poetry showdown

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by Cicero

Ha...no one nominated the slam poet. plbbt.

whozzat? Flint?

[HungLikeJesus]

I'll nominate (or second?) DanaC, for Manchester Dreaming.

Sun_Sparkz had some pretty good poetry, but I don't think she's posted anything lately.

[Trilby]

I'm out.


couldn't last a night.

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by Brianna

I'm out.


couldn't last a night.

what the fuck is that supposed to mean?

if you're out, I'll toss the whole thing. and give the award to aliantha.

[HungLikeJesus]

Brianna, look ... 7,000 posts.

You can't back out. You're a great poetess.

[HungLikeJesus]

I don't think it should be a nomination thread but a participation thread.

[Trilby]

I write only for fun. It's nothing, none of it. I write for 2nd graders, which is fine and fun, but it's no great art. It's only to get them to think. I have a prof that I actually LOATHE; he's a published, accomplished poet and I hate everything he's written. He was there when SS boots threatened his family but yet....he still makes the poem motherfucking boring. His poems suck. a lot.

we were going over a really sexy stanza in a poem (Cherrylog Road) where the guy, who wants to score with the girl, says:

I held her and held her and held her,
Convoyed at terrific speed
By the stalled, dreaming traffic around us,
So the blacksnake, stiff
With inaction, curved back
Into life, and hunted the mouse

And Professor,in his sixties, well aquainted with sex, refused to discuss this stanza as he was "afraid' mothers, fathers, and faculity would find it "offensive." what-a-douche.

he shouldn't be teaching poetry let alone write it.

end rant.

[HungLikeJesus]

Yeah, I really like Cherrylog Road. But I always thought it was about racing cars on back roads.

[lumberjim]

nevermind this nonsense. wouldnt have been that much fun anyway

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

nevermind this nonsense. wouldnt have been that much fun anyway

Lj, I have an unimaginable fear of rejection. I can only write stuff if it doesn't matter. that's my big secret (that everyone knows, anyway). I think it WOULD be fun but I can't compete with others. I have a very fragile sense of self as it is!! I do poems for fun--coz they make me smile or laugh, not because I can 'write' them. I didn't mean to piss on your parade. that's two for me with you---just ignore me. I'll get better.

[lumberjim]

meh.....
competetive poetry is probably a bad concept.

[Trilby]

competitive poetry is NOT a bad idea. it's what keeps poetry alive.

I think we need rules:

a poet must make use of the according: cunnilingus, french kissing, rimjob.

make THAT into a poem, you godless amatuers, and then we will talk!!

[monster]

Originally Posted by Brianna

a poet must make use of the according: cunnilingus, french kissing, rimjob.

Mmmph slup urmph fmumph phlamf phlamf plamf slup
aaaahhhh
slurplr slup slup slurple
ew, you have a pube in your teeth
Oh, OH oooh uh uh uh uh.........

[Cicero]

Originally Posted by Brianna

competitive poetry is NOT a bad idea. it's what keeps poetry alive.

I think we need rules:

a poet must make use of the according: cunnilingus, french kissing, rimjob.

make THAT into a poem, you godless amatuers, and then we will talk!!

Oh I thought the best slam poets talked about their pussy for 10 minutes. (instant win I've seen it too many times)

Competitive poetry is also performance based. We'll need vids., a timer, and 3 judges.

I used to run open mic poetry and slam competitions on my own dime for fun. I will never get those years back, or that money back, so don't let me know how this turns out! lol!

Amateur!!!! *actually a compliment*

[lumberjim]

the omission of 'felatio' from that list is quietly shrieking in my mind's ear.