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The Sminks

by Aet Lindling


The word "smink" came from Staring_at_ceiling in the chatrooms. Me likee, so I decided to create a poem about it.

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The Smink, one would think,
Would be a sort of a mink,
But the Smink, ever eager to surprise,
Shall quite often prove, that this is all lies.

The Sminks, they will prowl,
But never a growl,
Will you hear emerge from these,
As they take all insults with ease.

The Sminks are quite nice,
The Sminks could melt ice,
But despite their best attempt,
To all possible friends they're exempt,

For the Sminks are twelve feet ten,
And often mistakenly tread on men.

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My try at Prelutsky. :D


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Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:28 am
Aet Lindling says...



Staring_at_ceiling wrote:*giggles*

You actually posted this?

Teehee. Silly Aet. ^_^

But really, I Lurve it! ( And I seriously giggled :O )


Lots O' Luv,
Lindsay

Yeh, I actually posted it.




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Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:28 am
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That was really cute! It was very Suess-y, and I liked it. :)

Your rhyming was good, except for

AetLindling wrote:The Sminks are quite nice,
The Sminks could melt ice,
But despite their best attempt,
To all possible friends they're exempt,

which is a little forced (especially second set).

Other than that, though, it was really sweet. Keep up the good work!




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Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:16 am
Lindsaroo says...



*giggles*

You actually posted this?

Teehee. Silly Aet. ^_^

But really, I Lurve it! ( And I seriously giggled :O )


Lots O' Luv,
Lindsay




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Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:28 pm
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well, you dont have to take my advice, but i think that some of the rhymes were lame, put in just to keep the rhythm :P example: the mink thing.

but, it was funny near the end! i enjoyed.




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Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:34 pm
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I liked this actually, and I was surprised that I did. It was funny and reminded me of Dr. Zues... whether or not you find that an insult or a compliment, I'm not sure, but I am certainly one of his fans.

The one thing that I could say about this poem though is that the first two lines did not entirely pull me to read the rest of the poem, as I found them rather "hard-going" and a little confusing, but this is probably because of my own simple mindedness which I have pointed out to many other people.

Altogether, I enjoyed the peom, so good work!




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Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:40 am
Snoink says...



Awwww... so cute! This poem makes me want to snuggle it.




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Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:35 am
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Okay. I'm convinced youre on crack. Keep doing it XD




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Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:42 pm
Aet Lindling says...



Hee, I'll try. It'll be quite random however... all of a sudden I'll have inspiration for something good.




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Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:36 pm
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Haha wow that is excellent. It made me laugh. x]
I want to see more stuff like this.




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Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:23 am
Aet Lindling says...



Yeah, thanks for the critiques! I suddenly thought of the tread/trod thing when I was outside, but I forgot about it for a while because I wasn't sure if it was right or wrong; now I guess I do. :D Thankees, I like it too.




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Sun Jul 29, 2007 3:59 pm
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That's so adorable! That's so cute!

But despite their best attempt,
To all possible friends they are exempt
You might try turning "they are" into "they're"...having one syllable instead of two would definitely improve the rhythm there.

And often mistakenly trod on men.
I agree with the others, "trod" ought to be "tread". But other than that...totally my favorite line.

*walks away babbling about the awesome cuteness of this poem*
I like it. It's fun.
-Colleen




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Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:54 am
Alteran says...



I agree, the last line threw me. It was pretty funny. I know exactly what your talking about :)




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Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:37 pm
Rydia says...



Instead of trod on the last line, you should have tread. The tense change confused me a touch. Other than that, your rhythm is out a little in places but this is a really fun little poem and it made me smile.




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Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:57 pm
Maybe says...



Yay! Sminks! Haha, that was awesome! I was there when Linds made that word which was pretty funny...the origin she gave for it. Anyways, nice work Aet!




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Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:52 pm
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:lol: Very funny, and the rhyming was very good. I drool over good rhymes. :wink:




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Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:35 pm
Teh Wozzinator says...



haha...that's pretty funny, actually...





*CLUCKING INTENSIFIES*
— Snoink