Off season Poetry appreciation.

[Dr. Voodoo Man]

Actually Eddie is on disability not the dole so you shouldn't make fun of those less fortunate in ill health. Millionaire who cares he might be loaded with money means nothing. The saying about teachers is old he didn't invent it. Look at all the lawyer jokes its in fun.

Hey baby, you join just for me? If the guy is such a bum maybe he would be well advised to keep his mouth shut before crapping on others. Eddie opened his mouth and let the shit dribble out.

[Paddo Colt 61]

Brilliant Andy, but do you know what plagiarise means? The thread is Poetry appreciation, not whaddya think of my half witted doggerel? Poems are cited here, they don't originate. Some do but that calibre of havin' a lend can only ever be good if it's witty, which yours ain't.

Poor ol' Gut Feelin' has given himself a bad name dissing intellectualism and you're gonna do the same thing by being a goose.

[mightyrooster]

Gentlemen....gentlemen....this is a poetry appreciation thread not a prosperity competition nor a political pulpit and Jax, please practice. what you preach re thread derailment,

And you're getting the wrong message Andy, I'm havin' a lend son, not sweating anything - pick it up and run with it - if you could be bothered that is.

Here's another from the Romanic school, a sonnet by Percy Bysshe Shelley which illustrates the Romantics' love of myth and legend. Remember that the Romantics cited Imagination as the dimension which was unacknowledged by science and which made humanity special. The poem also speaks to another Romantic theme, that of impermanence - nothing is forever, change is the only constant, I see the declining American Empire in it and the destruction that that is leading us into

Ozymandias

BY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

I met a traveller from an antique land,

Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,

Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,

Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,

The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;

And on the pedestal, these words appear:

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;

Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

I see the declining Putin administration myself. Deserted by all his lackeys and servants, his ginormous ego leading to his destruction and demise.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

There was a fat rabbit called Trell
Along with Cody,stumbled and fell
Another year of premiership hell
As rust grew on that old bell

Very good JB.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

I sincerely hope you are appreciating my very own poetic works. I am also having a lend as you put it. Cracking thread this Here is another of my very own work

There was an old man named PC
who posted in away he thought nobody would see
he was cut down to size
when he was found to plagiarise
by the man he thought simple in Eddie

That's pretty good Mr. Walker.

Here's one for you:

There once was a guy we called Andy;
who thought his poems quite handy;
But we sampled a few;
And most stunk...like fresh poo;
Now he drinks less, mostly just Shandies.

[mightyrooster]

Also for those who have watched Breaking Bad, the greatest TV series ever made IMHO, the penultimate episode is called Ozymandias and includes many subtle references to this poem. It is the best
episode in the series, again IMHO, and focuses on the ultimate demise of Walter White.

[Paddo Colt 61]

[QUOTE=mightyrooster; I see the declining Putin administration myself. Deserted by all his lackeys and servants, his ginormous ego leading to his destruction and demise.

Still believing that Empire propaganda MR? The Ukraine is America's war, the joint is swarming with US "advisers" and the ante keeps on rising.

George Orwell went to the Spanish Civil War and fought with an Anarchist Brigade. Before any proposed attack the men would vote and those who voted for the attack took part while those who were against stayed out of it, In the same way, it would be good if you and yours could follow your war criminal nation and I and mine could look on. There'll be less left than there was of Ozymandias.

[mightyrooster]

[QUOTE=Paddo Colt 61;n965379][QUOTE=mightyrooster; I see the declining Putin administration myself. Deserted by all his lackeys and servants, his ginormous ego leading to his destruction and demise.

Still believing that Empire propaganda MR? The Ukraine is America's war, the joint is swarming with US "advisers" and the ante keeps on rising.

George Orwell went to the Spanish Civil War and fought with an Anarchist Brigade. Before any proposed attack the men would vote and those who voted for the attack took part while those who were against stayed out of it, In the same way, it would be good if you and yours could follow your war criminal nation and I and mine could look on. There'll be less left than there was of Ozymandias.
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Just being contrary to your observation Paddo. It’s funny how you always manage to find an anti USA, anti West angle in your poem suggestions.

[Andrew Walker]

That's pretty good Mr. Walker.

Here's one for you:

There once was a guy we called Andy;
who thought his poems quite handy;
But we sampled a few;
And most stunk...like fresh poo;
Now he drinks less, mostly just Shandies.

LOL I like it I can see here you have been inspired by my 1st work here about the girl who wore red white blue who stunk like poo that they could smell from Peru


Here is one for you


There was drunk named Jacks Fur Coat
who didn’t like ethnics who came here by boat
he was a galoot
who could not get a root
quite frankly he was nobody of note

[Jacks Fur Coat]

LOL


Here is one for you


There was drunk named Jacks Fur Coat
who didn’t like ethnics who came here by boat
he was a galoot
who could not get a root
quite frankly he was nobody of note

Hmmm...reasonable effort. Marked you down as each of the 5 lines had a sting in the tail. Mine only 2/5 as you would have observed. A little more class . You do have a bit more literary acumen than I imagined though.

[mightyrooster]

We need some Shakespeare. This is a sonnet and I remember that a sonnet has 14 lines and the last two lines are called a couplet. Hope I pass the test.

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature’s changing course untrimmed:
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,
Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st,
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

We need some Shakespeare. This is a sonnet and I remember that a sonnet has 14 lines and the last two lines are called a couplet. Hope I pass the test.

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature’s changing course untrimmed:
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,
Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st,
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

That's mine. He stole it.

[Andrew Walker]

Hmmm...reasonable effort. Marked you down as each of the 5 lines had a sting in the tail. Mine only 2/5 as you would have observed. A little more class . You do have a bit more literary acumen than I imagined though.

LOl I’m not interested in your marks. Nor whether you think it is classy Whilst self praise is no praise That is a classic limerick
in every sense. I must admit that one just rolled off the tongue like flesh from a heretic.

Now for anyone wondering what significance the last sentence has. There was a time where heretics were burnt at the stake. Obviously great minds, intellectual geniuses and linguists such as PC would have immediately realised this without needing my explanation Not all here share the same intellect as him snd I did not want this to be lost on them

[Andrew Walker]

Brilliant Andy, but do you know what plagiarise means? The thread is Poetry appreciation, not whaddya think of my half witted doggerel? Poems are cited here, they don't originate. Some do but that calibre of havin' a lend can only ever be good if it's witty, which yours ain't.

Poor ol' Gut Feelin' has given himself a bad name dissing intellectualism and you're gonna do the same thing by being a goose.

Teacher teacher getting rattled hurling insults now. A great mind intellectual and linguist such as yourself should not have tried to pass off anothers work as your own (plagiarism)

I shall continue with my very own limericks. Now if you are good I will dedicate another one just for you.

PS Don’t sweat you are still in my top 8 posters I really like you

[mightyrooster]

That's mine. He stole it.

Hehe…