tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840706572296442429.post331576947321829260..comments2023-10-29T09:38:58.821+00:00Comments on For Nine Pounds - An Analogue Blog: Verse-offIdiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04779802480127180504noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840706572296442429.post-27668620272374301212007-08-13T20:53:00.000+01:002007-08-13T20:53:00.000+01:00You win!You win!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840706572296442429.post-46156203238709688392007-08-13T20:04:00.000+01:002007-08-13T20:04:00.000+01:00Your many efforts have me melting with happy pride...Your many efforts have me melting with happy pride<BR/><BR/>Who the winner is, I cannot decide<BR/><BR/>What with satire, limericks and alliteration,<BR/><BR/>rhyme, repetition & contemplation<BR/><BR/>metaphor and language,<BR/><BR/>pacing & word challenge,<BR/><BR/>The use of so many poetic devices<BR/><BR/>despite us all being such novices<BR/><BR/>Makes me feel like boasting<BR/><BR/>about this successful posting<BR/><BR/>But I'm most happy that this artform<BR/><BR/>Can still, in this age, performBonnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010986736813010003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840706572296442429.post-9940474662905302142007-08-13T00:04:00.000+01:002007-08-13T00:04:00.000+01:00There lived a certain man in russia long agoHe was...There lived a certain man in russia long ago<BR/>He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow<BR/>Most people looked at him with terror and with fear<BR/>But to moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear<BR/>He could preach the Bible like a preacher<BR/>Full of ecstacy and fire<BR/>But he also was the kind of teacher<BR/>Women would desire<BR/><BR/>Ra ra rasputin<BR/>Lover of the russian queen<BR/>There was a cat that really was gone<BR/>Ra ra rasputin<BR/>Russias greatest love machine<BR/>It was a shame how he carried on<BR/><BR/><BR/>(ok, how many of you started singing along?)goldenbeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04752614241390213580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840706572296442429.post-36618224250111249762007-08-11T20:40:00.000+01:002007-08-11T20:40:00.000+01:00I have to agree about Word Verification. It causes...I have to agree about Word Verification. <BR/>It causes me nothing but untold frustration.<BR/>I vote turn it off, without hestitation.<BR/><BR/>I'd love to do better, but I'm wasting my time:<BR/>If my language was Italian I'd have more multi-syllabic rhyme. <BR/><BR/>Not to mention big brown eyes and a Figure...Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840706572296442429.post-40958046930631457722007-08-10T11:44:00.000+01:002007-08-10T11:44:00.000+01:00Word VerificationI view with TrepidationNever sure...Word Verification<BR/>I view with Trepidation<BR/><BR/>Never sure whether Sqwtrfg<BR/>Or PzxTrgf are what Google require<BR/><BR/>I worry,<BR/>I squint,<BR/>I type with care<BR/><BR/>At least we are protected<BR/>Hacker Robots haven't a prayer...<BR/><BR/><BR/>With apologies for the crapness<BR/><BR/>C No. 2Conformist No. 2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09585830607077063762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840706572296442429.post-2442429305408317792007-08-10T10:04:00.000+01:002007-08-10T10:04:00.000+01:00for nine poundswould buy you some fagsfor nine pou...for nine pounds<BR/>would buy you some fags<BR/>for nine pounds <BR/>would get 60 plastic bags<BR/>for nine pounds<BR/>we are not all nags<BR/>but this poem<BR/>really really dragsShanachiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13391428971247556299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840706572296442429.post-36228937760682874172007-08-10T01:06:00.000+01:002007-08-10T01:06:00.000+01:00There once was a girl in KnocklyonWhose blogging w...There once was a girl in Knocklyon<BR/>Whose blogging was not very fine<BR/>She sat down at home<BR/>To try write a poem<BR/>Bout anything that simply might rhyme.<BR/><BR/>I wanted to write a rant-poem about how much I hate word verification but what rhymes with that! LOLaquaashohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16282103430311472327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840706572296442429.post-8823126659739524452007-08-10T00:20:00.000+01:002007-08-10T00:20:00.000+01:00Inside my head the weather has its way,Sometimes s...Inside my head the weather has its way,<BR/>Sometimes storm clouds roll unbidden through the day,<BR/>Sometimes bright unbroken sunshine,<BR/>Sometimes I am felled by a single bolt of lightning.bennyboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09458929948666472435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840706572296442429.post-25663720910436620522007-08-10T00:17:00.000+01:002007-08-10T00:17:00.000+01:00Thanks for contributing mossieThanks for contributing mossieBonnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010986736813010003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840706572296442429.post-72110090484951162792007-08-09T13:51:00.000+01:002007-08-09T13:51:00.000+01:00There was a young blogger called Milan,Who said "w...There was a young blogger called Milan,<BR/>Who said "write a poem if you can",<BR/>So I started a verse,<BR/>and then I did curse,<BR/>"my poem is so bad it'll pan".<BR/><BR/>Ta daa!Mossienolongerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17903369685544052899noreply@blogger.com