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I may regret this thread. On the other hand, maybe Ken won't see it ...  Rules are simple: Any poetry is ok. Song lyrics, regular poems, haiku, sonnets, whatever. Here's a little ditty I made up while backpacking in Kings Canyon National Park back in the late 70s. It's sung to the tune of Janis Joplin's "Mercedes Benz" "Oh Lord won't you buy me a rubberized raft? I hate these creek crossings, I always bust my a*s I'll wait for delivery at Rae Lakes Ca - amp Oh Lord won't you buy me a rubberized raft" There's more verses, but none of them are better than this one! (Scary thought huh!) I do like the one about a 30-06 and paying back John Muir for the damn trail we were on. Dan
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Great idea Dan!
Wait till I download the other hard drive...lots and lots of stuff... I've pretty much redone all of Proust in iambic pentameter...you'll love it...
Ken
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wait, I thought Ken was supposed to not see this ?!
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Damn! He saw it!
DUCK EVERYBODY!!!!
INNNNN COOOMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGG
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Originally posted by NAK:
Haiku:
Gesundheit
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Originally posted by Dan:
Damn! He saw it!
DUCK EVERYBODY!!!!
INNNNN COOOMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGG I didn't think Frank let us use profanity...must be special if he thinks it is warranted... K
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Another Haiku:
The sun is shining
Fish are swimming in the sea
They go well with chips
I am a Haiku Mistress!
Every time you play a funeral march, the devil grabs a soul.
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LOL
(Are you and Ken cousins?)
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My computer
makes me want to shoot 'er
I am not a poet
And don't I just know it
Every time you play a funeral march, the devil grabs a soul.
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you don't want apple to see it.. apple of the 5000 poems..
I promise not to hog the spotlight.
Thanksgiving Poem dedicated to Salvation Army Joe.... a man I know
thanks for children quickly growing,
lithe and strong and fresh and showing
signs of maybe caring for those unknowing
of the largesse life bestows
thanks for friends who truly care
and those who dare to risk to share
the soul of their heart’s despair
in hopes that those who don't will care
and give to those who’d gladly give
a day from those they live
just for a modest taste,
Of some of the food we blithely waste
accompanist/organist.. a non-MTNA teacher to a few
love and peace, Õun (apple in Estonian)
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Nak gets Yikes!
Apple gets Nice
Ken no dice
Sarah hates mice
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I read that - boy am I glad I'm not a guy!!  apple is putting us all to shame.. Ok, just me to shame..  
Every time you play a funeral march, the devil grabs a soul.
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A little something I wrote last winter after about a week of snow clouds and no snow:
The clouds have had their little joke;
They like to frighten us poor folk
With threat of rain, with threat of snow,
Yet these they hardly ever show!
"My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests." - Santayana
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Here's my additions with emendations...sniff...sniff..think I'm going to cry...It's just so beautiful...
Dan seeks civility
as he cheers the Steelers on
Brendan shows his ability
As he plays Messian
Ycul's such a sweet one
of so much she is wise
Penny cooks a ton
as a chef she makes great pies
Renauda finds the oil
so Kenny's car will go
DocMoonlight lances the boil
so the infection doesn't grow...
Plebus' has a funny cat
Sarah keeps a parrot blue
Crashtest's heart goes pitter pat
spurned by a girl not true
Nina's known for her mighty snort
Katie's quilt is fine
Quirt can produce a mighty tort
but prefers a glass of wine
JBryan's words thunder down
While Gryphon flings out smiles
Katie sews fanastic gowns
for waltzing up the aisles
NAK is our poet prince
his words sound strong and sound
KLuurs verses make people wince
not quite like Ezra Pound
Frank watches over us all
protects the pure and kind
hates to see us have a brawl
He hopes we learn to mind...
hope no more verses come to me
this is oh so queer
don't hate me for this spree
of words best read with beer.
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Bet you someday some great composer will write music for this stuff - ala Carmina Burana
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Did I ever love her?
Did we ever kiss?
Did she say she loved me?
No, I never knew that bliss.
It was just a dream of mine,
with a lot of lying.
I try to dream again
but I only wake up crying.
by Chris
The poem above was written after being jilted in young love (my second girlfriend). Tried to have the "long distance" relationship and *somebody* couldn't stay faithful. I actually did "know" the "bliss" of those events, but it all crashed down and fell apart - and by golly it was hollow almost from the beginning! BTW, all the lying was her's, sigh! I think something like that is what Crashtest is going thru now. Anyway, not a bad poem for a 17-year-old.
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. (1 Pet 4:7-8 NIV)
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No one else willing to contribute?
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. (1 Pet 4:7-8 NIV)
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What's there to say after
"Nina's known for her mighty snort?"
Seriously, I notice that no one reads anything with poetry in the title thread. I recommend that Dan change this title of this thread to "show us your...panties..." It will work much better.
Ken
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