Create bad poetry

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  1. Rath Darkblade

    Rath Darkblade Senior Member

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    Oh, no. *tsks* That is much too good, Bjørnar Munkerud. You'll have to do worse than that. ;)

    As for a really bad poem ... let's see ... does a haiku count?

    Lying there in bed
    trying to be intimate
    "Honey? Did you fart?"

    *drum fill*
    =================
    All right, even that's too good. Let's try for something truly bad ...

    O come, muse, let us sing of cheese.
    Doth cheesy mixture ye not please?
    'Tis milk and culture, salt and rennet -
    I'm sure that it will please the Senate!
    For cheddar's bite or milk of brie
    is good for you and good for me;
    Venezuelan beaver cheese
    I will not touch, for 'tis a tease.
    But smokéd gouda, aged and bitey--
    Mmm! Whether you are poor or mighty
    matters not in terms of gouda;
    why, 'tis endorsed by e'en the Buddha.
    And so, I'll close this poem un-sloppy
    and go to Wensleydale's Cheese Shoppe!

    (I'm using the old pronunciation of "Shoppe", of course. ;) The above was my little tribute to Monty Python's classic sketch, "The Cheese Shop"). :)
     
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    Rath Darkblade Senior Member

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    Does anyone want to continue this? :)
     
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    dbesim Moderator Staff Supporter Contributor

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    Glad you resurrected this thread,
    If not for you it sure were dead
    Poetry renew to read askew
    Now mighty dispersed as if the year were new
    Contributions are barely frequent
    If we’re lucky, we’ll get one more recent
     
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  4. Rath Darkblade

    Rath Darkblade Senior Member

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    Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
    I'd better not; in summer, you get fae,
    and fae are frequently malevolent
    and rarely benevolent
    so I'll compare thee to a winter's day--
    you're cold and quickly blow away
    in your brand-new and teal-coloured Mercedes
    to shop at Macy's for the latest crazes.
    So in conclusion, you're a winter's day;
    now do us all a favour -- go away.

    I just wrote that on the spur of the moment. Not too bad, considering I spent about 30 seconds on it. :)

    But considering that this is supposed to be bad poetry, the above doesn't fit. Oh dear! Bad Rath! I must do worse next time. ;)
     
  5. edamame

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    Toe nails like crescents
    Discarded like wilted blooms
    An idle clipper
     
  6. Rath Darkblade

    Rath Darkblade Senior Member

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    I had no idea haiku were acceptable here. (I thought only rhyming poetry was). Let's try a different type of poem ...

    There once was a man who liked wine;
    He'd drink at my bar and opine.
    He said "This is great,"
    Then by some quirk of fate
    He went off and fell in the Rhine

    ... but that's too silly. :bigwink: So here's a haiku about that:

    I wrote a fun poem
    Then I wrote another one
    They're both too silly
     
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  7. MementoMalva

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    I thought you were waving at me
    but it was somebody else
    and I was just sitting there like
    waiting for some heavenly high five
    or trapped in time just inches away from a heil

    People don't belong to you
    No admin privileges, bitch.
    I didn't even name myself
    or name anybody else, for that matter.
    But that was already established.
    I'm not sure why I even brought that up.

    The moment passed
    The gesture passed
    and wow, my hands are cold.
    but I must grow even younger yet before I can grow old.

    You're doing terrible so far,
    I hope you're taking notes.
    But missing every single bus never seemed to matter.
    Why would it matter now?
     
  8. Rath Darkblade

    Rath Darkblade Senior Member

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    Upon my keyboard walked a cat
    and changed my poem, just like that!
    "Miaow," it had said
    and before it ate bread
    the poem became hfasiopqhacnupgnvduiwuhawwww.
     
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  9. MementoMalva

    MementoMalva Member

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    S The Sound of seething cerebrospinal soup
    P is for Persistant popping up the column
    I is for Infernal inferences of future degradation
    N is for Numbers 1-5 in L
    E is for spinE because it sucks real bad and I hate it.
     
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    Rath Darkblade Senior Member

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    Let me guess - your back hurts, MementoMalva? ;) As a past sufferer of the same complaint, I have several remedies:

    1. soaking a hot bath;
    2. using a heat pack;
    3. painkillers.

    Also, get plenty of rest. That's all there is to it, basically.

    And now, here is my haiku reply:

    MementoMalva's back hurts
    Rath Darkblade suggests remedies
    So let's hope they help!

    :superwink::friend:
     
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  11. That Guy Named Aaron

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    Is Vogon Poetry (ala Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy) allowed? I've been working on a few.
     
  12. Rath Darkblade

    Rath Darkblade Senior Member

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    Groop, I implore thee,
    Share thy Vogon poetry with thys most humble forum,
    Or we shall sting thee like unto the bee,
    See if we don't.

    (Translation: sure!) :D
     

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