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Jul 14 04, 16:54
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A muse at a poetry-fest reluctantly sighed and confessed. "I thought my fine form would surpass the norm if I just addressed you undressed
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Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. MM Award Winner
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Jul 15 04, 04:23
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QUOTE (heartsong7 @ July 14 2004, 16:54) A muse at a poetry-fest reluctantly sighed and confessed. "I thought my fine form would surpass (the) any norm if I (just) merely addressed you undressed." I offer this little corrective. (Please know that there ain't no invective.) I is hidin'n' my blush, 'cause jest seein' your tush is makin' me feel self-protective.
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Jul 1 05, 10:56
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Sonnimeric
Hmm… a sonnet: I am Bic Pen Tam, my hat seems to whisper. I cram all my meter and rhyme ‘neath my bonnet in time to a metronome. Hope it ain’t spam.
© Daniel J Ricketts 2005
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Aug 4 05, 16:36
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Dear All,
This was supposed to be a clerihew, but I could not chip enough off it to make it one, so a limerick it will be.
LIMERICK - INSCRUTABLE
No leader is better than Cleo whose stony rear resembles that of Leo in her Sphinx-like musings mosaic not a tile is prosaic ’cept those of prose, and some others with B.O.
Alan McAlpine Douglas
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Aug 5 05, 08:58
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There's none like the leprechaun Alan when he has retracted his talon. He'll write on the wing about anything; his feathers get great miles-per-gallon.
(at least in American English!)
Lightly, Daniel
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Aug 6 05, 09:39
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Now surely our Alan has words to further exchange on these boards! Will he leave this alone? ...or still better hone his word-skills for those cheering hoards?
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Mar 21 07, 12:16
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QUOTE (JustDaniel @ Aug 6 05, 14:39 ) <font color='#000000'>Now surely our Alan has words to further exchange on these boards! Will he leave this alone? ...or still further hone his word-skills for those cheering hoards?</font> A Free Verse Lim'rick It's the lim'rick, where poetry's slim, it's a form far from norm for a whim. I could write in free verse then recite as that's worse. I'll perform, make a storm, Oh how grim!
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Mar 21 07, 13:32
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I'm not sure what you're sayin' in this, but the fact that you're sayin' it's bliss, 'cause this tile 'as just sat 'ere while we's gettin' fatter... free of exercise; we's bin remiss.
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Sep 13 09, 09:55
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Good grief! There's been no one to say a thing in the Limerick way... at least in this thread. Will it remain dead? Shall we bury it... or shall we play?
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Sep 19 09, 05:06
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Or shall we all go out and bury a poem considered contrary the form is not dead but badly inbred by poets who're hopeless and hairy
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Sep 19 09, 06:37
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The lim'rick is one funny feeder oft full of retorts: it's a breeder... Fear not - it's not dead -- It's all in your head! We just need a prodding, dear reader!
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"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the RingsCollaboration feeds innovation. In the spirit of workshopping, please revisit those threads you've critiqued to see if the author has incorporated your ideas, or requests further feedback from you. In addition, reciprocate with those who've responded to you in kind. "I believe it is the act of remembrance, long after our bones have turned to dust, to be the true essence of an afterlife." ~ Lorraine M. KanterNominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here! "Worry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up." ~ Early detection can save your life.MM Award Winner
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Sep 21 09, 15:56
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I know well that Limerick's not dead... I was merely concerned for this thread! So if you all are playing we'll keep on displaying the strange stuff that's stored in our head.
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Sep 22 09, 02:02
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Now Dan implies WE use a head!!! (it's posted above in this thread), He surely must know it the muse of a poet resides in the past not ahead.
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Sep 22 09, 09:05
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Ahead, abehind -- who can tell!? So long as the beat's goin' well we'll dance right along while singin' a song an' pickin' up folks that's done fell!
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Jan 9 10, 12:04
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Nice to have ya aboard, Larry. I see Daniel is busy farming on Facebook.
Sometimes when a fella can’t think, It’s because of that gold barley drink. What a fine, smooth elixir But a sneaky old fixir That lets you get right outa sync.
While checking the menu in Braille, I missed out on a minor detail But a second perusal Was met with refusal. Tho I choked, it was all “no avail.”
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Jan 9 10, 13:38
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We onna pubcrawl Larry! My round - That last one was a bommer Merlin! Old Merlin 'tho stooping and frail hobbled back to the old bar at Yale when checking the prices found foreign devices inflating the costs of his ale. Wally
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Jan 9 10, 15:49
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Barmaid, another round pls.
You’ve only got sixpence and some; Your expression has turned rather glum. The tab is much higher And the wench you admire Has run off with some other bum.
Too much of the ale can spell trouble As knees tend to flip-flop and wouble. Ten pints ought to do – Recycle a few, Then get yourself home on the double!
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Jan 9 10, 16:15
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So sad my friend, so sad! Singing - "Why was she born so beautiful why was she born at all . . . " oi! slide em babies When I was a doctor at Yale young Larry while studying Braille; requested an ointment to soothe disappointment inflicted while groping for ale. It was cleverly done I must say for a splash of fine red cabernet, one certain protrusion if pressed in profusion made bottles depart from the tray.
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Jan 10 10, 17:22
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Ah yes,
A topnotch invention Braille izz From the French – or was it the Swizz? A raised alphabet Works from here to Tibet And an ale is a nale is a fizz!
I focused my left eye to bits On the menu wrote down on her chest And then ordered another For the road and its brother Before singing No-ale type of hits.
Singing >> No-ale, no-ale, No-ale, no-ale… (for Steve)
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Jan 11 10, 00:35
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Wally and Merlin,
Here is another round for you both. Wally, I never studied Braille(referencing your last entry). It was merely a ruse to use when feeling a bit thirsty.
Since I’m too bloody smashed to see more And Braille fingers aren’t up to the chore I’ll just grab the menu To expose it; then you Can lick up what she spills on the floor.
The poor maid who served drinks in the bar Had the measles in places bizarre She applied calamine Both in front and behin’ But the vision impaired read too far.
Merlin, it's French - Louis Braille - 1829; but then, you already knew that.
Larry
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