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05-11-2013, 02:33 PM
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Poet Chick
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Same Title Challenge
Here is the challenge. Write a poem (form or free, illustrated or not, whatever style is up to you) on the following title:
Nano-clams and other molluscs
You have one week to produce your poem. That means that on Saturday May 18, you post your poem in this thread. Do not post it before then because you don't want your posted poem to influence someone else who is still working on theirs.
So if you're in, you owe the forum one poem entitled Nano-clams and other molluscs.
If you have questions, feel free to post them here. Just save the actual poems for Saturday, May 18.
Thank you butters and CharleyH....I think.
Happy clamming, everyone! 
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Anger and tenderness: my selves.
And now I can believe they breathe in me
as angels, not polarities.
Anger and tenderness: the spider's genius
to spin and weave in the same action
from her own body, anywhere --
even from a broken web.
~Adrienne Rich, Integrity
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05-14-2013, 07:37 PM
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Gerund Whore
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As my Saturday begins before yours don't blame me if I post early although I doubt it will influence anyone!
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Blessed are the cracked for it is they that let in the light
They say a smile is a gift which is free to the giver and precious to the recipient.
But giving the finger is free, too, and I find it more personal and sincere.
If at first you don't succeed....skydiving is not for you ....
If you don't pay your exorcist .... do you get repossessed?
I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I decide to change my mind.
....But I, being poor, have only my dreams, I have spread my dreams under your feet,Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.......
Nil Caborundum illigitimi
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05-14-2013, 08:08 PM
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Poet Chick
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Quote:
Originally Posted by UnderYourSpell
As my Saturday begins before yours don't blame me if I post early although I doubt it will influence anyone!
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Thanks for pointing that out. I guess by Sunday your time they will all be here. 
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Anger and tenderness: my selves.
And now I can believe they breathe in me
as angels, not polarities.
Anger and tenderness: the spider's genius
to spin and weave in the same action
from her own body, anywhere --
even from a broken web.
~Adrienne Rich, Integrity
Weep
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05-14-2013, 10:55 PM
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Really Really Experienced
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Quote:
Originally Posted by UnderYourSpell
As my Saturday begins before yours don't blame me if I post early although I doubt it will influence anyone!
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What time zone is over the rainbow? ...Wha? you can post an illustration to a thread??
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"True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read."- Pliny the Elder
"Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world."- The Budda
"I'll never be a poet"- The Harry
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05-14-2013, 11:07 PM
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On reflection.....
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Originally Posted by HarryHill
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What time zone is over the rainbow? ...Wha? you can post an illustration to a thread??
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05-14-2013, 11:15 PM
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Really Really Experienced
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Originally Posted by Tristesse2
What are you smoking, HH? |
My pipe is empty Tessie, honest. How's the writing going?
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"True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read."- Pliny the Elder
"Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world."- The Budda
"I'll never be a poet"- The Harry
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05-14-2013, 11:21 PM
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On reflection.....
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My pipe is empty Tessie, honest. How's the writing going?
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I believe you, others mebbe not. 
If you mean that nano nonsense, better than I thought possible at first.  |
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05-14-2013, 11:32 PM
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Really Really Experienced
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Originally Posted by Tristesse2
I believe you, others mebbe not.
If you mean that nano nonsense, better than I thought possible at first. |
Ya gotta admit it sure beats an Ottava Rima... or whatever that was.
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"True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read."- Pliny the Elder
"Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world."- The Budda
"I'll never be a poet"- The Harry
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05-15-2013, 12:06 PM
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Gerund Whore
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryHill
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What time zone is over the rainbow? ...Wha? you can post an illustration to a thread??
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Somewhere amongst my submissions is a poem that IS a rainbow if you care to go looking it's called Painted in raindrops
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Blessed are the cracked for it is they that let in the light
They say a smile is a gift which is free to the giver and precious to the recipient.
But giving the finger is free, too, and I find it more personal and sincere.
If at first you don't succeed....skydiving is not for you ....
If you don't pay your exorcist .... do you get repossessed?
I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I decide to change my mind.
....But I, being poor, have only my dreams, I have spread my dreams under your feet,Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.......
Nil Caborundum illigitimi
Sestina slut
Annie submits
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05-15-2013, 05:07 PM
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Really Really Experienced
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Very nice
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Originally Posted by UnderYourSpell
Somewhere amongst my submissions is a poem that IS a rainbow if you care to go looking it's called Painted in raindrops |
Very nice, http://www.literotica.com/p/painted-in-raindrops
took a while to read but looked very cool. There's a story between the spectrums that must be magical.
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05-15-2013, 05:12 PM
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Poet Chick
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Quote:
Originally Posted by UnderYourSpell
Somewhere amongst my submissions is a poem that IS a rainbow if you care to go looking it's called Painted in raindrops |
Love it, Annie!
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Anger and tenderness: my selves.
And now I can believe they breathe in me
as angels, not polarities.
Anger and tenderness: the spider's genius
to spin and weave in the same action
from her own body, anywhere --
even from a broken web.
~Adrienne Rich, Integrity
Weep
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05-15-2013, 10:53 PM
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On reflection.....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by UnderYourSpell
Somewhere amongst my submissions is a poem that IS a rainbow if you care to go looking it's called Painted in raindrops |
Here it is. A really well done illustrated poem. We miss you Annie. |
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05-16-2013, 09:11 PM
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Gerund Whore
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryHill
Very nice, http://www.literotica.com/p/painted-in-raindrops
took a while to read but looked very cool. There's a story between the spectrums that must be magical.
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Love it, Annie!
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Here it is. A really well done illustrated poem. We miss you Annie.
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Oh bless you that was for some challenge or other ....... write a concrete poem. I do miss the challenges they pushed me to write, something that is missing now and I haven't written much of note for quite a while
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Blessed are the cracked for it is they that let in the light
They say a smile is a gift which is free to the giver and precious to the recipient.
But giving the finger is free, too, and I find it more personal and sincere.
If at first you don't succeed....skydiving is not for you ....
If you don't pay your exorcist .... do you get repossessed?
I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I decide to change my mind.
....But I, being poor, have only my dreams, I have spread my dreams under your feet,Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.......
Nil Caborundum illigitimi
Sestina slut
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05-17-2013, 04:43 PM
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I am a river to my people
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Just so everyone knows, my poem is ready to go.
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05-17-2013, 04:56 PM
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Poet Chick
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Quote:
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Just so everyone knows, my poem is ready to go.
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You did it? You rock! <slobbery  > 
Yes it's almost time to get yer molluscs out. As soon as May 18 begins for you, please post your poem in this thread. Can't wait to see what everyone does with the title.
Happy writing to those who are still working on it. 
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Anger and tenderness: my selves.
And now I can believe they breathe in me
as angels, not polarities.
Anger and tenderness: the spider's genius
to spin and weave in the same action
from her own body, anywhere --
even from a broken web.
~Adrienne Rich, Integrity
Weep
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05-17-2013, 06:30 PM
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quite quacked
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Angeline
You did it? You rock! <slobbery >
Yes it's almost time to get yer molluscs out. As soon as May 18 begins for you, please post your poem in this thread. Can't wait to see what everyone does with the title.
Happy writing to those who are still working on it. |
ok, just started. will post it tomorrow after work when it's done. oh boy
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05-17-2013, 07:00 PM
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Poet Chick
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ok, just started. will post it tomorrow after work when it's done. oh boy |
It'll be fun. It's all about the writing practice, yes?
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Anger and tenderness: my selves.
And now I can believe they breathe in me
as angels, not polarities.
Anger and tenderness: the spider's genius
to spin and weave in the same action
from her own body, anywhere --
even from a broken web.
~Adrienne Rich, Integrity
Weep
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05-17-2013, 07:14 PM
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Gerund Whore
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Well technically it's Saturday now here (just) but I haven't typed it out yet lol
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Blessed are the cracked for it is they that let in the light
They say a smile is a gift which is free to the giver and precious to the recipient.
But giving the finger is free, too, and I find it more personal and sincere.
If at first you don't succeed....skydiving is not for you ....
If you don't pay your exorcist .... do you get repossessed?
I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I decide to change my mind.
....But I, being poor, have only my dreams, I have spread my dreams under your feet,Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.......
Nil Caborundum illigitimi
Sestina slut
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05-17-2013, 08:22 PM
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Gerund Whore
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Consider the sex-life of a mollusc
who one year is Charlie, then Flo
when the heat down below on the seabed
raises expectations to grow
a different appendage than last year,
while clinging spellbound to a rock,
is this sudden appearance a godsend
or does it come as one hell of a shock?
Whilst squirting his stuff out at random
does he watch Argonaut Octopi
with envy at sexual prowess
as a detached penis swims by?
So next time you tip back an Oyster
and it slips down your throat like a treat,
spare a thought for who you just swallowed,
last year was he Petra or Pete?
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Blessed are the cracked for it is they that let in the light
They say a smile is a gift which is free to the giver and precious to the recipient.
But giving the finger is free, too, and I find it more personal and sincere.
If at first you don't succeed....skydiving is not for you ....
If you don't pay your exorcist .... do you get repossessed?
I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I decide to change my mind.
....But I, being poor, have only my dreams, I have spread my dreams under your feet,Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.......
Nil Caborundum illigitimi
Sestina slut
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05-17-2013, 08:46 PM
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No need to disavow that one Annie. Liked how you personified the Mollusca.
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"Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world."- The Budda
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05-17-2013, 08:48 PM
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On reflection.....
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Way to set the bar, Annie! That's a keeper!
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05-17-2013, 08:56 PM
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Annie you delightfully sick little puppy, welcome home. 
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Anger and tenderness: my selves.
And now I can believe they breathe in me
as angels, not polarities.
Anger and tenderness: the spider's genius
to spin and weave in the same action
from her own body, anywhere --
even from a broken web.
~Adrienne Rich, Integrity
Weep
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05-17-2013, 11:59 PM
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I am a river to my people
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Nanoclams and Other Mollusks
Nanoclams and other Mollusks live between the tides
trapped in the margins where dry land rides
the ocean and holds us high above the world,
where we walk in the light and sleep curled
and entwined, safe and unaware of the truth,
nanoclams and other mollusks, since the youth
of this planet earth have been the glue and binder
that holds Earth together and without would find her
scattered across the galaxy and universe
leaving us to crawl in the debris, or worse.
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05-18-2013, 02:19 AM
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Really Really Experienced
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Awake at midnight, nightmares, nightsweats, and...
Nano-Clams and other Molluscs
Inundo:
Oh snap, you freakin nano-clams,
pop and crackle, yeah.
Lay your nano-babble down, sweet and slimy.
Grimy annoying absolute absurdity,
are you real,
or just another Sabbath spoiler
masquerading as a mollusk?
Exant:
What'sa matter with mistress mollusc?
Initiate investigation,
she's gone limp'n loose,
derma's turned'a livid hue,
what's your problem, languorous Sue?
Your suckers pucker, pensive pouts,
echoed by your nano-clam;
has invertebrateness become such'a stone
that you would crave'a bone?
Decant:
So flow, you freakin nano clams,
take your silly hyphen too.
Crawl away you many mollusca,
snap, crackle, and pop into
the bottle from whense you came.
Sue, you can stay. Cocktail?
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"True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read."- Pliny the Elder
"Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world."- The Budda
"I'll never be a poet"- The Harry
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05-18-2013, 06:59 AM
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The Nomad
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Quote:
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Somewhere amongst my submissions is a poem that IS a rainbow if you care to go looking it's called Painted in raindrops |
I came looking for Harry Hill and found you! It's been a delightful morning reading your poems!
Thanks!
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