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BoardFlak |
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Somewhat, anyway.
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Whisper |
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Somewhat is good enough.
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BoardFlak |
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Most of the time, anyway.
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Whisper |
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Perfectly would be boring.
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BoardFlak |
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"I don't lose control." the gentleman said.
"I'm glad to hear that," I said with a smile, "it's good that you know where you have it stored." As he turned, I saw him gritting his teeth. |
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Whisper |
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Dartmistress |
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I think that you have been very unfair in the title of this thread.
I haven't read them all but what I have read I enjoyed. Does 'good' poetry have to be serious ? Intellectual verses are ok, old son, But being a poet should also be fun. I think your snippets are quite neat And reading them has been a treat. |
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BoardFlak |
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It may be that I've not been sinnin'
if enough people end up grinnin'. I sling words here and there while abandonin' care, and sit around watchin' 'em spinnin' |
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Dartmistress |
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A verse a day keeps the flies away
So, keep on spinning, the spider said A giggle a day & you're ok It's more fun than being dead. |
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BoardFlak |
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Spder web is sticky stuff.
It's said that insects find it tough to pull themselves out once they're well stuck in. |
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Dartmistress |
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The fly's union had a meeting
To ban Sammy spider's thread So Sammy gave up spinning And bought himself a megga size, half price at the supermarket, roll of selotape instead. |
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BoardFlak |
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When the spider met her first kitten
all in all she wasn't quite smitten. Even so, she confessed she was rather impressed at the wee tyke's scootin' and skittin'. |
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Dartmistress |
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My cat found a spider one day
And invited the spider to play Spider thought it a race When the moggie gave chase But the cat thought he tasted ok |
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BoardFlak |
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A mouse out of sight thought to cower
inside of our battery mower. He bolted out and ran but we saw him again; a kitten was working him over. |
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Dartmistress |
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The mouse stood, defiant, and said,
'I will battle with you till I'm dead.' The cat gave a snort Said, 'little mouse, you are caught, And your death can soon be arranged. Writing bad poetry is not easy. I keep wanting to put in the correct meter and rhyme. lol |
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BoardFlak |
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Write limericks - the "best" of both worlds. Of course, one can write correct meter and rhyme and still write wretchedly.
I rhyme till my rhymer is riddled; my meter is constantly fiddled. I fuss about so much over feet, forms, and such; my quality's just fair-to-middled. |
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Dartmistress |
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That is very true. It needs an interresting message, written in decent English too.
Limericks are fun; but I was surprised at the number of people who cannot write them. |
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BoardFlak |
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Some get too busy making sure the rhymes and meter are there, and forget that the thing still has to be interesting to read. Others, it sometimes seems to me,
think if a form poem isn't "weighty" or "important" that it's no good.
I try to avoid fitting either of those categories. Rhythm is important and rhyme is vital too; if there is no content, though, you're already through. |
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Dartmistress |
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While rhyming is not essential
Meter is an important part Without feet, we are left with prose Which is a different kind of art. |
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BoardFlak |
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Worse Verse Nurse!
Rhyme is a useful part of form, at least it seems to be the norm. Some say rhyme is such a classic dinos rhymed in the Jurassic. Dishing up rhymes is heady stuff; sometimes poets can't get enough. Then they'll wildly cast about seeking more rhymes to fill things out. The subject's lost, it wanders drear so rhyme chime time can please the ear. Such rhymers are a sorry lot, pursuing sound and losing plot. The result's a disaster piece, but its rhyme is a masterpiece. A horse! A horse! What rhymes with horse? Oh! Now how can I use a Norse? |
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