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  • R Rainman
    8 Apr 2023, 03:32

    @Aqua-Letifer said in The poetry thread:

    Traveling for the Easter holiday and for some weird and crazy reason, this poem got in my head instead of thoughts of spring flowers. 😄

    So, on I went. I think I never saw
    Such starv’d ignoble nature; nothing throve:
    For flowers—as well expect a cedar grove!
    But cockle, spurge, according to their law
    Might propagate their kind, with none to awe,
    You ’d think; a burr had been a treasure trove.

    —Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came

    So Aqua, what's wrong with me?
    I read the same poem.
    I read it again. And again.
    And I think I kind of get a sense of what it's about.
    But I'm probably wrong.
    So, that's frustrating.
    How is it that you love it, and I find it completely frustrating.
    Not enjoyable.

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    Doctor Phibes
    wrote on 8 Apr 2023, 03:34 last edited by
    #62

    Here I sit
    Broken hearted
    Spent a penny
    And only farted

    I was only joking

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      Mik
      wrote on 20 Oct 2023, 18:22 last edited by
      #63

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      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • R Rainman
        8 Apr 2023, 03:32

        @Aqua-Letifer said in The poetry thread:

        Traveling for the Easter holiday and for some weird and crazy reason, this poem got in my head instead of thoughts of spring flowers. 😄

        So, on I went. I think I never saw
        Such starv’d ignoble nature; nothing throve:
        For flowers—as well expect a cedar grove!
        But cockle, spurge, according to their law
        Might propagate their kind, with none to awe,
        You ’d think; a burr had been a treasure trove.

        —Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came

        So Aqua, what's wrong with me?
        I read the same poem.
        I read it again. And again.
        And I think I kind of get a sense of what it's about.
        But I'm probably wrong.
        So, that's frustrating.
        How is it that you love it, and I find it completely frustrating.
        Not enjoyable.

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        Aqua Letifer
        wrote on 20 Oct 2023, 18:30 last edited by
        #64

        @Rainman said in The poetry thread:

        @Aqua-Letifer said in The poetry thread:

        Traveling for the Easter holiday and for some weird and crazy reason, this poem got in my head instead of thoughts of spring flowers. 😄

        So, on I went. I think I never saw
        Such starv’d ignoble nature; nothing throve:
        For flowers—as well expect a cedar grove!
        But cockle, spurge, according to their law
        Might propagate their kind, with none to awe,
        You ’d think; a burr had been a treasure trove.

        —Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came

        So Aqua, what's wrong with me?
        I read the same poem.
        I read it again. And again.
        And I think I kind of get a sense of what it's about.
        But I'm probably wrong.
        So, that's frustrating.
        How is it that you love it, and I find it completely frustrating.
        Not enjoyable.

        There's nothing wrong with you.

        1. Most people consume art for a distraction or entertainment. When those people come across work that isn't that, they don't like it. Could be that.
        2. Poetry might not be your thing. Not everyone's into beekeeping, either. Totally fine.

        Please love yourself.

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          Mik
          wrote on 21 Oct 2023, 01:36 last edited by
          #65

          Algebra. My mind refuses to entertain the notion.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          • M Mik
            21 Oct 2023, 01:36

            Algebra. My mind refuses to entertain the notion.

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            Aqua Letifer
            wrote on 21 Oct 2023, 01:40 last edited by
            #66

            @Mik said in The poetry thread:

            Algebra. My mind refuses to entertain the notion.

            Musicals.

            Just. Not. My. Thing.

            Please love yourself.

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            • A Aqua Letifer
              21 Oct 2023, 01:40

              @Mik said in The poetry thread:

              Algebra. My mind refuses to entertain the notion.

              Musicals.

              Just. Not. My. Thing.

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              Mik
              wrote on 21 Oct 2023, 03:55 last edited by
              #67

              @Aqua-Letifer said in The poetry thread:

              @Mik said in The poetry thread:

              Algebra. My mind refuses to entertain the notion.

              Musicals.

              Just. Not. My. Thing.

              Silence! I keel you!

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                Mik
                wrote on 10 Dec 2023, 23:45 last edited by
                #68

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                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  Aqua Letifer
                  wrote on 10 Dec 2023, 23:46 last edited by
                  #69

                  Excellent.

                  Please love yourself.

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                    Doctor Phibes
                    wrote on 11 Dec 2023, 00:45 last edited by
                    #70

                    That reminds me vaguely of one of Spike Milligan's creations:

                    Granny

                    Through every nook and every cranny
                    The wind blew in on poor old Granny
                    Around her knees, into each ear
                    (And up her nose as well, I fear)

                    All through the night the wind grew worse
                    It nearly made the vicar curse
                    The top had fallen off the steeple
                    Just missing him (and other people)

                    It blew on man, it blew on beast
                    It blew on nun, it blew on priest
                    It blew the wig off Auntie Fanny-
                    But most of all, it blew on Granny!

                    I was only joking

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                    • A Aqua Letifer
                      10 Dec 2023, 23:46

                      Excellent.

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                      Mik
                      wrote on 11 Dec 2023, 02:55 last edited by
                      #71

                      @Aqua-Letifer said in The poetry thread:

                      Excellent.

                      I thought so too. It elevated itself above the subject matter.

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      • M Mik
                        11 Dec 2023, 02:55

                        @Aqua-Letifer said in The poetry thread:

                        Excellent.

                        I thought so too. It elevated itself above the subject matter.

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                        Aqua Letifer
                        wrote on 11 Dec 2023, 03:16 last edited by
                        #72

                        @Mik said in The poetry thread:

                        @Aqua-Letifer said in The poetry thread:

                        Excellent.

                        I thought so too. It elevated itself above the subject matter.

                        Inside baseball:

                        A most curious medley,
                        A fart can be harmless,
                        Or silent and deadly.

                        You're writing a poem about farts—absolutely guaranteed you're going to mention SBDs. But it's not fun to just mention them, it's far more satisfying for the known cliché to complete a couplet. So what's the lead-in?

                        This kind of initial setup and resolution is common in poetry—poems are rarely written linearly—but a lot of folks who dabble don't think to do it.

                        This was written by someone who on some level knew what they were doing.

                        (I'd have removed "strange" but that's me.)

                        Please love yourself.

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                        • D Doctor Phibes
                          11 Dec 2023, 00:45

                          That reminds me vaguely of one of Spike Milligan's creations:

                          Granny

                          Through every nook and every cranny
                          The wind blew in on poor old Granny
                          Around her knees, into each ear
                          (And up her nose as well, I fear)

                          All through the night the wind grew worse
                          It nearly made the vicar curse
                          The top had fallen off the steeple
                          Just missing him (and other people)

                          It blew on man, it blew on beast
                          It blew on nun, it blew on priest
                          It blew the wig off Auntie Fanny-
                          But most of all, it blew on Granny!

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                          Aqua Letifer
                          wrote on 11 Dec 2023, 03:16 last edited by
                          #73

                          @Doctor-Phibes said in The poetry thread:

                          That reminds me vaguely of one of Spike Milligan's creations:

                          Granny

                          Through every nook and every cranny
                          The wind blew in on poor old Granny
                          Around her knees, into each ear
                          (And up her nose as well, I fear)

                          All through the night the wind grew worse
                          It nearly made the vicar curse
                          The top had fallen off the steeple
                          Just missing him (and other people)

                          It blew on man, it blew on beast
                          It blew on nun, it blew on priest
                          It blew the wig off Auntie Fanny-
                          But most of all, it blew on Granny!

                          Spike's the man. 😄

                          Please love yourself.

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                          • A Aqua Letifer
                            11 Dec 2023, 03:16

                            @Doctor-Phibes said in The poetry thread:

                            That reminds me vaguely of one of Spike Milligan's creations:

                            Granny

                            Through every nook and every cranny
                            The wind blew in on poor old Granny
                            Around her knees, into each ear
                            (And up her nose as well, I fear)

                            All through the night the wind grew worse
                            It nearly made the vicar curse
                            The top had fallen off the steeple
                            Just missing him (and other people)

                            It blew on man, it blew on beast
                            It blew on nun, it blew on priest
                            It blew the wig off Auntie Fanny-
                            But most of all, it blew on Granny!

                            Spike's the man. 😄

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                            Doctor Phibes
                            wrote on 11 Dec 2023, 03:57 last edited by
                            #74

                            @Aqua-Letifer said in The poetry thread:

                            Spike's the man.

                            He really is. Probably one of the most influential people of the 20th century, if we but knew it.

                            I was only joking

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                            • D Doctor Phibes
                              11 Dec 2023, 03:57

                              @Aqua-Letifer said in The poetry thread:

                              Spike's the man.

                              He really is. Probably one of the most influential people of the 20th century, if we but knew it.

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                              Aqua Letifer
                              wrote on 11 Dec 2023, 04:03 last edited by
                              #75

                              @Doctor-Phibes said in The poetry thread:

                              @Aqua-Letifer said in The poetry thread:

                              Spike's the man.

                              He really is. Probably one of the most influential people of the 20th century, if we but knew it.

                              I think I mentioned this before but there's a small town in Oz basically dedicated to him via place names. It's a cool place to walk around.

                              Please love yourself.

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                                Aqua Letifer
                                wrote on 16 Dec 2023, 19:15 last edited by
                                #76

                                Heroes

                                My heroes never chased careers
                                Or wanted to be paid
                                And neither cops nor engineers
                                Inspired what I've made.

                                My heroes played with wands and rings
                                And secrets time forgot
                                And through the years they taught me things
                                Reality could not

                                -written by me during an all-staff meeting. It looked like I was taking notes, so, that's good I suppose.

                                Please love yourself.

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                                  Rainman
                                  wrote on 16 Dec 2023, 21:20 last edited by
                                  #77

                                  Nice, Aqua!
                                  Thank You.

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                                    jon-nyc
                                    wrote on 16 Dec 2023, 22:07 last edited by
                                    #78

                                    When my son was in second grade he came home this this one around Valentine’s Day:

                                    Roses are red
                                    Grass is greener
                                    When I think of you
                                    I touch my wiener.

                                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                                      Mik
                                      wrote on 18 Dec 2023, 02:49 last edited by
                                      #79

                                      Send him to a nunnery.

                                      Oh, wait……

                                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                        Mik
                                        wrote on 18 Dec 2023, 14:50 last edited by
                                        #80

                                        Not sure this is poetry, they just made it look like it. Still worth the read.

                                        “Do not ask your children
                                        to strive for extraordinary lives.
                                        Such striving may seem admirable,
                                        but it is the way of foolishness.
                                        Help them instead to find the wonder
                                        and the marvel of an ordinary life.
                                        Show them the joy of tasting
                                        tomatoes, apples and pears.
                                        Show them how to cry
                                        when pets and people die.
                                        Show them the infinite pleasure
                                        in the touch of a hand.
                                        And make the ordinary come alive for them.”
                                        The extraordinary will take care of itself.
                                        ~William Martin

                                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                        • M Mik
                                          18 Dec 2023, 14:50

                                          Not sure this is poetry, they just made it look like it. Still worth the read.

                                          “Do not ask your children
                                          to strive for extraordinary lives.
                                          Such striving may seem admirable,
                                          but it is the way of foolishness.
                                          Help them instead to find the wonder
                                          and the marvel of an ordinary life.
                                          Show them the joy of tasting
                                          tomatoes, apples and pears.
                                          Show them how to cry
                                          when pets and people die.
                                          Show them the infinite pleasure
                                          in the touch of a hand.
                                          And make the ordinary come alive for them.”
                                          The extraordinary will take care of itself.
                                          ~William Martin

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                                          Aqua Letifer
                                          wrote on 18 Dec 2023, 15:01 last edited by
                                          #81

                                          @Mik said in The poetry thread:

                                          Not sure this is poetry, they just made it look like it. Still worth the read.

                                          “Do not ask your children
                                          to strive for extraordinary lives.
                                          Such striving may seem admirable,
                                          but it is the way of foolishness.
                                          Help them instead to find the wonder
                                          and the marvel of an ordinary life.
                                          Show them the joy of tasting
                                          tomatoes, apples and pears.
                                          Show them how to cry
                                          when pets and people die.
                                          Show them the infinite pleasure
                                          in the touch of a hand.
                                          And make the ordinary come alive for them.”
                                          The extraordinary will take care of itself.
                                          ~William Martin

                                          Yeah, I like that. Part of what people don't understand about Blue Zones is that they all pretty much think in this way.

                                          Please love yourself.

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