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Larry
post Jan 30 12, 16:07
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You gave your all but more than that
you gave much more while others sat
upon their hands.
New life and second chances doled
to all in need should be extoled
by marching bands.
What you have done impresses me,
I laud your generosity
for I, like them
was homeless without love or care
when folks like you had both to share.
My eyes still brim
with unshed tears. Your treasures lie
in wait when e'er you bid goodbye
to live with Him.


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post Apr 6 12, 11:16
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Your words mean much to me, my friend;
this long delay was not the end
that I had sought.
Sometimes we don't know what to say
when folks commend us, so we stay
in silent thought.

I hope my silence hasn't seemed
that I don't care; you are esteemed
by me, for sure.
Just know that though I'm forward oft,
to you my old black hat is doffed.
I've been demure.

I'm focusing on losing weight
lest leaving you should be my fate --
and far too soon.
The exercise I do as well
is helping; anyone can tell --
small gut-balloon.

Along the way I'm being blithe;
my goal is to be once more lithe --
at least not fat.
I hope at length, when I retire
that I won't gradually re-tire.
Please, abs, stay flat!


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post Apr 6 12, 15:14
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In silence, we must contemplate
the choice of words which may relate
just how we feel
when given praise. Although it's earned
by unsung deeds, false pride is spurned;
has no appeal.

This sharing self, when times are hard,
brings two-fold gifts as a reward
which I'll relate.
The first is a more humble mien
from helping those, the poor unseen,
their need is great.

The other gift you'll get, my friend
is you will have much less to spend
on treats or snacks.
This should assist you in your goal
of slimming down as you cajole
chocolate attacks.

Abs will stay flat if you abstain,
and size with exercise remain
but it's a chore.
This calls for lots of sacrifice;
no bread with butter; no more rice...
blandness explore.




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post Apr 9 12, 08:01
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There's much to eat that is not bland
though much of it is not at hand;
you have to look
in unfamiliar places where
before to go, you would not dare
but you mistook

what you'd not tried for something bad --
a wondrous taste you've never had
but now you know
there's more out there to seek and find
and places where you've never dined;
search high and low.

Ere long, you'll find a sumptuous dish
that's made of vegetables and fish
and makes you lean
towards the lighter side of food,
'cause losing fat is always good
when you're between

obese and morbidly obese.
Your bread and butter has to cease
or you will die
of heart disease or cancer or
be prostrate, beached upon the shore --
there choked on pie.


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post Apr 13 12, 15:47
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If that pie were mincemeat, I would choke
though I know it's enjoyed by come folk,
never been one of them.
Coconut or pecan on the beach
sounds quite nice. Think I'd have one of each
or key-lime. On a whim,

I have tried other country's cuisine
with delight, though some were garish green
made from sea-weed, I guess.
Others curried and spiced with, "who knows?"
They were delicacies I suppose
but not mine. I confess

to a penchant for food from the south.
Etouffee or gumbo in my mouth
is like Heaven on earth.
Though from Texas, I like chili too
and a big plate of good barbecue
which might add to my girth.

Thank the Lord for my genetic past
which made my metabolic rate fast;
sedentary I'm not.
I work harder now that I'm retired.
It's as if gardening has conspired
that I not go to pot.


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post Apr 16 12, 11:50
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Who'd think our Larry would invent
another form; is there intent?
Loglimerhyme ?
He starts it off as limerick
with no iambs. Is this a trick?
We'll see in time.

Quite honestly, I think that he
got carried off with Lim'ricks, see?
It's no surprise;
excitement with the form can make
you go in tangents 'til it takes
you as its prize.

Loglimerhymes won't likely gain
a place that we must then maintain
to be complete.
We'll let it die and move along
and not expect a growing throng
that must retreat.


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post Apr 17 12, 15:44
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Retreat from innovative change?
Just thought I'd try to rearrange
the metric pace.
'Twas purposeful, for my intent
to use the Limerick form's extent
might then efface

parameters of certain rules
now taught, by rote, in writing schools.
Their noose pulled tight
diminishes creativeness
which most now lack so I would guess
the poet's plight

could be pedantic guides. Without
a tiny tweak, I have no doubt
there would not be
the sonnets of Shakespeare and those
of Browning or Millay. They chose
a different key.

I care not if the torch I lit
goes out or maybe burns a bit
before its death.
I only want to stretch the bounds
of verse 'till doctrinaire hell-hounds
run out of breath.


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post Apr 18 12, 14:41
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Iamb so sorry, Larry friend.
I hope my words did not offend
your wondrous heart.
I also love to stretch the rules
while making use of all the tools;
I think it's part

of how new forms come to the fore:
at first some can't come through the door
that's been locked fast.
Some utilize it anyway;
ere long the new form wins the day...
purebreds aghast!

So....

Loglimerhymes seem really fun;
though surely for not everyone,
so I offer you mine.
I certainly do understand
and certify your fledgling brand;
it's deliciously fine.

Iamb sure that you'll note that iambs
are required in pure Logarhyme brand
yet your variant is
but a breath of fresh air to my ears
so I hope this allays any fears
and you won't let it fizz.

deLightedly, Daniel sun.gif


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post Apr 22 12, 00:42
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Let it fizz? Well gee-whiz, I had thought
there was interest in what I had wrought
as a jest or a game
some might play. Anyway, I liked yours.
Flattering emulation ensures
some brief fame, but the name

which you coined feels just right. Thanks so much!
The Loglimerhyme title, as such
shall be known by a few
who might try it. Deny it exists?
It can not be undone. I'll persist
but there's only we two

who have written such stanzas. I'll say
I'm enamored in the weirdest way
but I won't push this form.
Logarhymes are done with the iamb
so I'll follow the rules like a lamb
though I do hate the "norm".

Maybe if a new thread were to start
others who break the rules might impart
their ideas in this way.
But the minimal interest I see
in all forums just convinces me
Loglimerymes won't play.

RIP LOL


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post Mar 12 13, 13:47
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The course is set with your new tile;
your variation won't defile
the Logarhyme;
We shan't confuse folks in this thread
with how we stretch the rules; the dread
won't bloom this time.

We're free to spread and dry our wings
creating strange and wondrous things
that sometimes fail
and sometimes blossom like a rose.
Let no one say that Larry froze;
we soar and flail.


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post Mar 12 13, 15:04
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We’ll soar and hope that we won’t fail
to gain some interest as well.
Loglimerhymes
are lots of fun, as you well know,
and give you freedom with the flow
of verse sometimes.

I do appreciate the tile;
it brought surprise and then a smile
wide as my face.
The credit for the name is yours;
I just hope that its strangeness lures
more than a trace

of curiosity, intrigue;
but until then we stand in league
and wait a bit.
Then, as you say, a rose may bloom
and flowering, will fill the room
without a crit.


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post Mar 12 13, 15:19
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Without a crit, some roses bloom
but most of us need help to groom
their blossoming.
Let's post new pieces there for crit
and hope the forum will come lit
from possuming.


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post Mar 25 13, 15:19
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Here's one from last week's Flash Jam 97:

... now with the inadvertently omitted final line of S1! Thanks, Larry!!!



Dear Writer's Block

Dear writer's block, it's I, not you
who's got my thinking in a stew.
You're always there
to put a noose around my neck
when I am hearing "What the heck!"
That is your fare.

But I've not heard it for a while,
and though your gift is not from guile
I can't accept.
I write because it whirs inside
although sometimes it's misapplied,
and I'm inept.

So, good or bad I spew it out,
'cause I'm not gonna sit an' pout
about your rope.
It matters not if others read;
their absence simply won't impede.
It's how I cope.

© MLee Dickens'son 2013


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post Apr 1 13, 23:17
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Un-trans furred tail


If rhyme and beat, properly spaced,
were written out I’d cut and paste
my thoughts for you
to read. Enjoy each witty phrase
I’ve labored with to garner praise
as is my due

but something is amiss my friend
for Logarhymes must have an end
in each tercet.
Your second one is lacking that;
I wonder where it’s gone or at
but I would bet

the mouse’s shadow which you use
is more at fault than is your muse
and left it there
upon your document in Word.
Without the end, it looks absurd.
Can you repair?


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post Apr 5 13, 15:15
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I've now repaired it, as you see.
I do not know how lines so flee
from little Mouse.
I use her all the time, of course,
and maybe sometimes I'm too coarse
when in my house.

I'll try to be more gentle now
and see if that will help somehow
to calm the tyke.
I'm grateful that you checked me out,
or others soon would think, no doubt,
that I'm a psyche!

Lightly, Daniel sun.gif


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post Apr 6 13, 18:52
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You're not a psyche, Daniel my man;
although sometimes, you surely can
contort a phrase
to difficult. Impossible
to figure out unless I mull
and blankly gaze

while cogitating what you mean
'till finally its meaning glean
ere brain is fried.
Control and c, control and v...
but in this case, obviously
it's misapplied.


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post Apr 6 13, 22:09
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Sometimes I simply make mistakes
as when my mental substance flakes
and clogs the flow
of juices in my cranium
so something that I say is dumb.
I'm no Thoreau.

I'm glad that you can figure out
betimes what I have said; no doubt
you'll keep me humble.
You often ask me what I mean
or point out things I should have seen
for oft I stumble!


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post Apr 11 13, 00:08
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I stumble too, when something's strange
but mainly when you rearrange
the posted form.
Is that permissible to do;
to add an extra beat or two
over the norm?

Or is it something else instead
where you are messing with my head
for humor's sake?
If not, then I shall have to spend
time to confirm the female end's
not a mistake.


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post Apr 11 13, 02:36
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Good grief!!!

I'd just completed a three stanza response to this that I was also going to post for critique....

and Microsoft decided to shut my computer down without warning to do UPDATES!!!!! Obviously I LOST the whole thing. And I think there was even some tongue-in-cheek profundity in it. Not sure I'll be able to recreate it!!!! I'm discouraged!!!

sLightly upset, Daniel sun.gif


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post Apr 11 13, 08:26
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Sorry about that Daniel,

If you have MS Office's newest Word program, you may be able to find it in "recent documents" and there is also an "auto-save" for inadvertently deleted files. Hope you find it!

Larry


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