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    So we witness the Ultimate
    Thread of Fail
    Unto which the
    OP is the only
    Contributor

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    Good attempt, but you might want to review the rules again...

    I will start another Poem tree. The beginning letter and number of syllables must follow a pattern...it's not overly challenging, but you may have to sharpen you wits a bit.

    I'll give the first three lines...



    So
    Today
    Unending

    V
    W

    Les Miserables,
    Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
    Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.

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    Viagra
    WTF?

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    The first letter is not the only focus of the line. Each line must have one additional syllable from the last line.


    So
    Today
    Unending
    Vicious attempts
    Wonders Never Cease

    X
    Y

    Les Miserables,
    Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
    Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.

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    So
    Today
    Unending
    Vicious attempts
    Wonders Never Cease
    X-actly, that's
    Y no one else is playing.

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    J


    Not vicious, dude, just playing around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by genji View Post

    Not vicious, dude, just playing around.
    The lines of the poem was not directed at you...it was just following the stream of lines.
    Les Miserables,
    Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
    Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.

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    may I try with a 6 syllable count?


    So
    Today
    Unending
    Vicious attempts
    Wonders Never Cease
    X-ray vision detects


    "But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
    "Oh, yes, I do."
    "In flames and torment?"
    "Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
    "That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said.
    "Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.

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    So
    Today
    Unending
    Vicious attempts
    Wonders Never Cease
    X-ray vision detects
    Your imagination lives

    Z
    A

    Les Miserables,
    Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
    Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.

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    ^ looks like it completed itself....starting a new if that's ok....



    Zest


    "But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
    "Oh, yes, I do."
    "In flames and torment?"
    "Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
    "That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said.
    "Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Haunted View Post
    ^ looks like it completed itself....starting a new if that's ok....
    The poster always has the option to plant a new Poem seedling


    Zest
    And style

    B

    Les Miserables,
    Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
    Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.

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    Zest
    And style
    Boldly gives

    C


    "But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
    "Oh, yes, I do."
    "In flames and torment?"
    "Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
    "That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said.
    "Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.

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    Zest
    And style
    Boldly gives
    Completed Life

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    Les Miserables,
    Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
    Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.

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    Zest
    And style
    Boldly gives
    Completed Life
    Defying dire death

    F


    "But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
    "Oh, yes, I do."
    "In flames and torment?"
    "Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
    "That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said.
    "Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.

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    Zest
    And style
    Boldly gives
    Completed Life
    Defying dire death
    Emanating Power

    F

    Les Miserables,
    Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
    Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.

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    Zest
    And style
    Boldly gives
    Completed Life
    Defying dire death
    Emanating Power
    For all to see and revere

    G


    "But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
    "Oh, yes, I do."
    "In flames and torment?"
    "Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
    "That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said.
    "Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.

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