last line caught me off guard. interesting.. probly the last line that moves me to vote on a haiku lol. 9

Discursive, yet appetizing and filling. Ace! 11

It sucks.

My God! Why didn't I think of something that profound!

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[_] AABB rhyming scheme [_] About romantic love [_] About poetry-writing [_] About suicide or self-mutilation [_] Arbitrary indentation [x] Arbitrary line breaks [_] Autobiographical but in the third person [_] Clerical errors [x] Cliched imagery (staring out of window, pits of despair) [_] Cliched rhymes (love/above etc.) [x] Devoid of alliteration or any such linguistic embellishments [x] Devoid of rhyme [_] Devoid of simile, reification or any such literary devices [_] Devoid of wond'rous or fantastical imagery [_] Drug references [_] Elves, unicorns, etc. [_] Exclamation points used to mark 'the funny bits' [_] Insipidly whimsical or zany [_] Leaving rant [_] Lower case only [x] Melodramatic [_] Naively religious or superstitious [_] Obsessed with femininity [_] Overabundance of ellipses [x] Overuse of 'depression' words (putrid, wretched, darkness, etc) [x] Pointedly unanswered questions [_] Protagonist has a smug name [_] Rage against the machine [_] References to the author's 'social life' [x] Repetition of a single word or phrase to the point of nausea [x] Sanctimoniously moral [_] Sentimental [_] Self-pity [_] Thesaurophilia [_] Use of internet shorthand or emoticons [x] Vicarious wish fulfilment SPA

The idea behind this poem was to condense all my feelings into a single word, and thus create a poem which has the maximum possible concentration of emotion.

[x]Devoid of content.

[_] AABB rhyming scheme [_] About romantic love [_] About poetry-writing [_] About suicide or self-mutilation [X] Arbitrary indentation [X] Arbitrary line breaks [_] Autobiographical but in the third person [X] Clerical errors [X] Cliched imagery (staring out of window, pits of despair) [_] Cliched rhymes (love/above etc.) [X] Devoid of alliteration or any such linguistic embellishments [X] Devoid of rhyme [_] Devoid of simile, reification or any such literary devices [_] Devoid of wond'rous or fantastical imagery [_] Drug references [_] Elves, unicorns, etc. [_] Exclamation points used to mark 'the funny bits' [_] Insipidly whimsical or zany [_] Leaving rant [_] Lower case only [X] Melodramatic [_] Naively religious or superstitious [_] Obsessed with femininity [_] Overabundance of ellipses [X] Overuse of 'depression' words (putrid, wretched, darkness, etc) [_] Pointedly unanswered questions [_] Protagonist has a smug name [_] Rage against the machine [_] References to the author's 'social life' [_] Repetition of a single word or phrase to the point of nausea [_] Sanctimoniously moral [_] Sentimental [X] Self-pity [X] Thesaurophilia [_] Use of internet shorthand or emoticons [_] Vicarious wish fulfilment

Wow, that's true actually. -10-. Did you mean in a literal sense, i.e God impregnated Mary withour her consent, or just in some sort of crappy metaphorical sense.

wonderful. love it. 10

Lars=glass? Why be mean you beany-eyed weenie.

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Suggestion: -=Dark_Angel=- 81.86.113.159 18-Sep-03, 10:00 PM DEAR POETES After months of research in the Forbidden Laboratory, I have finally devised a MECHANICAL CONTRAPTION for rapid and efficacious poetry-criticism -- I call it the MEDIOCRE POEME CHECKLISTE. Its use is simple: Merely copy this list, paste it into the comment section of an mediocre poeme, and check the boxes with X as appropriate. If applied properly, the CHECKLISTE will no doubt bring about a new Golden Age of constructive and amicable commenting on Poemeranker!! Your friend, -=Dark_Angel=- Postscripte: Do not hesitate to add here your own lines to the CHECKLISTE! -----------------8<-----------------8<-----------------8<-----------------8<-------- [_] AABBCC rhyming scheme [_] About 'love' [_] Arbitrary indentation [_] Arbitrary line breaks [_] Autobiographical but in the third person [_] Braggadocious [_] Clerical errors [_] Cliched rhymes (love/above etc.) [_] Cliched adolescent metaphors of darkness for despair etc. [_] Devoid of alliteration or any such linguistic embellishments [_] Devoid of rhyme [_] Devoid of simile, reification or any such literary devices [_] Devoid of wond'rous or fantastical imagery [_] Drug references [_] Elves [_] Exclamation points used to mark 'the funny bits' [_] Insipidly whimsical or zany [_] Leaving rant [_] Lower case only [_] 'Lyrics' [_] Melodramatic [_] Naively religious or superstitious [_] Obsessed with femininity [_] Overabundance of ellipses [_] Overuse of Latinate words and/or convoluted sentence structures [_] Pointedly unanswered questions [_] Protagonist has a smug name [_] Rage against the machine [_] References to the author's 'social life' [_] Repetition of a single word or phrase to the point of nausea [_] Sanctimoniously moral [_] Sappy [_] Suicide-related [_] Wish fulfilment

[X] AABBCC rhyming scheme [X] About romantic love [_] Arbitrary indentation [_] Arbitrary line breaks [_] Autobiographical but in the third person [X] Clerical errors [X] Cliched rhymes (love/above etc.) [_] Cliched adolescent metaphors of darkness for despair etc. [X] Devoid of alliteration or any such linguistic embellishments [_] Devoid of rhyme [_] Devoid of simile, reification or any such literary devices [X] Devoid of wond'rous or fantastical imagery [_] Drug references [_] Elves, unicorns, etc. [_] Exclamation points used to mark 'the funny bits' [_] Insipidly whimsical or zany [_] Leaving rant [_] Lower case only [X] Melodramatic [_] Naively religious or superstitious [X] Obsessed with femininity [_] Overabundance of ellipses [_] Overuse of Latinate words and/or convoluted sentence structures [_] Pointedly unanswered questions [_] Protagonist has a smug name [_] Rage against the machine [_] References to the author's 'social life' [X] Repetition of a single word or phrase to the point of nausea [_] Sanctimoniously moral [X] Sappy [X] Self-pity [_] Suicide-related [_] Wish fulfilment -10-

fabulous, one of my all time favourite vilanelles, and in fact, it's the one I taught myself how to write vilanelles with a year ago, thankyou. 9.

Jesus was no superstar. He was a superstar with cheese minus the special sauce.

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[_] AABB rhyming scheme [X] About romantic love [_] About poetry-writing [_] About suicide or self-mutilation [_] Arbitrary indentation [_] Arbitrary line breaks [_] Autobiographical but in the third person [_] Clerical errors [X] Cliched imagery (staring out of window, pits of despair) [_] Cliched rhymes (love/above etc.) [_] Devoid of alliteration or any such linguistic embellishments [X] Devoid of rhyme [_] Devoid of simile, reification or any such literary devices [_] Devoid of wond'rous or fantastical imagery [_] Drug references [_] Elves, unicorns, etc. [_] Exclamation points used to mark 'the funny bits' [_] Insipidly whimsical or zany [_] Leaving rant [_] Lower case only [_] Melodramatic [X] Naively religious or superstitious [_] Obsessed with femininity [X] Overabundance of ellipses [_] Overuse of 'depression' words (putrid, wretched, darkness, etc) [_] Pointedly unanswered questions [_] Protagonist has a smug name [_] Rage against the machine [_] References to the author's 'social life' [_] Repetition of a single word or phrase to the point of nausea [_] Sanctimoniously moral [X] Sentimental [_] Self-pity [_] Thesaurophilia [_] Use of internet shorthand or emoticons [_] Vicarious wish fulfilment

Suggested title: "Rubbish poem ahoy!"