction, don’t necessarily have the charisma, muscles, sexual attributes, or just plain social nous to be able to carry it off. I’d rather read the books than hear the guy read it aloud. And I can’t remember who said that writers should be read and not seen, but I have much sympathy with that view. Of course, with poetry it’s different again.
I can also sympathise with your need to use borborygmically. And, of course, you can be forgiven for actually doing it. But not by me.