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12 Feb 05 - 06:01 PM (#1407587) Subject: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: skipy |
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12 Feb 05 - 06:04 PM (#1407590) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: *Laura* |
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12 Feb 05 - 06:09 PM (#1407596) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Uncle_DaveO This poem is going to take a long time to write. Dave Oesterreich |
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12 Feb 05 - 06:29 PM (#1407612) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Peace The End. |
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12 Feb 05 - 06:35 PM (#1407621) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Thomas the Rhymer The poem that never starts Breathes life into old thoughts As midlife greets spring akimbo |
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12 Feb 05 - 06:47 PM (#1407637) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Little Hawk To have a poem One And then As if the way was not clouded enough to arrange eggshells No? Why? |
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12 Feb 05 - 06:57 PM (#1407645) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Stilly River Sage |
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12 Feb 05 - 07:39 PM (#1407670) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Cluin *cough* *shuffle* *cough* |
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12 Feb 05 - 07:45 PM (#1407680) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Is this blank verse? Derrrr! DT |
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12 Feb 05 - 07:47 PM (#1407684) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Cluin *checking watch* *sigh* anyminutenow |
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12 Feb 05 - 07:50 PM (#1407689) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Time gentlemen PLEASE! |
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12 Feb 05 - 07:54 PM (#1407695) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: JennyO er....um..... oh bugger...... |
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12 Feb 05 - 08:01 PM (#1407703) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: The Fooles Troupe You're all too crazy for me... |
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12 Feb 05 - 08:16 PM (#1407719) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Bee-dubya-ell Oh no! Your poem won't start? Well, you need an Acme/Allword Emergency Poem Starter! That's right! The Acme/Allword Emergency Poem Starter fits conveniently under your computer keyboard until you need it. Then, when that nasty old writer's block hits, just lift your keyboard up, pull out the Acme/Allword Emergency Poem Starter, remove it from its protective case, place either end in your mouth and set fire to the other end while inhaling deeply. Your poem will usually start spontaneously in a couple of minutes. Acme/Allword Emergency Poem Starter is a registered trademark of The Gooey Green Ganja Corporation. |
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13 Feb 05 - 01:18 AM (#1407936) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Cluin pssst... I think I saw the curtain move... |
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13 Feb 05 - 01:38 AM (#1407940) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Teresa eert a sa ylevol meop a ees reven llahs I taht kniht ... ... ... ... |
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13 Feb 05 - 02:25 AM (#1407956) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: The Fooles Troupe I was right! I AM the only sane one here! |
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13 Feb 05 - 02:39 AM (#1407962) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Teresa But not the only one wot lies. ;) |
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13 Feb 05 - 04:36 AM (#1408008) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Dave Hanson I could never |
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13 Feb 05 - 04:45 AM (#1408017) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Jeanie It was a dark and stormy night, And the Captain said to the Mate: "Antonio, tell us a yarn !" And the yarn went like this: It was a dark and stormy night, And the Captain said to the Mate: "Antonio, tell us a yarn !" And the yarn went like this: It was a dark and stormy night, And the Captain said to the Mate: "Antonio, tell us a yarn !" And the yarn went like this: It was a dark and ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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13 Feb 05 - 01:28 PM (#1408233) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Trust someone to ruin everything with a genuine example of poetic perpetual motion. You are sane Jeanie......kindly leave the thread. Don T. (Inmate extraordinaire of this laughing academy). |
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13 Feb 05 - 05:10 PM (#1408440) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Jeanie "This fellow's wise enough to play the fool; And to do it well craves a kind of wit." And, to quote the same Great Poet, "We leak in your chimney". Have you changed your mind about me now, Don ? Meanwhile, back at the poetry recital.... |
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13 Feb 05 - 07:05 PM (#1408564) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Don(Wyziwyg)T O.K. Jeanie, you qualify. Your room is second on the right, with the supersoft rubber walls. Don |
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13 Feb 05 - 08:31 PM (#1408670) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Mr Red The tale of the Manx cat is......... about as long as this. |
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13 Feb 05 - 08:34 PM (#1408675) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Once Famous This poem will start if the jumper cables are hooked up right. |
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13 Feb 05 - 08:34 PM (#1408677) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Teresa And his tail is even sho .... |
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14 Feb 05 - 09:34 AM (#1409227) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Mr Red <PEDANT>Teresa - Manx cats can have up to 3 vertabrae beyond the pelvis and still qualify</PEDANT> Hey! This is weired - I wandered in to the Poem that Never Ends thinking I was here and was completely <PEDANT>disoriented</PEDANT> |
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14 Feb 05 - 11:28 AM (#1409358) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Dave the Gnome Jumper cables might not be enough, Martin! I was going to suggest WD40 round the distributor cap and HT leads. If that doesn't work it could be dirt in the carburetor... :D |
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14 Feb 05 - 02:51 PM (#1409594) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Don't be silly, these Vauxhall Stanzas never start on cold mornings. It's blank verse you know, And when verse comes to worst, you need a good scraper to clear the rhyme from your windscreen. DT |
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14 Feb 05 - 02:58 PM (#1409608) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Little Hawk "You're probably wondering why I have invited you all here today......" |
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15 Feb 05 - 01:17 PM (#1410648) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Mr Red Sestina anyone? |
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16 Feb 05 - 05:19 AM (#1411633) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: JennyO No, but a Guinness would be nice (_) |
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16 Feb 05 - 07:34 AM (#1411656) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: GUEST,Jeanie Mine's a Caesura, thanks. Cheers ! Sorry I can't manage to limp to the Recitation Podium to give you a rendition of my poem - I'm having trouble with my anapaestic foot again. - jeanie |
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16 Feb 05 - 05:24 PM (#1412334) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Cluin Well, just to kill time till the real thing starts... There was an old man from Nantucket... |
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17 Feb 05 - 05:09 PM (#1413333) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Now then Cluin, don't start. Don T. |
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17 Feb 05 - 06:26 PM (#1413425) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Bill D A clever young poet from Lameter... ...kept getting distracted before he could write a verse.. |
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17 Feb 05 - 09:34 PM (#1413612) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Cluin Oh bugger! What's the next line? I hate blanking at the mic. |
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18 Feb 05 - 08:42 PM (#1414503) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Don(Wyziwyg)T What's the French for deja vu? DT |
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19 Feb 05 - 12:59 PM (#1415058) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Blissfully Ignorant Deja vu, but in a French accent. |
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19 Feb 05 - 04:10 PM (#1415134) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: SharonA I'm guessing that this is free verse, and no one has caught it yet. (Free-range verse?) |
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19 Feb 05 - 04:21 PM (#1415144) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Susu's Hubby 99 bottles of beer on the wall....... |
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20 Feb 05 - 02:11 PM (#1415704) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: GUEST "Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita?" wondered Dante. "Sounds corny, ropey, old hat, thrashy, Bogomil. Won't do. Must think of something else. But what? Ah, how about: "Il poèma che jamas commence!" Wonderful! Mudrats, thank you. Slick Willy |
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21 Feb 05 - 12:12 PM (#1416502) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: GUEST,Chongo chimp "So it never did start at all"...THE END |
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21 Feb 05 - 02:40 PM (#1416632) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Ah! But whuch end? Don T. |
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21 Feb 05 - 02:41 PM (#1416635) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Don(Wyziwyg)T I mean Ah! But which end?........ DEJA VU. DT |
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21 Feb 05 - 04:05 PM (#1416706) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: GUEST,Chongo chimp R...send....R...send...R....send....R....send |
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21 Feb 05 - 06:29 PM (#1416860) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Chris Green Orange. |
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22 Feb 05 - 02:08 PM (#1417691) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Whaaaat? |
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22 Feb 05 - 02:29 PM (#1417720) Subject: RE: BS: The poem that never starts.......... From: Jeanie In the same vein as your *Orange*, duellingbouzoukis, here is something written by John Maguire: I'm writing a poem without any rhymes But I've had to redo it just dozens of goes Imagine my anger, my terrible rage As the rhymes just keep jumping right onto the sheet No sooner is one line put into its place Than the next comes along, stares me right in the eye Saying "Now that you've finished that bit of the text You've got to have me; can't you see that I'm here ?" I try for impossible words like cucumber But they overhear and awake from their snoozing I reach out for artichoke, porridge and sago But I find the gyrations just give me arthritis. ************************************************ - jeanie |