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Just so you know, I'm being forced to write this post. I have been promised, however, that it will help motivate Kae to write something. Always a worthy cause, I must admit.
Here's the thing. We were sitting around on IRC discussing the nature of poetry and somehow the conversation led us to boring poetry about mundane things. Off the top of my sleepy head, I came up with this:
Bubbling and steaming, I fear That too hot my coffee ever shall be. What shall I do? My precious elixer Shall inevitably scald me.
It's silly drivel, and it has no meter and could probably use cleaning up... But that's kind of the point, I guess.
Like the boring fic challenge, only with poetry and it doesn't have to be about L&C.
Come on, FoLCs, do your worst!
Paul
P.S. As long as we're talking about random things, I find myself a little jealous that most of the other forums have at least one stickied topic. I've idly considered creating a thread of pure OT randomness and making it a sticky, but I'm not sure anyone would really appreciate that. Any thoughts?
When in doubt, think about penguins. It probably won't help, but at least it'll be fun.
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Okay, I'm giving this a try, but before I do, re: the lack of a stickied topic in this forum, Paul, you need to rejoice in this forum's uniqueness. (Sorry for the run-on sentence; I use them a lot when I'm tired.)
And speaking of being tired, that must be the reason for this piece of drivel that I'm going to post. For that, I apologise.
People, shoving and grumbling, snarling while shopping, buy my wares and then dare to say Merry Christmas!
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I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.
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I like the idea of a sticky randomness topic. But that kind of thing appeals to me.
Here's my poem...
My Landlord She came to remove the bookcase but left the dust underneath I should clean it really.
Helga
Knowledge is knowing that tomatoes are a fruit.
Intelligence is not putting them in a fruit salad.
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Great idea! If only I could write poetry... Too many ideas Fighting for attention Procrastination Leading to distraction Stories to finish, deadlines to meet Can't choose to write at random But the Muse insisted O god, not another fandom...!/me hides Wendy
Just a fly-by! *waves*
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Ha, you should see some of the poems I wrote when I was twelve. Too bad they were in Greek I post a pic I write a fic I study a bit And then I'm beat!Wow, I can rhyme! See ya, AnnaBtG.
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Wendy, how could you Be so unfaithful As to leave all this behind? Surely you must realise To write for another fandom Is just downright unkind. Ahem. Sorry. Chris.
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My attempt.
Ode to Wendy
My heart is broken And I will never be the same For I have been betrayed by the London Ontarian
She has left me Just like the others She would be tortured like Lois If I had my druthers
And if anyone says I wrote something this awful, I will deny it to my very last breath.
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Swoosh --->
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You guys. Helga, yours in particular had me ROTFLing. Just struck my funnybone. And in honour of the fact that it's 4am and I have insomnia: Wide awake I contemplate My little USB Christmas tree Atop my pc As it glows I slow And yawn And blink And think That maybe it's time for bed. LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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Hiding From the IRC gang Who are after my blood Seems like Writing for another fandomIs some sort of dirty word Not Lois Nor Clark Nor even Sexy Lex To write another series' characters Is an invitation To be burned at the stake Wendy
Just a fly-by! *waves*
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Prithee, Wendy, tell us do What it is you've seen That makes you want to stray From the best there's ever been? Is it book or film or show That has inspired your muse to flow? Come on, tell us please, 'Cause enquiring minds want to know. Well, this one does, anyway. PS: /me thinks Chris is a fine one to talk... Knew I was pushing my luck with poem number one. Chris
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Oh, the weather outside is frightful But it's not snow the fills my yard full Instead it's rain That is to blame For the huge puddles and grassy potholes
(Not just boring, but a bad attempt at a limerick)
"You need me. You wouldn't be much of a hero without a villain. And you do love being the hero, don't you. The cheering children, the swooning women, you love it so much, it's made you my most reliable accomplice." -- Lex Luthor to Superman, Question Authority, Justice League Unlimited
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An ode to my table How smooth, how flat 'Twould be a perfect place To place a placemat But, oh, what options Hath my dreams begat There's vinyl, there's lace, To grace the space that I find myself staring So longingly at
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference.
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Okay, here is a bad haiku: I run through fields of flowers dancing and jumping until the cliff comes. (me dodges tomatoes) Marcy
(Elrond's blessing at the departure of the company from Rivendell)
"Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. May the stars shine upon your faces!" -Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
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Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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Yeah, pretty bad huh? I have more of them somewhere in an old journal, as way back in high school in my AP Biology class, I would sit and make up haikus with this guy friend of mine during lab times. We were both kind of looney, and this is what came out. Good to know the kind of minds America's education system is producing, eh? {just kidding}
Marcy
(Elrond's blessing at the departure of the company from Rivendell)
"Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. May the stars shine upon your faces!" -Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
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i don't even know what poetry IS. i wrote the following when I was about....oh.....six?
flip yer flapjack! up she goes! down she lands upon her toes!
<runs and hides>
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Thanks for sharing that! Marcy
(Elrond's blessing at the departure of the company from Rivendell)
"Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. May the stars shine upon your faces!" -Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
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These are all great guys!
Wendy with her mighty pen Says she leaving folcs again
To write for another fandom and write for us when ever random
And though you know I'll wish her well Living with out her will be pure hell
Clark: “If we can be born in an instant, and die in an instant, why can’t we fall in love in an instant?”
Caroline's "Stardust"
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To The Apostrophe-or- An Explanation As To Why Beta-Readers Are So WonderfulYou like to move. I know you do. You c'ant pretend you do'nt! I know how to use you. I put you where you need to go. But will you stay there? I know you won't. *Ahem.* Chris P.S. This was inspired by Wendy's catching at least one misplaced apostrophe in my latest fic. I know so much better than to make mistakes like that.
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This is on a par with typos breeding like rabbits in the dark, the moment you close down the story file. It happens! It does! They do it all on their own and on purpose just to annoy you! LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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