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< forgiven >
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my old toaster
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called today
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and forgave me
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for all the times
.
i burned the toast
and blamed it
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- - -
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OR:
Toast from a toaster in Texas
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Became an intense Christian nexus
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This glorious slice
.................
Held an image of Christ
.............
The attraction was wildly infectious
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Please note:
This thread is both a game and a challenge. The game and/or challenge is to include poetic parody, derision, farce, irony, mockery, ridicule,
satire, and travesty (but no raillery as it's much too much like banter)in your responses without including any banter and/or lightheartedness.
Adding a disclaimer to your response (much like the example below); while probably not useful at keeping the thought-police at bay, will,
at least, give you something to shout self-righteously as they haul you away.
Example disclaimer:
"This response should not in any way be construed as either banter, lightheartedness, or both. Any inference that this response contains
either banter, lightheartedness, or both; has been drawn from phantasmagoria fabricated by the inferee's defective intellect."
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Hi Ray,
I gave this a 6.5 on my smile O-metre for the text and a 7 for the pic.
Your poetry + pictures brightens my day.
Silly quip that your pic made me think of:
The face of the bloke on my toast
is worth a fortune on ebay.
Sadly he's now toast
I ate him for tea today.
Thanks AJ.
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;-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) second!!!!!!!
cheers to both of you
Сергей Гуpcku
nope, make that 9 point 5
ray
;-)))
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(07-10-2013, 07:23 PM)cidermaid Wrote: Hi Ray,
I gave this a 6.5 on my smile O-metre for the text and a 7 for the pic.
Your poetry + pictures brightens my day.
Silly quip that your pic made me think of:
The face of the bloke on my toast
is worth a fortune on ebay.
Sadly he's now toast
I ate him for tea today.
Thanks AJ.
Removed repeat of limerick on 1st post: see above.
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(07-11-2013, 01:19 AM)rayheinrich Wrote: (07-10-2013, 07:23 PM)cidermaid Wrote: Hi Ray,
I gave this a 6.5 on my smile O-metre for the text and a 7 for the pic.
Your poetry + pictures brightens my day.
Silly quip that your pic made me think of:
The face of the bloke on my toast
is worth a fortune on ebay.
Sadly he's now toast
I ate him for tea today.
Thanks AJ.
There once was a toaster from Texas
Whose toast was a religious nexus
When an image appeared
Of a god most revered
Its attraction was wildly infectious
I think the meter is botched on the limerick. Also Jesus was black.
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The toaster from Texas perplexed us
with it's boast of religious confections.
Next it claimed
that a strawberry stain
was part of it's Ghandi collection
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(07-11-2013, 01:38 AM)cidermaid Wrote: The toaster from Texas perplexed us
with it's boast of religious confections.
Next it claimed
that a strawberry stain
was part of it's Ghandi collection
From poet.org which has great examples and articles on form.
1) - / - - / - - /
2) - / - - / - - /
3) - / - - /
4) - / - - /
5) - / - - / - - / See more at:
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMI...Jb3xa.dpuf
Also I found the iambic pentameter tote bag to be quite funny.
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/21314
Also there are online dictionaries that help you find stresses.
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Hi Brownlie, appreciate the thought and the links. Will go and have a look later.
I will always acknowledge my need to spend more time in the prctice sections - which i love.
But on this occassion was actually just messing around with no real interest or intent to be correct or even vuagly clever, let alone fit into a set form. So in terms of poetry it probably does suck...but i was just in a silly mood today.
AJ
Appoligies to Ray this is straying too far off your post.
Your poem was fun and set me going though.
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(07-11-2013, 02:12 AM)cidermaid Wrote: Hi Brownlie, appreciate the thought and the links. Will go and have a look later.
I will always acknowledge my need to spend more time in the prctice sections - which i love.
But on this occassion was actually just messing around with no real interest or intent to be correct or even vuagly clever, let alone fit into a set form. So in terms of poetry it probably does suck...but i was just in a silly mood today.
AJ
Appoligies to Ray this is straying too far off your post.
Your poem was fun and set me going though.
Oh, I didn't mean to ruin your fun. I'm sorry. I don't think your poetry sucks.
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(07-11-2013, 02:12 AM)cidermaid Wrote: Apologies to Ray this is straying too far off your post.
Your poem was fun and set me going though.
Please feel FREE to stray as far as you want as I live for
this kind of fun. Though your meter had stopped running
as Brownie (quite a confection as well) stated, "religious
confections" and "Ghandi collection" were more than
worth it.
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(07-22-2013, 11:32 PM)serge gurkski Wrote: ( it is Gandhi. ;-))
Ah yes! Thanks.
We writers who dabble in poetry are a phonetic lot; always moving are lips while reading.
Excuses could be made because written poetry shares such a strong bond with its spoken
counter-part; especially in its more rhythmically structured forms.
But there's no excusing around it; while it's said > ˈɡaːnd̪ʱi < , it's spelled 'Gandhi'.
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