Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 17 Sep 06 - 10:29 AM I had a dream there were clouds in my coffee... clouds in my coffee-o |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: chazkratz Date: 17 Sep 06 - 09:43 AM You're so vain you probably think this thread is about you, don't you, don't you, don't you. It isn't. It's about itself, and that's beyond argument. Charles |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 17 Sep 06 - 02:02 AM :^)... and takes care of (and listens to) his conscience. Alas... for the thrill of arguements we forget our calling to higher purpose... and in disagreements over spices, burn the soup. ttr |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 17 Sep 06 - 01:37 AM That's nice of you, but I looked at the antiquity of the "speakers" more than their message, and lobbed back more ancient speakers but with a message from Sappho that scholars suggest was lost (for a while) in translation. They were all self-centered, but not so much so as your New Narcissus. Not like the brazen giant of bleak fame, With conquering limbs astride from Afghan to Iran; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch . . . Who should beat the fool over the head with it until he gets some sense and leaves everyone else alone |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 17 Sep 06 - 12:45 AM Sorry... How'd that happen? Enhanced by instinct's situations Narcissus descants sensations Of dual dramas unfulfilled In view of pastures left untilled Reflections oft are right and left Each alone is found bereft To dawdle in confused delight Quite unaware it can't requite And more complex psychologies Emerge from frail dualities When each side sees only derision without a context to envision And poor Narcissus as a nation Wastes away in indignation Against it's self it's goals umpugn To Liberty's forgotten tune We, his conscience and his soul Are people born but to extol In virtue revels love's ambition To heal and impart transition |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 16 Sep 06 - 11:36 PM Enhanced by instinct's situations Narcissus descants sensations A dual drama unfulfilled In view of pastures left untilled Reflections oft are right and left Each alone is found bereft To dawdle in confused delight Quite unaware it can't requite And more complex psychologies Emerge from frail dualities When each side sees only derision without the context to envision And poor Narcissus as a nation Wastes away in indignation Against it self it's goals umpugn |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 16 Sep 06 - 05:00 PM Don't mention it my little pretty... At least you were in the Ballpark! Amos, on the other hand was off on his own 'Onan the destroyer' episode... and quite out of radio reception for most of the series... |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 16 Sep 06 - 03:38 PM I missed the mark with my ditty--going too far back and into left field. Interesting story. |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 16 Sep 06 - 03:25 PM I doubt yours is any more interesting than mine... ...And now a brief word from our sponsor... This thread was brought to you by 'total denial' of the relevancy of this indictment. Any similarities between this document's earnest well researched assertions... and the 'conspiracy theory' confusionists... are purely coincidental. And now back to our regularly scheduled self obsession... Actually, now that I mention it... my navel is absolutely engrossing too! Oh how inspiring this all is! You know... properly rhymed and chorded, my introspective inflections and reflections on my navel are MUCH DEEPER than they first appear! ...and with the right marketing... ttr |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: Tootler Date: 15 Sep 06 - 06:08 PM I'll just go and examine my navel. |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: GUEST, I was there at the beginning man Date: 15 Sep 06 - 05:52 PM The 85 Billion thread's not far away, Go and post there, today. Thank you |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: Bill D Date: 15 Sep 06 - 05:37 PM My great uncle Had a carbuncle Right on the bottom of his rump Armed with a mirror, He gazed on his posterior ...Except when he had to take a dump. Ogden Ferlinghetti "Poems I Wish I Had Never Written" Desperation Publishing - San Francisco, 1972 |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: Amos Date: 15 Sep 06 - 04:37 PM Chasing Thalia leads to failya In to vicious Circes turning If the muse ya would pursue, ya Need your after-burners burning. Break the mold of fond reflection, Lose your Narcissian erection, Or, instead, the hurkle-jerkle Will consume you in its circle. Paddymore Lusitania First Defender of Soft Consonants |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 15 Sep 06 - 04:12 PM mirror mirror on the net who's your favorite posting pet Could it be my poor sweet self Gazing at you on my shelf? How I hope with sturgid aims To recklessly revoke your claims With arduous self deprication Concealing our infatuation -sigh- |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: Dave Hanson Date: 15 Sep 06 - 04:58 AM Nobody eats ivy it's poisonous. eric |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 15 Sep 06 - 04:31 AM Na-a-a-a-a-ay! |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: John O'L Date: 15 Sep 06 - 01:58 AM O vile debaucher and corrupter of sacred beauty! Have ye not the sensibilities of a goat? |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 15 Sep 06 - 12:13 AM Hey, it was all I could think of that had a pastoral setting, five lines, and something resembling a rhyme scheme. Anyway, this thread's far too obsessed with itself to care whether any particular poster's work is original or not. |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 14 Sep 06 - 11:46 PM Mine didn't exactly scan in the way TTR's did, but it was packed full of imagery. Unlike that of our spatula licking friend. . . |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: mack/misophist Date: 14 Sep 06 - 11:09 PM no |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 14 Sep 06 - 10:36 PM Mares eat oats And does eat oats And litle lambs eat ivy A kid'll eat ivy too Wouldn't you? |
Subject: RE: BS: Is this thread obsessed with itself? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 14 Sep 06 - 10:00 PM Adonis and Attis have long held With Cybele and Diana That the grove in Nemi Grows tall with weeds While Sappho grows moist grasses |
Subject: Why am I so...? From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 14 Sep 06 - 09:37 PM Teiresias spoke about me To Cephissus and Leiriope Will Echo Discuss With Amienias The thread that I most long to see? ttr |