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Big red dog.
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Goose just sounds better. And they have golden eggs. Poor Clifford will never be a muse, or even a swan. Ducks have awful sonics.
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Mallards sound nice.
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(04-03-2014, 12:36 PM)ellajam Wrote: Mallards sound nice.
Mallards is wonderfully trochaic.
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I suppose, but not with a mouthful of marbles! (or bill, I mean)
One time this girl wrote a poem about a bear's foot. I said "bear's foot, and toes (?!)". She had no idea what I was trying to point out.
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(04-03-2014, 12:39 PM)trueenigma Wrote: I suppose, but not with a mouthful of marbles! (or bill, I mean)
One time this girl wrote a poem about a bear's foot. I said "bear's foot, and toes (?!)". She had no idea what I was trying to point out. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gHJWofb5M_k
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(04-03-2014, 12:46 PM)milo Wrote: (04-03-2014, 12:39 PM)trueenigma Wrote: I suppose, but not with a mouthful of marbles! (or bill, I mean)
One time this girl wrote a poem about a bear's foot. I said "bear's foot, and toes (?!)". She had no idea what I was trying to point out. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gHJWofb5M_k
Yeah, I saw that one. Corny wordplay never gets old in slapstick. I've seen 'em all I think. The one where Brian goes Republican was the best.
I love it when networks and shows make awkward attempts at anticipating their viewers' political views. As if anyone actually cares these days. Most people just point and say -yeah, what he said!
Anyway, family guy goes down real nice with a bottle of booze and a pipe full of crack. (that's in these days, right? Wait, nvmd, I think that was the eighties. Well whatever you kids are into,hoy en día
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(04-03-2014, 12:23 PM)trueenigma Wrote: (04-03-2014, 12:18 PM)Erthona Wrote: Duck!
That, sir, is a goose.
...but goose is not a verb...well I guess it is. OK goose, but I don't think that will help people from being hit!
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Goose goosing Duck ducking
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Take a gander at that!
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(04-04-2014, 03:36 PM)Erthona Wrote: Take a gander at that!
take a gander at this goose
dander knocked his honker loose
palming deuces how obtuse
never duck an abstruse goose
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I think you just invented a new tongue twister! "abstruse" is the killer.
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Back to the original topic, controversy in poetry (and all writing) is deeply significant to me. There is this thing I'm concerned about because in many places it's illegal, and it really shouldn't be. However, it's embarassing, vulgar, offensive, unspeakable, hated, mocked, and, in a word, controversial. People in general tend to feel so strongly against it that I can't even risk writing the word. I wish I could just write something, but I can't, because I don't want infamy. I want a peaceful, productive life, even knowing that all my achievements could be stolen away from me. One of the reasons I've wanted to spend years learning poetry is so that, maybe someday, I can actually have what it takes to write about this repressed injustice, without the poem looking like some sicko's damn shock value attempt.
*Warning: blatant tomfoolery above this line
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(04-11-2014, 01:45 PM)kindofahippy Wrote: Back to the original topic, controversy in poetry (and all writing) is deeply significant to me. There is this thing I'm concerned about because in many places it's illegal, and it really shouldn't be. However, it's embarassing, vulgar, offensive, unspeakable, hated, mocked, and, in a word, controversial. People in general tend to feel so strongly against it that I can't even risk writing the word. I wish I could just write something, but I can't, because I don't want infamy. I want a peaceful, productive life, even knowing that all my achievements could be stolen away from me. One of the reasons I've wanted to spend years learning poetry is so that, maybe someday, I can actually have what it takes to write about this repressed injustice, without the poem looking like some sicko's damn shock value attempt. it's the hardest stuff to write, that's for sure
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"without the poem looking like some sicko's damn shock value attempt." Sometimes it's a difficult line to walk that line. Blake said, "You never know what is enough, until you know what is too much. One thing I would suggest is, write whatever you want, but then let it sit for a few months, then go back to it when you are not so attached and can look at it more objectively. The more you do that, the closer you get to being objective in the moment about your own material.
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