on The Power Of Standing Still (Ghazellanelle) by Bachus
1 Jul 2004, 1:59 AM
How do you swim standing still?
-8-
-8-
on some deleted poem
1 Jul 2004, 10:42 AM
It was a bit jumpy for me towards the middle, but overall I liked it. I gave it a -7-
on some deleted poem
1 Jul 2004, 10:45 AM
I thought it was a pimple poem without the rhyme. I have seen this topic over and over again, written in angst by teenage girls. Frankly I'm sick of this topic. But... opinions are like farts...
on Stuck in VI by jonnyduk
1 Jul 2004, 1:54 AM
I gave it a 6. I thought there should be one more "Why?"
on some deleted poem
1 Jul 2004, 1:55 AM
Creative, but is natural beauty fit to drink?
-6-
-6-
on Blobby song$ by MR Blobby
1 Jul 2004, 1:57 AM
I just don't get it. Would you please explain it to me?
on The Power Of Standing Still (Ghazellanelle) by Bachus
1 Jul 2004, 2:02 AM
In its form, the ghazal is a short poem rarely of more than a dozen couplets in the same metre. It always opens with a rhyming couplet called matla. The rhyme of the opening couplet is repeated at the end of second line in each succeeding verse, so that the rhyming pattern may be represented as AA, BA, CA, DA, and so on. In addition to the restriction of rhyme, the ghazal also observes the convention of radif. Radif demands that a portion of the first line -- comprising not more than two or three words -- immediately preceding the rhyme-word at the end, should rhyme with its counterpart in the second line of the opening couplet, and afterwards alternately throughout the poem. The opening couplet of the ghazal is always a representative couplet: it sets the mood and tone of the poem and prepares us for its proper appreciation. The last couplet of the ghazal called makta often includes the pen-name of the poet, and is more personal than general in its tone and intent. Here the poet may express his own state of mind, or describe his religious faith, or pray for his beloved, or indulge in poetic self-praise. The different couplets of the ghazal are not bound by the unity and consistency of thought. Each couplet is a self-sufficient unit, detachable and quotable, generally containing the complete expression of an idea.
on some deleted poem
1 Jul 2004, 2:09 AM
hmmmmmmmm
That is a naw-dog situation for me.
I read it and said to myself, "Naw Dog."
-1- for typing it
That is a naw-dog situation for me.
I read it and said to myself, "Naw Dog."
-1- for typing it
on The Missing Peace by nothingtoanyone
1 Jul 2004, 2:11 AM
At first I thought this was one of those: "What am I?" poems... and I hate those.
on some deleted poem
1 Jul 2004, 2:13 AM
-0- FROM ME. THEY ALL SUCKED.
Here is the definition of a haiku taken from this very site:
The haiku is a japanese poetry form, evolved from the renga during the 16th century. It is a three line, unrhymed set of seventeen syllables (5-7-5).
It is typically a pair of contrasting concrete/sensory images, with each image so dependant on the other that the whole thing collapses if one word is altered.
Here is the definition of a haiku taken from this very site:
The haiku is a japanese poetry form, evolved from the renga during the 16th century. It is a three line, unrhymed set of seventeen syllables (5-7-5).
It is typically a pair of contrasting concrete/sensory images, with each image so dependant on the other that the whole thing collapses if one word is altered.
on When the night completes by donmiguel1960
1 Jul 2004, 2:15 AM
I thought this was going to end in "What am I?"
To which I was going to reply: A lizard in the desert
But that didn't happen
To which I was going to reply: A lizard in the desert
But that didn't happen
on The Curlew's Cry (Yr alwad y Gylfinir) by Blurgerocity
1 Jul 2004, 2:50 AM
The category is free verse but I found myself going: ababcc ababcc while readin it.
But... I thought it was alright.
I gave it an 8
But... I thought it was alright.
I gave it an 8
on a Waste of Space by thepinkbunnyofdoom
30 Jun 2004, 4:30 AM
I made a word: pop-tarded.
It's my nice way of saying retarded.
I really liked this poem. I liked it so much, I printed it out and used it in place of my toilet paper.
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It's my nice way of saying retarded.
I really liked this poem. I liked it so much, I printed it out and used it in place of my toilet paper.
-0-
on some deleted poem
30 Jun 2004, 4:36 AM
You might want to get a study guide to help you out with Ulysses...
-9-
-9-
on some deleted poem
30 Jun 2004, 4:37 AM
I don't want to see your crotch sweat,
But very cutely writ.
-7-
But very cutely writ.
-7-
on Thong Thoo by fatmansinging
30 Jun 2004, 4:40 AM
You sound like my friend who has a very bad lisp... and speaking of... why does the word lisp end in "sp?"
I gave it a 3
I gave it a 3
on some deleted poem
30 Jun 2004, 4:46 AM
how come "have" doesn't rhyme with the rest of it?
on A Time for More War by dougsoderstrom
30 Jun 2004, 5:06 AM
well... weren't you wrong!!!
Extremely lewd.
Even for you...
Cheers