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Post #1,521
by bconnors
7/11/01 5:43:34 PM
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New Poetry in (Relative) Motion
"There once was a man named Bright
Who could travel faster than the speed of light.
He left home one day
In a relative way
And returned the previous Night."

Don't remember where or when I learned that. I just have it stuck in my brain.
BConnors
"We will sell no wine, until you pay for it" - Kelly Geister

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Post #1,604
by mhuber
7/12/01 3:08:33 PM
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New Limerics: the poetic equivalent to computer viruses.
That form just hooks into the brain and won't let go. People who can't memorize jack remember a limerick heard once decades later.

But like haiku, the form goes beyond rhyme and meter. Proper haiku evokes seasonal nature. Proper limerick is improper. "Obscene limerick" is redundant, although double entendre and indirect language are encouraged, and actualy including the word "fuck" is usualy poor form.


Old Time Religion (men only verse)

We shall bow down to Venus,
We shall bow down to Venus,
And she'll grab us by the * elbow.

* At this point, the women in the group elbow the men hard in the ribs.

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                     That Sir, be brain: full-size. -NT - (Ashton) - July 9, 2001, 10:24:05 PM EDT
         Oughta be still on IWT-EzBug. - (CRConrad) - (2) - July 6, 2001, 04:24:39 PM EDT
             Poetry in (Relative) Motion - (bconnors) - (1) - July 11, 2001, 05:43:34 PM EDT
                 Limerics: the poetic equivalent to computer viruses. - (mhuber) - July 12, 2001, 03:08:33 PM EDT

Eschew obfuscation.
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