Somewhat, anyway.
The World's Worst Poetry Thread
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Farrago Supreme Grandmaster
Posts: 10049 06/25/09 18:06:08 Fearless Leader |
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Farrago Senior Grandmaster
Posts: 7082 06/26/09 09:06:03 Luna Moth |
Somewhat is good enough.
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Farrago Supreme Grandmaster
Posts: 10049 06/26/09 22:42:41 Fearless Leader |
Most of the time, anyway.
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Farrago Senior Grandmaster
Posts: 7082 06/27/09 07:37:55 Luna Moth |
Perfectly would be boring.
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Farrago Supreme Grandmaster
Posts: 10049 06/27/09 22:43:09 Fearless Leader |
"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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Farrago Senior Grandmaster
Posts: 7082 06/28/09 06:52:20 Luna Moth |
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Farrago Player
Posts: 171 06/28/09 07:33:44 |
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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Farrago Supreme Grandmaster
Posts: 10049 06/28/09 18:42:12 Fearless Leader |
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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Farrago Player
Posts: 171 07/02/09 00:38:43 |
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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Farrago Supreme Grandmaster
Posts: 10049 07/02/09 07:39:17 Fearless Leader |
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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Farrago Player
Posts: 171 07/02/09 21:19:33 |
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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Farrago Supreme Grandmaster
Posts: 10049 07/03/09 04:35:14 Fearless Leader |
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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Farrago Player
Posts: 171 07/04/09 12:00:38 |
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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Farrago Supreme Grandmaster
Posts: 10049 07/05/09 00:39:06 Fearless Leader |
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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Farrago Player
Posts: 171 07/06/09 01:11:13 |
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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Farrago Supreme Grandmaster
Posts: 10049 07/06/09 03:20:05 Fearless Leader |
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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Farrago Player
Posts: 171 07/06/09 19:47:49 |
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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Farrago Supreme Grandmaster
Posts: 10049 07/06/09 20:41:51 Fearless Leader |
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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Farrago Player
Posts: 171 07/07/09 01:31:56 |
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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Farrago Supreme Grandmaster
Posts: 10049 07/07/09 05:16:23 Fearless Leader |
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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