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Why didn't the poet finish her poem?

Why didn't the poet finish her poem?
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#1
09-07-2015, 01:17 PM

Why didn't the poet finish her poem?
She had a stoke, a line had become enjambed in her brain.


Why didn't the poet finish his poem?
He had a caesura in a middle of a line.


Why didn't the poet finish her poem?
She did; I was only speaking metaphorically.


Why didn't the poet finish his poem?
His feet ran out on him.


Why didn't the poet finish her poem?
We don't know, there was no explication.


Why didn't the poet finish his poem?
The poem was about writer's block and he found it ironic.


Why didn't the poet finish her poem?
She apostrophized herself.
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09-07-2015, 03:31 PM

Why didn't the poet finish her poem?
she was waiting for her period


Why didn't the poet finish his poem?
he couldn't commit to a concrete image


Why didn't the poet finish her poem?
she did, she did, she did, she finished it a thousand times then decided it needed another edit


Why didn't the poet finish his poem?
he felt to do so would be cliche


Why didn't the poet finish her poem?
he couldn't find the right one to plagiarise


Why didn't the poet finish his poem?
only god knows


Why didn't the poet finish her poem?
she had a blocked colon
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09-07-2015, 05:30 PM
(09-07-2015, 03:31 PM)billy Wrote:  Why didn't the poet finish her poem? ...

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09-07-2015, 07:34 PM
Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin
especially Ray 5, Billy 3
Thanks, I needed that, great thread.
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