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Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:27 am
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9- Write a poem based on a name *for extra points, use the name in some way*-- 8 pts. *10 pts.*


Glory
t'was the name of a friend
in true meaning.

Though they took a dare to tell me
as if they were ashamed.

Funny
just how strange the reasons
for secrets can be.

For who could want
to hide such a name like

Glory?
  





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Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:29 am
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15- Write a poem based off of this quote- "The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. --Alfred Hitchcock"--14 pts.

Also the one-stanza poems.

If evolution has its way,
one day our descendants
will have Big Gulp sized
bladders because our movies
got longer and our sodas larger.
"You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand." Leonardo Da Vinci

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Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:34 am
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Poem based on a name (including the name for extra points).


Sophia, Sophia,
your name almost sounds like a song.
A poor little princess with no king
and a name that has now become
too common.

You have the sweetest smile,
but you can't even say
your beautiful name
Sophia.
"You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand." Leonardo Da Vinci

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Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:00 am
ToritheMonster says...



20- Write a love poem about bagels--20 pts.


Oh, my Jewish side is loving this.


Everything Bagel

The glass casing
makes for a good place to stare
on a Tuesday afternoon while you're nursing a black eye
and you've just finished running from those kids
who have probably never even heard of gefilte fish.

but this isn't about Goldman's deli
it's about the first time I saw you there
and I knew you were perfect when you said your favourite was the everything bagel.
and I knew I was in love when you offered to share the chive cream-cheese.

My love is just like that everything bagel
nothing makes me happier at eight in the morning
and nothing gets my Bubbe more excited than when I bring it up.
It's a little bit unexpected, like the way we both like to add haroset the morning after
the Passover Sedar
and it never tastes quite as good as just then.

So what I'm trying to say is that
on a Tuesday afternoon when I'm nursing a black eye
and you come in by chance to order a dozen everything bagels
I've never been more in love.
Honey, you should see me in a crown.
  





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Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:10 am
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15- Write a poem based off of this quote- "The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. --Alfred Hitchcock"--14 pts.


The Two-And-A-Half-Hour Pee Mark

I mean,
holy crap did Hitchcock get it right.
you can't seriously expect me
to not get the extra large pop
right before Django Unchained.
And maybe I won't even finish it.
But you can bet your bum
that when the lights go down
I'm going to feel it.
Now look,
we can't all be a Quentin Tarantino.
Or a Hitchcock.
But we can all keep in in for
just
exactly
two hours.
And you can bet your bum
I'm not missing a second of Cristoph Waltz
for the WC.
But really, Tarantino?
You just had to go and add
thirty bloody minutes
of ending.
You stand up to leave
and your bladder says
"Thank you Jesus!"
but those lights haven't gone up
and you realise it's not over yet.
Oh no.
It's not over 'till it's over.
Thirty minutes later,
you're passing that
two-and-a-half-hour pee mark.
And the second those credits hit the screen
you're cursing the life of Jamie Foxx.
Because you stuck it through to the very end, champ.
But the endurance of the human bladder
isn't quite so genius.
Honey, you should see me in a crown.
  





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Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:26 am
indieeloise says...



14. Poem based off favorite movie & 15. Poem based off of "The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. --Alfred Hitchcock"

I sat down with tea,
my mother, and Gerard Butler
appeared on the screen -
his face obscured by
a white mask.

"Oh, that man," I crooned
to myself. "That beautiful
man." His voice was like
bathing in room-temperature..

Bath. Water. Drip-
drip. Not another sip,
sip on the air -
the air, if you're thirsty..

'Oh, forget it,' I thought
to myself, 'I've seen this
eleven times before.
- But wait, but
wait, Christine don't choose
Raoul!'

When it all comes down
to a full bladder,
crossed legs are as effective
as sticking your fingers
in your ears to block out
noise.

I tiptoed backwards
to the bathroom door,
held it open and watched
from a distance as Christine
deceived the Phantom
for the last time.

Oh, dear Opera Ghost,
won't you abide in MY mind?
"My hobbies include editing my life story, hiding behind metaphors, and trying to convince my shadows that I am someone worth following." - Rudy Francisco
  





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Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:25 am
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9. Write a poem based on a name w/ used name (extra points)

Dear Mr. Raymond "Ray
Charles" Jack Lamontagne -
shall I compare thee to a
summer's day?

Or more like autumn, like
a falling leaf with the same
muted hues as the sun?

Better yet, let's be
falling leaves together -
we'll wisp through the air,
but this time you won't
be forsaken.
"My hobbies include editing my life story, hiding behind metaphors, and trying to convince my shadows that I am someone worth following." - Rudy Francisco
  





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Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:40 am
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2- Write a poem that is no more than one stanza long-- 10 pts.



The Earl Grey Connoisseur

I never realised how homesick I was
until, weary-hearted,
I ordered black coffee.
Honey, you should see me in a crown.
  





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Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:46 am
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16- Write a poem based off of your favorite movie-- 14 pts

I don't really have a favorite movie, so I'll write about my first favorite movie ever (because I have zero shame).

"Do you believe in magic
in a young girl's heart?"
Oh I did, when I saw
the fire-haired twins
on the silver screen.

Oh I believed in
summer camp hijinks,
two rivals discovering
their sisterly bond
through torn-up pictures
and secret handshakes
and a vow to glue their
family back together.

"There She Goes" off to London
to meet her mother, trying on
pretty dresses to the tune of
"Here Comes the Sun".

Her poor sister, lost in California
vineyards and facing a rival for
her father's affections.

But of course this is Hollywood,
so they reunited and threw
the witch in the lake
so she'd melt away.

I believed it when they sang
"This Will Be Everlasting Love",
but it didn't end that way.

I cut my hair to look like her
but now she's cutting her life short
and isn't even good enough
for Lifetime screens.
"You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand." Leonardo Da Vinci

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Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:57 am
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18- Write a scary poem finishing with the line "And then I laughed."-- 16 pts.


Regale us with a tale,
they cried, and as the host, I complied:
One night, as sank the palest light
of moon under the dank lagoon--
The palest maid did waileth,
knife in hand and heart in strife.
Who angered such a pleasant mood
Paid dearly in the moonlit shade
no crime at all to earn their time
Nameless dead by maddened dame.

They quivered in fear, fro and aft.
The lights went out, and then I laughed.



Spoiler! :
Yeahhhhh I don't do scary very well.
Honey, you should see me in a crown.
  





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Wed Feb 13, 2013 5:39 am
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Write a poem with the word 'anxious' as the first word-- 8 pts



Anxious
As the night turns into the early hours
For the alarm.
What now? What to do but let the eyes film over
To let the lips grow together
In the wait
In the redeye gravy
Of insomnia
Of regretting the caffeine overdose
To take the edge off.
Anxiety? Anxious
For what will be hours in arriving
Hours better spent asleep.
Honey, you should see me in a crown.
  





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Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:09 pm
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I removed the point system, because I'm having trouble keeping up with you guys! When one of you has completed all the challenges, let me know ;)
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Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:12 pm
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19. What you think of when you hear "banana" ~

"Hannah Banana"
they called me as a child -
my grandmother and I had
names for the long ones (bee-bananas)
and the short (bo-
bananas).

I'm not picky about much
in life, except that I like
my bananas with a little
green at the edges,
no dark spots or
freckles.

I also associate bananas
with just another reason
for my stepmother to
yell - she didn't understand
that no one likes the
bruised ones.
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Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:23 pm
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5. Funny poem about crying ~

It was one of those days
where society had stripped me
of my confidence, and
left me, naked, exposed
and especially sensitive
to the cruelties of the
"real world."

I was late
for swim practice that day -
when wasn't I late, but
that wasn't the point. Today
was different because I would
swim with the older teens,
the ones who regarded
my freestyle with
upturned noses.

"Mom, I don't want to go -
I'll be humiliated, they're rude
and they'll look down on me
and Mom I'm embarrassed
and I'm already crying so I'll be even
more embarrassed
and Mom please
please
please don't make me go."

That was the first time
my mother ever cussed
at me. "Cut the
bull ----, Hannah.
Snap out of it."
My tears soon turned
into gasps of
laughter.
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Wed Feb 13, 2013 6:18 pm
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10- Write a poem about a family member-- Game on

I Really Do Not Like My Dad
Sure, he may have been involved
In creating the thing that is typing this poem
But it doesn't mean
I have to like him a lot

He is not my "father"
He is nothing but an upset patriach
Hellbent on making me a businessman

"We've all gotta pay the bills"
Yeah, but through what you suggest?
No wonder I don't like my Dad a whole lot
The Nation of Ulysses Must Prevail!

If you don't like Mikko, you better friggin' die.

The power of Robert Smith compels you!

Adam + Lisa ♥


When you greet a stranger look at his shoes.
Keep your money in your shoes.


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