Poetry Tag

[Kee715]

This thread
is now dead.
It is stagnated,
though not berated.
A poster missed a turn,
which made me learn
that a new rule should be,
you see,
that one's go,
should it they not take,
will then be at stake
for the next in the row,
so that the thread
shall not be dead
a few days in,
which I think a sin
for such a good thread.
Indeed I did dread
such a thing before,
so now I implore,
let not the thread die,
else I may cry,
(or not).
So I'll do what I ought,
and save it from death
and return to it the breath
I say it deserves.
Now, if memory serves,
I cannot bump
without making the mods grump
at the lack of OC
(original content, see?),
so here is a poem
from my offbeat dome
which I hope you'll like,
else I dread
my head
shall be upon a spike,
so that my folly
serves as an example to all, see?

[Gargantuan_Penguin]

sign me up.

[Zhil]

Executive decision, someone just do a poem on the subject and continue the game :/

[BinoAl]

Oh hair of the dog,
just clear up the fog,
make my headaches go away.

Have more to drink,
then puke in the sink,
have more energy to play!

It works every time,
but some pantomime,
an expression of disgust.

Whatever they do,
just puke in their shoe,
and say that it was just!

Gogo Gil, do a poem on venereal disease!

[Itamarcu]

I'm in too.

[TaterBoy]

Thanks guys, I had been away from the forum for a while (read as, obsessively playing Minecraft.), and hadn't been checking, by the time I returned to find nothing new I figured it was too late and I'd have to let it rest in peace.

:) the List is now updated!

[Zhil]

It was the strangest thing
This pain in my ding-aling
It wasn't fun to pee
It wasn't nice to see

And at the end of the day
All I could say:
Thanks for the itch
You dumb bitch!

Target: TaterBoy
Subject: My neighbor has a secret

[Ribky]

I'll play along too, maybe with some haiku. :P

And Gil, that was awesome.

[Horizon]

I'll gladly go again.

[TaterBoy]

My Neighbor has a Secret

He seems so distant, yet he lives nearby,
Am I watching him, or is he watching me?
Paranoia has my sanity in tatters,
Such horrors the moonlight reveals,

I could swear I heard someone cry,
Muffled voice, struggling to be free,
Silence after something shatters,
I dare to look, my spine steels.

My neighbor has a secret,
In this we are the same,
I can't avoid the truth forever,
I must face him, come what may,

Pacing to and fro, I fret,
If I could only say his name,
Our bond I could finally sever,
And this covenant betray...

We all hide secrets in the dark,
Praying they never see the light of day,
So none will ever know the truth
We seclude them on the highest shelf,

In my case, the contrast is stark,
When I am here, he is away,
He is the revenge of a tormented youth,
My neighbor is myself...

-End-

Tag: Ribky
Topic: The Lonely River

[Ribky]

The lonely river, from beginning to end.
Rejected by the ocean, its old youthful friend.
Writhing along deep through the valley.
Looking for a lake and a grave to descend.

The lonely river, nestled between hills.
Feels the pierce of the tall heron's bill.
Another friend lost, another friend gone.
Watching life escape at last from its gills.

The lonely river, belligerently wanders.
Of loss and of memory is all that it ponders.
Alone in this world it creeps through to the levee.
Perhaps at this pool its love won't be squandered.

The lonely river, finally at rest.
Completed its journey, its long winding quest.
At last unraveled from its eroding coil.
Nuzzled up close to the cool lake's breast.


And... I... tag... Itamarcu!
Poetry topic: Octopus

[Poppycocks]

Tater, Ribky, Gil, you guys are awesome :D.

[Itamarcu]

OCTOPUS

The terrifying creature who lives in no man's land
He strangles his victims and returns to the sand
He's venomous, deadly and invisible too
He's better than lizards, he's stronger than you
He can jet through the waters like a submarine
He has 4 pairs of hands, he's a killing machine
After eating his victims he steals their protection
And hides in it in until he gets back to the action.

He can regrow his limbs, he can detach them at will
His skin changes colors to show how he feels
He can mate with one arm, and taste with another
He cannot feel touches with them, but why bother
Because his keen eyesight is better than yours
So he can differentiate between ladies and whores
He can drill holes in steel, he can breathe pure air
He would win in a battle against any bear
He slowly kills his victims, with power and might
Well, anyways, little son, good night.
---
Wow, that was fun. And octopuses (octopi?) just became my favorite animals.
Tag: Ulfengaard
Topic: Paper cranes

[Ribky]

Octopuses, octopi and octopodes are all acceptable plurals of octopus. Trust me, I'm a linguist. :P

[Urian]

Octopuses, octopi and octopodes are all acceptable plurals of octopus. Trust me, I'm a linguist.

Octopuses and octopodes are correct, octopi isn't. A linguist you may be, but a cunning linguist you are not ;)

[Itamarcu]

Wow, Hebrew IS an easier language. Every plural word either ends with "ים" or with "ות", depending on the word's gender. The problem is that about 30% of the male words are pluralized as females...

[Ribky]

Octopi has become a generally accepted plural form due to colloquial usage over the years. In fact, it is considered pedantic to use the form 'octopodes' due to it's overly formal nature, being that the user of said word would have to know the difference between the Greek and Latin roots and would really just be masturbating their own narcissism.

Which is why I use octopodes.

[Itamarcu]

I use octopodes.

Is that a drug?

[Ribky]

I use octopodes.

Is that a drug?

Muahahahahahaha, I don't know, but if it was I'd take them.

I've already experienced this in Korea.

*****WARNING: Not for the squeamish*****
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/vid ... ctopus-pp/

But, back on point, your poem was awesome Itamarcu :D

[Itamarcu]

But, back on point, your poem was awesome Itamarcu :D

Thanks! I have never tried doing these before. This is probably the 10th poem I have ever written in my life, including school homeworks and song parodies.

[Ulfengaard]

Paper Crane

Flightless, yet floating,
The crane glides.
Within the fold of its wings,
A message yet hides,
The message I wrote to you.

At the sun’s rise,
People will wake.
Waves lap and sigh,
Water in the crane’s lake,
Silent and mournful.

A curious child,
Arrives at the shore,
Curious about the crane,
(Children curious evermore)
And pierces the morning with a cry.

The people rush down,
To the clear waters,
And sorrowfully moan,
Recognizing one of their daughters.
Beneath the rippling waves.

As they tromp and squeal,
The floating crane falls apart.
My final, secret note written to you,
Saying you’ll always have my heart.

And that we’ll be together soon.

Tag: Sky_Som
Topic: Zombies on mah lawn…

[Ultionis]

I'd like to enlist for this madness please :)

[Sky_Som]

Tag: Sky_Som
Topic: Zombies on mah lawn…

Oh! Damn those Zombies,
for they intrude on my land!
They are the remains of the Commies,
you know they go hand in hand!

They walk on my lawn,
they trample my crops.
They wake as I yawn,
and reduce my sleep to 2 hours, tops.

The dread they bring to me,
is quite high, and quite massive!
They come like an army, you see!
A pack of animals, all of them aggressive!

They come towards me like this is a giant race,
but I cut them to pieces, with quite some pace!

Tag: Ultionis
Topic: Explosions

[Ribky]

---the whole zombie poem---

Dude. You rock.

For some reason I read that with the voice of Bruce Dickinson singing 'Run to the Hills' stuck in my head.

[Ribky]

---the whole zombie poem---

Dude. You rock.

For some reason I read that with the voice of Bruce Dickinson singing 'Run to the Hills' stuck in my head.[/quote]

Tater, Ribky, Gil, you guys are awesome :D.

Thank you!

And Itamarcupode, you're new avatar is amazing.