Folklore: There was a strange people

Subject: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: Thomas the Rhymer
Date: 20 Jan 03 - 11:55 AM

Their heroes are all dead. Martyrs to that 'other' reality of false symbols and temporal impunity... Though many have succeeded by living uneventful lives in obscurity, the vast majority of these strange people long to dance lonely duets in the spotlight while the rest of their small world burns in effigy. Fed on a constant diet of lies and sensational sensual impossibilities, retribution was found predominantly through illicit sexuality and/or drugs... keeping true health a mystery to most of them... What on earth are they doing down there? How can we possibly lift them from the pathetic whirlpool of intergalactic shame that separates these poor people from the rest of the clairvoyant and peace-loving beings of the outer universes?
ttr

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: *daylia*
Date: 20 Jan 03 - 12:34 PM

"How can we possibly lift them from the pathetic whirlpool of intergallactal shame that seperates these poor people from the rest of the clairvoiant and peace-loving beings of the outer universes?"

Through the sacred power of music my friend
And the healing power of rhyme!
The awesome upliftment of song will send
Us all to 'Nirvana' in time!

daylia

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: *daylia*
Date: 20 Jan 03 - 04:52 PM

Sheesh I knew the verse was kinda lame but it wasn't that bad, was it? Sorry Ttr ... I'll crawl back into my little hole now ...

daylia

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: Thomas the Rhymer
Date: 20 Jan 03 - 05:31 PM

Daylia, Daylia, Don't go down there
Your poem was gifted and lifted a dare
I'm all for your posting in succulent rhyme
But sometimes replies take a little more time

It's astounding to witness myopic confusions
As multitudes gathered to interperate illusions
Timely and hurried the masses did plunder
Just to keep up or shut up the sighs of their wonder

More cultural than thou, in that question of taste
To the critic's delight, the creative made haste
To deliver the products of less menial minds
And appearing to hint of the taking all kinds

But music sweet music, alive with enchantment
Comes from the heart singing in a mystic encampment
And I thank you sweet daylia for minding me so
And I will endeavor and thus, make it so! ttr

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: *daylia*
Date: 20 Jan 03 - 07:12 PM

{{{ :-) }}}

Ahh Ttr thou makest me blush!
And pondereth why I be in such a rush
To partaketh of talents of 'Cats yet untold.
Sweet rhythm and rhyme do need time to unfold!

daylia

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: Art Thieme
Date: 20 Jan 03 - 08:25 PM

It just doesn't matter.

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: Thomas the Rhymer
Date: 20 Jan 03 - 08:58 PM

Hi Art! What doesn't matter?... life?... drama?... connundrums?... humanity's problems?... Or is it dull of me to wish for better? ...and to try to voice my cocern for the present? ttr

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: *daylia*
Date: 20 Jan 03 - 09:45 PM

Well it just doesn't matter
To a few rhymeless 'Catters
But for some hearty poets
It's just love. And we show it!

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: Thomas the Rhymer
Date: 20 Jan 03 - 10:15 PM

I'm reminded of the time I told my greatest inspirer that as far as I was concerned "it doesn't matter why" she inspires me more than anyone... or was it "I don't care why"... whatever... 'Why' is debateable, inspiration is not... while love is beyond reproach. ttr

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: Amos
Date: 21 Jan 03 - 03:36 PM

You guys need to get a room?? Just askin' :>)

A

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: Art Thieme
Date: 21 Jan 03 - 05:00 PM

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: Thomas the Rhymer
Date: 21 Jan 03 - 07:32 PM

There's room for everyone here!
For a lover or friend to appear
And the grumpy will doubt
With a stomp and a shout
Whether honesty is of good cheer!

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: Neighmond
Date: 21 Jan 03 - 08:51 PM

'tis in he by suspicion owned
The seed if distrust is sown
Likewise is built
Guilt out of guilt
Or so my experience has shown.

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: Cornflake
Date: 21 Jan 03 - 09:22 PM

"There was a strange people," he said
An intriguing idea for a thread
From history studies I've learnt
There was never a people that weren't

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: Neighmond
Date: 21 Jan 03 - 09:35 PM

All is strange but me and thee
and sometimes i dabout thee....

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: Neighmond
Date: 21 Jan 03 - 09:35 PM

wonder about thee, that is

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: Thomas the Rhymer
Date: 21 Jan 03 - 11:32 PM

Wonder away! In the evening lite
As we spin in our galaxy out
Come have your say, free us of spite
We'll win with a stomp and a shout

Befuddled I speak, uncuddled and meek
To a world full of mysteries main
Your growth I can seek, for a day or a week
Being I rather stupid and plain...

Suspicions and doubt, even powerful clout
May run circles around happiness
But joyous the clout, that together we tout
To imagine a world that we bless... ttr

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: *daylia*
Date: 22 Jan 03 - 12:05 AM

There was a strange people on-line
Who wriggled and wrestled with rhyme
Till Mud-dy creations
Those sweet inspirations!
Made magical Music divine!

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: *daylia*
Date: 24 Jan 03 - 12:43 PM

Thought you reluctant poets out there might find this story inspiring ...

"• In September, art student Nathan Banks, 22 (of New York's Purchase College), painted randomly chosen words on about 60 meandering cows in order to see if they would inadvertently line up to form poetry. At about the same time, in England, writer Valerie Laws, 48, did the same thing with sheep (except that she chose the words of only one poem, to see if the sheep could form another poem). An arts council granted Ms. Laws about $3,400 for her project, which she said would break down the boundaries between "literature" and "quantum mechanics." [Tampa Tribune-AP, 12-6- 02] [Daily Telegraph (London), 12-4-02]"

What a strange 'quantum leap' forward for creative humanity!

daylia

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: Thomas the Rhymer
Date: 24 Jan 03 - 01:36 PM

It was brilliantly rural, T'wixt hedgerows and furrows
With meanings now plural, Avant Guarde in the yard..
Uncanny, appealing; livestock unconcealing
The herd grazing fractile, enchanting a fresh smile

But time it did pass, and the animals learned
That while dining on grass, some always returned
With paper and pencils to ponder new meanings
The herd finally noticed the cause for these gleanings

So, with a penchant for study, and a need to be heard
These farm folk so muddy, found the power of word
Metiphorical meanings pranced through their minds
Their Paganist leanings soon taught all mankinds... ttr

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: GUEST,Raedwulf
Date: 24 Jan 03 - 01:43 PM

And speaking of wandering cows, methinks I smell summat funny. Folklore: be somewhat of a misnoming header surely... ;)

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: Thomas the Rhymer
Date: 24 Jan 03 - 02:57 PM

Yeh, I'know... sorry 'bout that. I was origionally trying to explore the creation of folklore from the imaginary viewpoint of another civilization somewhere, evolved far beyond our own... Out there huh? Well, I like to try new positions, unless they don't work for everyone involved... But really! The creation of Folklore is possible I think, and I'm going to keep trying! ...and I hope you won't go all crabby about it! I'm trying to lighten up, and ;^) ttr

Subject: RE: Folklore: There was a strange people
From: *daylia*
Date: 24 Jan 03 - 09:14 PM

Well all Folklore starts out as someone's creation, so it's not only possible but a requirement I guess! That's why alot of Folklore is so strange ... weird ... magical ... mystical ... muddy ... bovine ... sheepish ... quantumly fractillious ... ok I'll quit now ... daylia