Dovina
on Cutting The Ropes by darylchew
21 Oct 2004, 1:12 PM
I see the real me in you - paraphrased, and perhaps the best definition of love. The ropes do not seem to follow from the opening as if a step is missing.
A Sand Sandwich
BRUNCH!
Yet you bare not a though for the slipper.
With all your pontificating and mindless titter
Minor shod fools mark my words
Avoid following your vulgar herds
For with its exquisite fume
A gentleman ne’er leaves the smoking room
Your exterior footwear laments
For whence you can afford the expense
Of a man who will supply
Anything that catch your eye
Any item with which you have not yet
For when within your palace you can stay
And ne’er see the light of the day
Let the plebs worry about there dress
Whilst your feet are all warm and caressed
A true Gent be shod in none other
Save the mighty slipper
Al giardino spettrale al lauro muto
De le verdi ghirlande
A la terra autunnale
Un ultimo saluto!
A l'aride pendici
Aspre arrossate nell'estremo sole
Confusa di rumori
Rauchi grida la lontana vita:
Grida al morente sole
Che insanguina le aiole.
S'intende una fanfara
Che straziante sale: il fiume spare
Ne le arene dorate: nel silenzio
Stanno le bianche statue a capo i ponti
Volte: e le cose già non sono più.
E dal fondo silenzio come un coro
Tenero e grandioso
Sorge ed anela in alto al mio balcone:
E in aroma d'alloro,
In aroma d'alloro acre languente,
Tra le statue immortali nel tramonto
Ella m'appar, presente.
This is a Pimple.
Well, "tokin'" makes a lot more sense. But it rightly rhymes with both "smokin'" and "chokin'", so I'm well satisfied.
Don't give in so easily. He probably meant "tokin'", like what you do to a marijuana cigarette.
Besides, in order to be "quite literally...doing" token, he'd probably have to be participating in some wacky obscure "fad" dance involving lying under-foot, alternated with rolling around in various slots.
I never heard anyone use the word token like that before. I'm glad you feel you can justify everything that's in there - that's the mark of a satisfied poet. You're lucky.
I posted a poem full of grammatical and other errors. Why don't you ever comment on mine?
This poem is just too simple. That's all.
Anybody knows they're not towels. They're tableclothes.
Stop overfilling your comments with ridiculous groundless assumptions. And your poetry is still utterly artless.
Don't change anything.. I think it's already good.