the poet's corner

[Rubber Soul]

Hey, do we have any poets around here?

I can't say I'm much of a poet myself but this is a thread for those who may want to post a poem or two. Of course you can also start your own thread with your own poems, but if you choose not to, you can always use this one.


So rhyme away!

[Rubber Soul]

Still no poets? Aw, come on, there has to be a Dylan Thomas or Elizabeth Barrett Browning here somewhere.

[Psy-Fi]

This one doesn't rhyme but here you go...

Cruel summer amusement
A young, fat boy vomits
riding the rollercoaster

[Psy-Fi]

Here's another one...

Hot plastic factory
A bored worker
looks into the bottle

[Janszoon]

In bed this morning
Trying to go back to sleep
Cat had other plans

[ribbons]

@ Psy-Fi and @ Jans        Keep 'em coming!

I used to write poetry in school, usually depressing stuff.  The first poem I wrote was in third grade, I think - something about a homeless drunk man dying in darkness on the steps of a closed church on hallows' eve.  All the thoughts going through his head as he lay there dying.  We should be glad I don't write poetry any longer.   

[jimmy jazz]

Trollheart is a big Irish softy
But to troll on his forum is costly
If you post like a stinker
This kind hearted tinker
Will force feed you his Guinness and boxty

(c) jimmy jazz, 2023

[Lexi Darling]

Ooh, I love limericks! Lemme try...

There once was a bantering forum
In need of a change of decorum
A new site was born
Its users have sworn
That SCD will never bore 'em

[Psy-Fi]

This haiku fits the usual 5-7-5 format...

Unfriendly hillside
A little, heavy cat soars
Despite the angle

[Psy-Fi]

I found a poem generator at this site - Poem Generator - and tried various formats with mixed results. This one that came up in the haiku format made me laugh...

Modern sorry work
A black, smelly coffee cries
Because of the fish

[Shhon]

[aurora]

No

I can't accept tomorrow's arrival
that day wants to swallow me
I'm sure of it

[larsvsnapster]

Red sand between my
Toes from a vacation in
outer space last June.

[larsvsnapster]

BOB SEGER SONG

I.

Bob Seger Song!
(line about loss)
Bob Seger Song!
(line about grief)
Bob Seger Song!
(line about resolution)

CHORUS>

Ooo, ooo
Bob Seger Song!

II. with slightly more energy.

Bob Seger Song!
(a different line about loss)
Bob Seger Song!
(a different line about grief)
Bob Seger Song!
(a different line about resolution)

CHORUS>

MIDDLE 8. energy builds up to climax

(another line about more resolution)
(yet another line about more resolution)
I'm so so sorry baby

III. edging to climax

same as II.

CHORUS. maximum bombast here

CHORUS REPEATS TO FADE while Bob improvises.

Bob Seger Song!!
Oh, Bob Seger Song!!
Bob Seger Song!!
Oh, Bob Seger Song!!

etc.

[Psy-Fi]

Sorry break of day
A good, petite girl vomits
at the perfect sunrise