Got POETRY?

Dr. Drib · 02-20-2009, 09:55 AM

I had some weird, Lovecraftian poetry published in Nyctalops and other magazines when I was younger.

Anyone out there writing poetry?

Why not post one of your poems here? Let us offer critical, courteous responses on your poem.

Don

Patricia · 02-20-2009, 10:41 AM

Haiku?

Five syllables, then
A seasonal reference.
Is this a poem?

Douglas Rhodes · 02-22-2009, 02:58 PM

Poem? Sure, why not.

Haiku? Nope, you dropped a syllable in the third line (not to mention the non-nature theme).

Funny? Yep. And that often trumps both.

Patricia · 02-22-2009, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Douglas Rhodes

Haiku? Nope, you dropped a syllable in the third line (not to mention the non-nature theme).

I wonder whether this might be one of our transatlantic differences? "Poem" has two syllables in the U.K.
(Not that this matters: the "poem" came in a flash - literally less than a minute after reading the first post. I don't think that I'm very creative at all, otherwise I'd be able to write proper poems, like Taylor's.)

Douglas Rhodes · 02-22-2009, 09:54 PM

Ah, should have looked where you are from before I counted syllables.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 02-22-2009, 09:56 PM

It did have a seasonal reference though

dadioflex · 02-23-2009, 07:21 AM

Edit.

Dr. Drib · 02-23-2009, 07:25 AM

I'm a sucker for romantic poetry:

As flies crawl up the windowpane,
so fly my thoughts, dear love, to thee.

This is such a heart-warming thought, don't you think?

Don

montsnmags · 02-23-2009, 07:55 AM

I've already put this bit of doggerel elsewhere today, inspired by the return to myself of my home upon some family members' leavetaking, but, hey, at least it's topical here (I've heard being "topical" is a good thing, and thought I'd give it a try):

Inlaws and outlaws, daemons and gods,
pictogram golems and Übermensch clods,
Freudian avatars, corporeal fears,
raising their glasses, '"to Family...Cheers!"

Sparrow · 02-23-2009, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Why not post one of your poems here?

Nah!

There's nothing worse
Than sharing verse.

(especially mine )

GeoffC · 02-23-2009, 11:04 AM

there was a thread elsewhere in the llounge for a while.

EDIT : Ignore me, I've just noticed it has been dragged kicking and screaming into here .....

GeoffC · 02-23-2009, 01:09 PM

March Hares

Ev'ryone now stares,
Hares; free and mad, rushing round,
Hounds, they catch and rip.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 02-23-2009, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

I've already put this bit of doggerel elsewhere today, inspired by the return to myself of my home upon some family members' leavetaking, but, hey, at least it's topical here (I've heard being "topical" is a good thing, and thought I'd give it a try):

Inlaws and outlaws, daemons and gods,
pictogram golems and Übermensch clods,
Freudian avatars, corporeal fears,
raising their glasses, '"to Family...Cheers!"

I thought that was just for creams?

montsnmags · 02-23-2009, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

I thought that was just for creams?

Pleasant dreams will cover your screams
when you butter your sandwich with topical creams
but polkadot mushrooms and marmite, it's said,
will rocket your spine through the top of your head

ShortNCuddlyAm · 02-23-2009, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Pleasant dreams will cover your screams
when you butter your sandwich with topical creams
but polkadot mushrooms and marmite, it's said,
will rocket your spine through the top of your head

Blast - some-one else give Marc karma for me please?

02-20-2009, 09:55 AM	#1
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,613 Karma: 60184181 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	Got POETRY? I had some weird, Lovecraftian poetry published in Nyctalops and other magazines when I was younger. Anyone out there writing poetry? Why not post one of your poems here? Let us offer critical, courteous responses on your poem. Don

02-23-2009, 07:21 AM	#7
dadioflex Dyslexic Count Posts: 526 Karma: 5041991 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Palm TX, Advent Vega, iPad, iPod Touch, Kindle	Edit. Last edited by dadioflex; 12-16-2010 at 05:05 AM.

02-23-2009, 11:04 AM	#11
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	there was a thread elsewhere in the llounge for a while. EDIT : Ignore me, I've just noticed it has been dragged kicking and screaming into here ..... Last edited by GeoffC; 02-23-2009 at 11:13 AM.

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Douglas Rhodes Connoisseur Posts: 78 Karma: 500132 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Akron, Ohio Device: Blackberry Storm, laptop	Ah, should have looked where you are from before I counted syllables.

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02-23-2009, 01:09 PM	#12
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	March Hares Ev'ryone now stares, Hares; free and mad, rushing round, Hounds, they catch and rip.