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[SilvanusNath]

hello. I like to store popcorn in my ears and even though I can't hear anything I have a snack in close proximity at all times.
my name is Branden Navedo and.. I like to act crazy even if I look like a fool. ive been writing since 13 yrs of age. and i'm 20 now.

[just mercedes]

What? What was that? Sorry son, I'm a bit hard of hearing since I stuffed popcorn in my ears during an air raid in London in 1942. 1942. The answer to life, the war and everything. Welcome.

[rayheinrich]

Popcorn? Did I hear popcorn?
Not sure as there's this butter in my ears that soon's it melts's replaced by more.
Ear against ear, imagine what a snack we'd make.

And the usual welcome and all; loved the ear popcorn.

[bena]

I'm just not sure ear wax would ever replace butter for my popcorn needs.


Merc---I think I love you right now. (but I'm fickle, so strike while the babelfish is hot)


"Oh freddled gruntbuggly,
Thy micturitions are to me,
As plurdled gabbleblotchits,
On a lurgid bee,
That mordiously hath blurted out,
Its earted jurtles,
Into a rancid festering confectious organ squealer. [drowned out by moaning and screaming]
Now the jurpling slayjid agrocrustles,
Are slurping hagrilly up the axlegrurts,
And living glupules frart and slipulate,
Like jowling meated liverslime,
Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turling dromes,
And hooptiously drangle me,
With crinkly bindlewurdles,
Or else I shall rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon,
See if I don't."


Funny story, when I was looking for this particular poem to make sure I spelled it all right, I found yahoo question which said "Is Siri drunk? I asked her to tell me a poem and this is what she said..."
So for my latest post on  the Wisdom thread....Siri is in the lead.


Oh yeah, and welcome newperson.
I shall not be partaking of your popcorn.
bena!

[rayheinrich]

The dead swans lay in the stagnant pool.
They lay. They rotted. They turned
Around occasionally.
Bits of flesh dropped off them from
Time to time.
And sank into the pool's mire.
They also smelt a great deal.

        -Paul Neil Milne Johnstone

[just mercedes]

I'm just not sure ear wax would ever replace butter for my popcorn needs.


Merc---I think I love you right now. (but I'm fickle, so strike while the babelfish is hot)


"Oh freddled gruntbuggly,
Thy micturitions are to me,
As plurdled gabbleblotchits,
On a lurgid bee,
That mordiously hath blurted out,
Its earted jurtles,
Into a rancid festering confectious organ squealer. [drowned out by moaning and screaming]
Now the jurpling slayjid agrocrustles,
Are slurping hagrilly up the axlegrurts,
And living glupules frart and slipulate,
Like jowling meated liverslime,
Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turling dromes,
And hooptiously drangle me,
With crinkly bindlewurdles,
Or else I shall rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon,
See if I don't."


Funny story, when I was looking for this particular poem to make sure I spelled it all right, I found yahoo question which said "Is Siri drunk? I asked her to tell me a poem and this is what she said..."
So for my latest post on  the Wisdom thread....Siri is in the lead.


Oh yeah, and welcome newperson.
I shall not be partaking of your popcorn.
bena!

I love that poem! What a word salad sandwich!

[bena]

Gotta love the Vogons.
At least they tried.

[ellajam]

Hi, Kathy, welcome.

Five helpful critiques in the workshops makes you a full member able to post your own work there. If you need some tips on critiquing you'll find them in the Important Threads of the forum you posted in.

The Pig Pen works on give and take, hope you enjoy the site.

[Leanne]

When you joined, a welcome letter was sent to both your email address and your inbox here on the site.  The letter's contents are as follows:

Before posting:

Please read the forum rules and other help documents that can be found
by clicking on the following url:

http://www.pigpenpoetry.com/misc.php?action=help

Due to fly tipping (leaving lots of poetry) without giving feedback
elsewhere on the site.

All threads posted without giving proper feedback in one of the other
poetry forums we have will mean your poem could be deleted.

We'll try and deal with each thread started as fast as we can.
Thank you for your patience. You will, however, be free to leave
comments on other members' works in all of the poetry forums, or start
threads in non-poetry forums.

We expect poets new and old to attempt to give reasonable feedback on
other people's work before posting their own for workshopping (we work
on a give and take system).

After giving  five pieces of feedback on other people's poetry (outside the
newly registered forum), your access will be expanded and you'll be able
to start threads site-wide.
We do ban poets who write their own poetry without giving feedback
elsewhere.

We look forward to workshopping with you.

P.S.  when we say reasonable, we don't mean one line saying wow, this is
great. or one line feedback done simply to get round this rule.

In addition to these instructions, comprehensive information can be easily located in several places around the site.  Ellajam very politely informed you, immediately after you posted your introduction, that to become a full member of the site requires five pieces of feedback in the critical forums of the site.  Furthermore, you have already posted a poem here and have received a very considerate critique, which you are yet to respond to with the gratitude it deserves.  

If these expectations are incompatible with your own, there are many sites available on the internet that provide a place for you to showcase without contributing anything further.  This is not that site.

[Nahtaivel616]

Hello, my name is Jacqueline. I have been writing poetry since my freshman year of high school, and I have recently took a leap of faith and submitted one of my poems for publication in a literary magazine. I am looking forward to being a full fledged member of this community.

[milo]

Hello, my name is Jacqueline. I have been writing poetry since my freshman year of high school, and I have recently took a leap of faith and submitted one of my poems for publication in a literary magazine. I am looking forward to being a full fledged member of this community.

Ahh . . . your freshman year of highschool, I remember it well. 
Wait.
No I don't.
I have no idea how long ago that was.

[bena]

Leviathan backwards. (yes, I notice these things)

Welcome aboard. Welcome to the madness.

mel or bena (I generally answer to anything)

[Rustymetal]

Hello to everyone. I just joined this site after another site I was on all of a sudden had no record of my a username to my email and none of the poems I had posted could be found. I don't know what this means but it seemed like a sign. Pig pen is the state of my kitchen right now and my choice was made. I write little bits and pieces every so often, when I can. This looks like a good site for picking up a thing or two. Cheers

[Leanne]

Welcome, Rusty, I already like your style -- your "first ever critique" was exactly the sort of thing we want for the novice forum, nice and gentle with some useful suggestions and most importantly, proof that you've actually read and thought about the poem. I hope you stick around.

[billy]

i too have just read some of your feedback, thanks and welcome to the site. i hope some of the other newbs try and emulate how you give it. i'm just getting back into the swing of things on the site and am looking forward to reading more of what you write

Hello to everyone. I just joined this site after another site I was on all of a sudden had no record of my a username to my email and none of the poems I had posted could be found. I don't know what this means but it seemed like a sign. Pig pen is the state of my kitchen right now and my choice was made. I write little bits and pieces every so often, when I can. This looks like a good site for picking up a thing or two. Cheers

[Rustymetal]

Thanks guys, I have loved checking out the site and others writing tonight. This could be dangerous. "Yeah, yeah stick a pie in the oven kids" hahaha.

[mikkiskittys]

Hello. Although I have written poetry on and off my entire life, this is the first time I have shared it with anyone. I am a bit nervous, but I would really love to get some feedback, learn and gain some confidence.

[ellajam]

Welcome, mikki, just do some reading around the site and you'll see how it works. Hope you have fun here.

[cjchaffin]

Hello. Although I have written poetry on and off my entire life, this is the first time I have shared it with anyone.  I am a bit nervous, but I would really love to get some feedback, learn and gain some confidence.

welcome to the pen! the more feedback you give, the more likely you are to receive it in return 

i'll try not to make a pig of myself at the trough 

[ellajam]

Hello. Although I have written poetry on and off my entire life, this is the first time I have shared it with anyone.  I am a bit nervous, but I would really love to get some feedback, learn and gain some confidence.

welcome to the pen! the more feedback you give, the more likely you are to receive it in return 

i'll try not to make a pig of myself at the trough 

Too late. oink