Nonsensical Poetry

[Danik 2016]

Lol!
The rebel

A highjacked poem
lost its rhyme
It said: Oh fine!
Now I am free
Nothing holds me.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

A shuffling of "A Fantasy" / a poem by Sara Teasdale


Beneath Dreams

Her falls Quiet like the water
That is far roses
That arches
Where sits forests thoughts a lotus
Abloom upon clear plays glow alone.

Her stone closes In and are
Where Her temple is the kisses silent
Where are by while the Quiet is asleep. and drips
Quiet Persian like dusk voice garden deep
In sacred streams
Beneath dreams.

9/17/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful images!

Fanciful fireflies
Dance to the sound
Of a near fountain.
In the background
the night sighs
under the weight
of centuries of
secret sounds
and sorrows.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

A mash up of "To Sleep" by John Keats... http://keats-poems.com/to-sleep/



Sleep!


Sleep! so key for with it will wait
soft from breeding like the passèd
or curious of seal ere close of deftly still,
In my conscience, throws Its pillow,
Around the fingers its light,
Enshaded the midst, thy and me my charities;
save thee Then careful in the please;

Turn thine darkness, hushèd the divine;
O, forgetfulness hymn, wards, mole
And many casket from strength of poppy
soothest my benign bed O this willing soul
Our burrowing if the lulling amen, a woes;
Save eyes, gloom-pleased my lords,
embalmer that oilèd embower’d shine
in still the day Upon Shutting eyes,
Or midnight! me

9/19/2022 r. 9/20/2022


Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

double because of editing

[Danik 2016]

Lol!Wonderful! Spoken out of a sleepless soul!

Rather modestly:

Apostrophing sleep

Oh sleep!
Thou that ares´t
The home of the homeless
The food of the hungry for rest
The answer to the questions of the philosopher
And the hiatus of peace of the warrior!
Thou that are called to sing the lullaby equally
To young and old
To poor and rich
To the workers and the loiterers
To man and beast
Who takesd all creatures
under thy protecting cloak
Don´t forsake us!

[tailor STATELY]

Not nonsense at all... enjoyed :)

An Anonymous Man Named Trevane


Trevane was a man who liked to dance
He had all the right moves at first glance
But his greatest faux pas
That made the dance floor thaw
Was when he loudly recited from Pirates of Penzance

9/21/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

:)


Trying to emulate Manoel de Barros, the master of meaningful nonsense!

"The Rock

Being a rock
I have the pleasure of lying on the ground.
I only deprive lizards and butterflies.
Certain shells take shelter in me.
Mosses grow from my interstices.
Birds use me to sharpen their beaks.
Sometimes a heron occupies me all day.
I feel praised.
There are other privileges to being a rock:
a—I irritate the silence of insects,
b—I am the beat of moonlight in solitude,
c—In the mornings I bathe in dew.
d—And the sun compliments me first." Translated by Idra Novey’

My attempt:

The pond

I delight
In the state of pond.
Birds visit me.
Clouds bathe at my feet.
Pebbles whisper all the day long,
and the night lends me her blue stared cloak.

[tailor STATELY]

"I only deprive lizards and butterflies." - very notable

Enjoyed both poems :)

A mash up of "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost...
https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/nothing-gold-can-stay-by-robert-frost

Her Nature's So Leaf

Her Nature's so leaf
to gold, to grief, But hold.
Her stay goes. to a leaf's hue
Eden is dawn
subsides first hour.
hardest sank down. So
only Nothing can leaf
Then green gold flower;
So to an early day.

9/23/2022

(lol)................... just realized (9/24/2022) I mashed up this same poem on 8/13/2022:

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Her Leaf's Grief

Her leaf's grief,
So leaf.
hold. So early gold,
Her green day. so a goes is
to an Eden hue can hour.
Then sank to subsides
Nothing to down only gold dawn flower;
But stay. Nature's leaf first to hardest

8/13/2022

... must be channeling Robert Frost for some raison.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol.

A mash up of the mash up!

The Leaf is Nature

The leaf is golden, the leaf is green
flowers grow in between
in all hues of Eden
born at the first hour of dawn.

[tailor STATELY]

Very good ! :)

My Word Can poem from 9/22/2022:

( chime/initial/flakes/checkered/blaspheme/asleep/while )


Aggrandizing Masters

In grand attire
Cufflinks with intaglio initials
I join my fellows at the boards
While outsiders who would blaspheme Morphy
Of 19th century’s checkered past
Chime in asleep of wit
Would trade a Queen for a pawn
Without the grand sacrifice predicated thereon
If we let them play: Flakes and twits
Kibitzing while the real battles rage on

9/22/2022 r. 9/24/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Very resonant with meaning!:)

My trial with the same words

( chime/initial/flakes/checkered/blaspheme/asleep/while )

A rehearsal of peace

The initial chime finds me asleep
while the flakes of snow drop softly, silently.
No room for blaspheming here
No checkered black and white reality;
for one fleeting moment
serenity prevails.

Next chalenge: (moon, phosphorescence, firefly, wardrobe, enduring, bliss, downstairs).

[tailor STATELY]

Beautiful poem :) Accept your challenge:


enduring blißfully

( moon, phosphorescence, firefly, wardrobe, enduring, bliss, downstairs )

downstairs below the moon's gaze
they choose from a wardrobe of
phosphorescent guise -
imitating the very stars in the sky
fireflies enduring in bliß

9/25/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Luminous poem! A curiosity: bliss written with the German ß.

[tailor STATELY]

lol... poetic license affectation added :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

:) Same chalenge:

Fireflies exude
the phosforescence
of the moon.
Downstairs,
in the
abandoned room
a wardrobe glimmers
in the moonshine.
Faraway,
the plaintive sounds
of a guitar.
Is there
enduring bliss?

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

The Yellow Buttercup / A Villanelle

Daphne had stooped to admire a buttercup
It was just so yellow and brilliant
Like an elegant miniature teacup

Daphne drove a blue beater pickup
That drove her faithfully each day to the plant
Daphne had stooped to admire a buttercup

Each day she struggled to keep her spirits up
She tried yoga and focused on a chant
Like an elegant miniature teacup

Others tried to distract her with a new lineup
Said it was time to apply for a grant
Daphne had stooped to admire a buttercup

Daphne decided to consider a backup
Her fiancé becoming more and more scant
Like an elegant miniature teacup

Daphne's new partner was a cutup
Who turned her thoughts hopelessly aslant
Daphne had stooped to admire a buttercup
Like an elegant miniature teacup

9/29/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Curious about the end of the story!

The camel and eye of the needle

There once was a camel
Who had a preference for the eyes of a needle
Each time it saw a needle
He had to go though its eye.

But one day
As could be expected,
The camel got stuck.
It was a very thin needle,
It couldn´t resist
And it got stuck.

Soon there was a big crowd around the camel
stuck in the eye of the needle.
Everybody wanted to help or simply watch:
The police came, but there was nothing for it to do
No crime had been committed.
The firemen arrived with much to do,
But much as they threw water on it,
The camel didn´t budge.
The environmental police arrived,
Ready to transport the camel, needle and all,
But the camel didn´t budge.

All the while, reporters kept writing
sending messages
talking on their mobiles
Accessing internet
and making a big bustle.

One of the reporters,
was there with his daughter,
An energetic little girl of five.
While father was bustling around,
she let go of his hand.
Getting near the camel,
she gave it the slightest of pushes,
and the animal was free.

[tailor STATELY]

?? I'll leave the context to the reader; my naiveté must be showing. The villanelle was a product of just trying to write a villanelle with no basis in fact - which is why I consider it nonsense.

I chose poor rhyming words (not enough rhyming words to work with) and I may tinker with it some more.

Your updated parable/metaphor/hyperbole of 'the camel through the eye of a needle' is endearing... gives hope to all especially through the context of children :) https://www.biblestudytools.com/topical-verses/bible-verses-about-jesus-with-children/ :)


An Anonymous Poet Named Don

An anonymous poet named Don
Once said, "Admire my great lexicon!"
It was quite sufficient
But less than proficient
He couldn't resist displaying his poetry on the Jumbotron

9/29/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

re: Lol!

re2: (blush!) The Camel and Eye of the Needle- The story came spontaneously, but I must have read something similar somewhere. I´ve reached the age when one often doesn´t remember any more where the references come from.

re3:Learned what was "displaying his poetry on the Jumbotron."

Paraphernalia

Wild words
ran amok.
They are all wanted
by the police.

[tailor STATELY]

"I´ve reached the age..." rofl :)

Re: Paraphernalia Sting would be proud :)

an anagram of your title and poem:

alpha pear rain

ol' worm poets ally
eye dark whirlwind
bent cat ahead

10/2/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

:) Truly nonsensical! ( and how difficult its is to write nonsensical poetry!

John Lawn

John Lawn
used to live
upside down.

He always
flew away
during the day
without giving notice.

Once, just once
he was in a fray
at a hotel where
he wanted to stay
but not pay,
they called the police.

Left to his own
John Lawn
Simply flew away.

[tailor STATELY]

So true !

Lol... enjoyed John Lawn :)

A mashup of Monadnoc From Afar by Ralph Waldo Emerson


From a Dram of Canon

To Planter rosy evening
he of Red eyes duly thy
muse secret knew
far-gazing hues
fix Well to dyes form
purpose with thought

Dark Cheshire garden on
Thy sombre spot had
Works I strongly draw
how all to this human head
what the fancies flower

10/4/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed!
Badly evoking Manoel de Barros

But what about
The language of the pebbles,
the yearnings of the rainclouds
the choir of the abandoned cigarette butts?

[tailor STATELY]

lol... you had me until "cigarette butts"...

Mashup from Day One by Manoel de Barros... https://bombmagazine.org/articles/five-poems-20/





One Day

Water Yesterday the flood’s stamp up to the canoe
I eye the edge rise From a palm the sail on a cork
Might I have a cup of My rained soaked sleepwear
my glimpse of the light of the future

My only other image is leaves in These waters
I am my embarrassments set here on the border
with me it stands no trees of lined fruits in the sky
as the vulture eat of his caranda Fish dishes

10/5/2022 r.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

And a bonus poem for our poetry group later in the day :)

the dark elves of the forests / golden (acrostic) shovel

if you should desire to explore our hills hearkening
to the call, a wanderlust of spirit, take sore heed to
cling to sanity should anxiety strike your soul - the
headstones will be wanting, just around the corner, as death
imperceptibly stalks your nerves - the dark elves’ watches
nefariously manipulating your tremblings in
gaslighting you subtly to their notorious will - the
situation ends when you paint the devil on the wall

10/6/2022

golden shovel: "hearkening to the death watches in the wall"


from "The Tell-Tale Heart" by EA Poe

Acrostic: itchings

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

A true poem! The title could be "Paranoia". Hope people will enjoy! Have a nice poetry meeting!

Enjoyed the mash up on Manoel de Barros' poem, this master of nonsensical poetry! :) A bit more of his poetry:

https://latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/2020/11/poems-menino-do-mato-manoel-de-barros/

Did an mashup poem of two by Manoel de Barros, but deleted it because of possible autoral rights.
Working now on a public domain poem. (I´ll be back tomorrow)

[Danik 2016]

A true poem! The title could be "Paranoia". Hope people will enjoy! Have a nice poetry meeting!

Enjoyed the mash up on Manoel de Barros' poem, this master of nonsensical poetry! A bit more of his poetry:

https://latinamericanliteraturetoday...oel-de-barros/


The Red Wheelbarrow

by William Carlos Williams

so much depends

upon

a red wheel

barrow

glazed with rain

water

beside the white

chickens
https://earlybirdbooks.com/most-famous-poems

Mashup

The White Chickens

so much depends

on the white chickens

beside

a red wheel

barrow

glazed with rain

water.

[tailor STATELY]

Re: the dark elves of the forests - Thank you ! "Paranoia" would fit nicely :)

Re: The White Chickens... Lol :)

Q - Is it copyright infringement if one uses another poet's words in a scrambled manner ? Anagrams ? Food for thought...

Found this for US copyright:
In copyright law there are laws governing "fair use." This means you may use the poem in a limited way without permission. The problem with this is that the definition of "limited" is not cut and dried. Fair use may apply if you are critiquing the work, or quoting it in scholarly writing, research or technical writing. Educational uses that are not for profit may be allowed as well as parody of the poem.... https://legalbeagle.com/7524772-copyright-laws-using-poem.html See especially "parody" in Fair Use :)


An Anonymous Man Named Dewey

A man named Dewey once lived near a library
A bibliophile savant most extraordinary!
He wasn't too vocal
But at least he was local
Since he converted the library's decimal catalog into binary

10/6/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for Your copyright research, tailor. Manoel de Barros died some years ago. I think it´s better just to appreciate this great master of nonsensical poetry.



One plus two makes four
Therefore don´t open the door
Open instead a hole in the floor,
take one oar, and rudder until
you are ashore.
Then you don´t have to rhyme
anymore.

[tailor STATELY]

Agreed :)

Lol... quite nonsensical.


mathematics tanka

why mathematics
though both perplexing and fun
sum times we add and
get surreal products too; gives
no help with my sudoku

10/9/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

double

[Danik 2016]

Tumble about
broken jar,
yellow moon,
get me my collection
of crumpled clouds.
Each dream demands
a golden lagoon.

[tailor STATELY]

sleep deprived... no internet
well, now I do -
at the hospital visiting
free internet, free drinks
her third night... my third visit
hoping the battery lasts
so I can pay some bills
wonky keyboard
that's why I usually go wireless
popups? idiotic... touch pad
wonky... I miss my wireless mouse
how do you cut and paste
on this thing ?
she's getting a roommate soon
I may have to leave :(
bye

10/10/2022

Ta! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Your wife? Whatever she has praying that she gets well soon !
Popups on cell phone are idiotic!
Don't manage well without mouse either.
Get some sleep, you need to stay well and keep in touch if you can.

[tailor STATELY]

Thanx ! Been resting when I can. Wife had likely a virus; spent three nights in the hospital (should have been at least four nights but she left against the advice of her doctor because her bed was uncomfortable :( Now she's paying the price, but has doctor visits lined up (Wednesday's was with her pulmonologist) and plenty of meds to support her. My home internet was out for a number of days... finally found a nicked cable that I replaced with a found cable from a previous vendor; then internet customer service walked me through re-installing service (why I had to do that step I have no idea). I had taken my chromebook, sans wireless mouse and sans wireless keyboard to the hospital, and then remembered why I have a wireless mouse and keyboard after the fact.

Anywho...


An Anonymous Doc

There once was an anonymous Doc
Who rarely seemed on the clock
But the nurses held their vigils
Wearing "Don't Tread on Me" sigils
Making the Doc less and less ad hoc

10/13/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

re: "Tumble about... " Enjoyed very much :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Thanx ! Been resting when I can. Wife had likely a virus; spent three nights in the hospital (should have been at least four nights but she left against the advice of her doctor because her bed was uncomfortable :( Now she's paying the price, but has doctor visits lined up (Wednesday's was with her pulmonologist) and plenty of meds to support her. My home internet was out for a number of days... finally found a nicked cable that I replaced with a found cable from a previous vendor; then internet customer service walked me through re-installing service (why I had to do that step I have no idea). I had taken my chromebook, sans wireless mouse and sans wireless keyboard to the hospital, and then remembered why I have a wireless mouse and keyboard after the fact.

Anywho...


An Anonymous Doc

There once was an anonymous Doc
Who rarely seemed on the clock
But the nurses held their vigils
Wearing "Don't Tread on Me" sigils
Making the Doc less and less ad hoc

10/13/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor


Welcome back, tailor, as the old bard says, "all is well, that ends well". Hope your wife will have the best assistance possible (with lungs there is no kidding) and that her health will improve rapidly.

As for the Internet, hopefully they won´t charge you the installation as you did it yourself.

"An Anonymous Doc" Tragicomic!


Kafka and the Hospital

Kafka once had to go to the hospital
but the hospital wasn´t there
the hospital wasn´t anywhere.
He waited at all the doors
of the nonexistent hospital.
The doors were wide open,
but he couldn´t come in.

[tailor STATELY]

Quite a futility of fulfilment :)

This is a poem I wrote that I dredge up once in a while:


No Refunds

No refunds, blockhead
My imaginary shrink
I paid him no mind

11/21/2017

From some drivel I wrote many years ago : "Hey it's you !!!" cried the book to me when viewing it on the shelf... "the complete idiot !" I gotta' talk to Dr. Liebschitz about these seemingly inanimate objects talking to me. But then, the advise of an imaginary psychiatrist may be suspect. My favorite line when e-mailing a family member some time back about Dr. Liebschitz is... "I paid him no mind, his usual fee". That line still cracks me up ! Seems to me I had created a poem about something and had included the line in it... Where's my imaginary psychiatrist, Dr. Liebschitz, when I need him ?... still looking for the original poem :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

This Dr Liebschitz story reminds me somehow of the Yes/No nano stories.

After The Alienist by Machado de Assis

There once there was a doc
In the madhouse he did
himself lock.
There he remained alone,
Cos the madmen he had
sent home.

[tailor STATELY]

Yes/No... missed

Lol... enjoyed :)


Tank'a Lot

O' to thanksgiving
It's much appreciated
Each flashing smile all
My gratitude waterfalls
Becoming wholly fulfilled

10/17/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed specially "My gratitude waterfalls".

Haloween

The time comes round
when the ghosts spook
(not to forget the witches ugly and fair)
enjoying their liberty:
Walpurgisnacht, Walpurgisnacht!

Then the Saints arrive,
and with sweet but determined movements
send them back
to shrines and tombs
to their imprisoned sleep
for one more year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walpurgis_Night

[tailor STATELY]

Cool ! I serendipitously found an "H" poem yesterday (just posted before reading this) to follow your "G" poem for today that ties in with your nonsense poem today !!

Poem to follow...

An Anonymous Man Named Liam

There once was a man who liked kittens
To be honest he was quite smittens
So he collected all the kittens he could,
But now as well can be understood
He hasn't a place he can sit ins

10/18/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

AI!

re: Yes, to be sure!(We are getting into Scorpius, when these themes come alive!)

The shy boy
There once was a boy
He was so shy
I don´t know why!

Once he fought a bear
His fame grew far and near
And he was shy no more.

[tailor STATELY]

My offering for tomorrow's "Thursday at Two" poetry gathering (may get an edit here or there):


Ekphrastic Poem: Abandoned Bicycle Leaning Against a Tree

chain driven pedal bike, albeit somewhat rusty, rickety… still
off-roads quite nicely - jinkedy-jinkin' breathlessly 'round
narrower and narrower paths created by creatures unknown - the
trees ablur in watchful consternation as I abruptly overtake a corner…
earth greets me, and deer ferns mixed with moss and stars - there
my senses slowly cleared, I heard birdsong, though what appeared may
perhaps defy imagination, so, leaning my bike against a tree, I wait
like just a moment to fully take in, as I later learned: the tableau of a
Athel Loren elf lord holding court beyond in the daylight - this new
tapestry of sylvan beings gathered in a clearing beyond a tree lined road
instilled a sense of fear and wonder as I was trespassing their realm or
otherworldly dimension - when a dank caress caused me to shudder - a
naiad revealed her will and I followed her with hope - her secret
spring my only escape, she said, and led me thither showing me the gate

10/19/2022

1Golden Shovel: "Still 'round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate" from "A Walking Song" by JRR Tolkien
2Acrostic: contemplations

10/19/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Charming poem (I think, naiad(s) will enjoy)! A bit of "Alice in Wonderland" atmosphere. Sophisticated acrostic (every other verse), googled Ekphrastic.

There once was a child,
More fierce than mild,
that loved to ride,
on the wings of imagination.

So it travelled to foreign nations.
It met many people,
in groups or
on their own.

it visited enchanted places.
it had it´s vision
but when it woke up
it was alone.

[tailor STATELY]

"Sophisticated acrostic (every other verse)"... (lol) I keep falling asleep at the keyboard and cannot quite see it.

Enjoyed your poem; a bit melancholy in its stark reality.


An Anonymous Man Named Skip

Skip was somewhat of a local legendary clown
Found himself aghast as he drown
He was sailing the seas in a ship
And the winds and the waves did sore whip
Fortunately he woke up in a pub named The Crown

10/21/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Quite a collection of anonymous men you have got!

The Tube

There once was a tube
That ardently wanted to be a cube.
Its six equal sides
With no place to hide
Seemed the non plus ultra of harmony.

As years went by
the tube remained a tube
and didn´t turn
into a cube.
It got used to its destiny.

Now is this a stuff for poetry?

[tailor STATELY]

Definitely !

Ode to my Snail; How Well He Escargot'd / a Sonnet

My dearest snail, you so prompt me to write.
I loved the way you escargot'd with pride,
Now invading my mind each day and night,
Garlic and parsley butter on the side.

Let me compare you to a boiled lobster.
You are more superb, awesome, and heavy.
El Niño whipped the storms of October,
And autumn fills my abandoned Chevy.

Do I miss thee? My bath scale whirs and weighs.
I loved your four eye-stalks and persona.
Thinking of your spiral shell fills my days.
You are my heroic one way Jonah !

Now I must 'lone pine with a woeful heart,
Weep not for me whilst in heaven thou art.

10/21/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol! "I loved the way you escargot'd with pride,/Now invading my mind each day and night,/Garlic and parsley butter on the side." Have you already breakfasted today?" Feeling ambivalent though about this poem as it also transmits sorrow. Hope it is just an impression.

On the brink

Warm and cold
new and old
Selections
Elections
Reactions
On the threshold
Of things withhold.

[tailor STATELY]

Re: escargot'd - Just a piece of fluff... snacking a bit :) However yours is most anticipatory/transitional... "warm" or "cold" in such a short length of time.

An Anonymous Old Man Named Paul

There once was an old man who laughed.
He said, "See the lovely aircraft!"
He was referring to himself,
As he perched on a shelf,
You see he actually was quite daft.

10/22/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

re: Lol! poem
re 2:In São Paulo sometimes the temperature climbs or falls more than ten grades in a very few hours. Here it relates to the pre election propaganda.

One, two, three...

One, two, three
hurt my knee
four, five, six
Counting my ticks- and clicks
seven, eight, nine
vine is fine
and ten
eggs says the hen.

[tailor STATELY]

"re 2"... ahh, I see. Down to the home stretch to Sunday...

Enjoyed the 'nursery' rhyme: Lots of clicks here.

My last (lame) Word Can challenge: jingles/bundle/magnetic/appear



ARS Jingle

to write a jingle 'twould imagine
just bundle up your proesy
magnetic thoughts, shake twice,
and like a word can poem just appears

10/24/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Liked the recipe for the word chalenge and the word proesy.

My trial: jingles/bundle/magnetic/appear

A bundle of jingles
appears to have
a magnetic appeal
to bundled jingle bells.

Next chalenge: universe, well, maturing, ecstatic, derailing.

[tailor STATELY]

I like yours much better :) Accept challenge...

harmonious fire / universe, well, maturing, ecstatic, derailing



the universe; ec-
static ylem in His hands
maturing wellspring
derailing mythology -
an intelligent design

10/25/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Thanks, you are being kind!
Enjoyed specially the compactness of your poem!

Galantine

Galantine voters
jelly, jelly, jellyfish
underwater politics
red and green
what a spleen
snack and snicks
make much of nix
make nix of much
clutch your luck.

[tailor STATELY]

... had to look up galantine: "a dish of white meat or fish boned, cooked, pressed, and served cold in aspic.
"turkey galantine" ".... lol !

I mailed in my ballot some weeks ago for our mid-term elections.

how hollow are our victories

the trumpets loudly blared
as cast baluts filled the air -
trumpery victories declared
as vacuous balloters sought
a circle to be squared

11/2/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

My mistake: I thought "galantine" was the English for "gelatina". What I meant was a less horrid dessert dish:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/homemade-strawberry-jello-recipe-made-with-real-fruit--2111131055498699/

Much enjoyed your poem. Just a curiosity: are (critical) poems allowed on the ballots in US?
Anyway relieved with Sunday results, counting the days to January 1st, 2023.


The art of being anonymous

The art of being anonymous
Is staying so for life.
For if the legitimate anonymous
cease to be anonymous
they may become ominous.

[tailor STATELY]

Ah, gelatin !

re: "are (critical) poems allowed on the ballots in US?"... I don't believe so

From my poem:
• The food offering in my poem "baluts" (sounds like ballots?) are fertilized duck eggs of some sort which is prized in some cultures
• "trumpery": ( https://www.thefreedictionary.com/trumpery ) -
n., pl. -ries,
adj. n.
1. something without use or value.
2. nonsense; twaddle.
3. Archaic. worthless finery.
adj.
4. of little or no value; worthless; rubbishy.
[1425–75; late Middle English trompery deceit < Middle French tromperie=tromp(er) to deceive (Middle French: to trifle, play with, orig., to play the trumpet; see trump2) + -erie -ery]
enjoyed your poem.
• square the circle: ( https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/square+the+circle ) - "To solve, or attempt to solve, an impossible (or seemingly impossible) problem or situation."

An Anonymous Man Named Demar

There once was a man from the forest
Who worked in the village as a florist
He used poison ivy with his bouquets
Which caused much malaise
But only on special orders by request

11/3/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

re: :thumbs_up for your mid term election! I understood something nearly absurd: that you mailed the poem with the ballot.
re 2: Thanks for the explanations.

The Princess

Here am I
in my winter coat
conspicuously
in the middle of the place.

Dogs surround me,
big, small, black, white, caramel.
They bark at each other
(but not at me);
They sniff each other
(but not me);
They jump at each other
(but not at me);
They run with each other
(but not with me);
They play with each other)
(but not with me).

A human hand
reaches out for me
caresses me
fleetingly.

"Sorry, dear, no time now!
I have to run
to attract the attention
of that big black dog."

The dog,
he doesn´t notice me.

[tailor STATELY]

re: Absurd... unfortunately I sent out my ballot before writing the poem; wished I'd thought of it first

re: The Princess... so sad Possibly a fleeting memory ?



"O-H"... busted / Assignment for 11/17/2022


(Ohio laws quoted from: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/ohio...aws-part-2-oh/ )


“In Cleveland, it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.” - perhaps if we just unbelled the cat and reveled in the silence ?

“In Columbus, it is illegal for stores to sell Corn Flakes on Sunday”. - no problem here, for me the Sabbath is no cliché.

“In North Canton, It's illegal to roller skate without notifying the police.” - I believe (but could be wrong) 'twas the same in Rome of bygones past and also in the Acropolis of ancient Greece.

“In Fairview Park, it is illegal to honk your horn "excessively." - so honk if you love Jesus… but do so reverently.

“In Toledo, It's illegal to throw a snake at anybody.” - I can see the wisdom in this, though I find it to be hillari-hisssssy.

“In Canton, electric fences are banned.” - must make it easy to prey on chickens in their coops, but at least it makes for better reception for the brood's broadband.

“In Canton, it is a misdemeanor to play any game in a public park without the Superintendent’s permission.” - seems he once was losing a game when he was a young one and took his ball home in a fit of conniption.

“In Lima, any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on the map cannot be sold.” - but what would you expect of a city named after a bean (or so I'm told).

“In Oxford, it is illegal to drive around the town square more than 100 times in a single session.” - I guess cruising is a lost art there bordering on obsession.

"It is also illegal to spit on the sidewalks of the square in Oxford." - seems they couldn't afford enough spittoon cleaners which made avoiding loogies awkward.

"In Youngstown, riding on the roof of a taxi cab is not allowed." - what with the law of inertia and all, Physics ! for crying out loud.

"In McDonald, your duck may not parade down Ohio Avenue." - while not exactly the whole tale it was meant for animals not to run at large, turning the village proper into a zoo.

“In the state of Ohio, it is illegal to kill a housefly within 160 feet of a church without a license.” - "O-H !"... what would we do without your guidance !

11/5/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

re: Actually, no! Was observing from my window a small dog trying to run with the other ones, but being ignored.
re 2: Lol!

[Danik 2016]

The hen Lem

There once was a hen called Lem.
She belonged to a man known as Ben
One day, why Ben had his holiday
Lem run astray.
Ben went gray.
It was Sunday
and his birthday
but Lem stayed away.
And what then?

[tailor STATELY]

lol... a holiday dinner delayed. :)

... another..,

An Anonymous Man Named Demerest

There once was a man who rambled.
Who desired a chicken dinner most star spangled !
But his chicken ran away,
And much to his dismay,
He had to settle for her eggs which he scrambled.

11/7/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Oh my!

The Hen Lem (from her own point of view)

Ladies and Gentlemen,
My name is Lem
And I consider myself
an obsequious hem

Day after day
Eggs i lay!
Humans take them!
Scramble them!
Eat them!

But sadly
human appetites
know no bounds!

This criminal Ben
Said to his wife Jen
He wanted to eat ME!

So, I had to flee!
Bye, Bye Ben and Jen!
Until never again!

[tailor STATELY]

lol...


she ran afoul

so lem ran away
and to this very day
noone knows of her fate
though 'tis whispered about
she ran afoul, without doubt,
enamored with the estate
of an upcoming young man
from Kentucky

11/9/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol!

The Truth about the Hen Lem
(who belonged to Ben and Jen)

The Hen Lem met Chaim
A promising rooster.
From Kentucky.
She went to live with Chaim
and his ten hens
and turned henist. (hen version of feminism)
No more where her eggs
taken
scrambled
fried!
and eaten.

So she lived happily every after with her numerous chicken
until Chaim got sick of her henism
Which was breeding revolt
Under his other former peaceful wives
and sent her away.

Lem then turned into a wandering hen.
Life at times was precarious
But
she never ever was
taken
cooked
roasted
or fried!

And that is the story of the hen Lem.

[tailor STATELY]

lol !!

an absolute bald lie about lem the hen

as an activist hen lem had her scruples
she organized quite well and had pupils
all red, white, and blue; yellow and green
she became part of the machine
oh, and her favorite flowers were pink daffodils

11/9/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

ode to piggies

piggies aren't all coloured pink
nor do all piggies stink
they'll wallow in the muck if you let them

but as household pets they're quite the gem
they can be rather quite a riotous lot

when feral - so bid the piggies feral not

a staple of most masters' tables
and stalwart hero of many fables
piggies have a varied and storied lore

both the sow and the boldly boar
boars are tusky and will slash and stab

so have sows but they prefer to bite than jab
so let us laud the piggies and give them their due

and see them in a brighter hue
digging up roots and truffles; smelling roses
all with their little piggie tricky noses

11/9/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Aaaiiii!

[Danik 2016]

lol !!

an absolute bald lie about lem the hen

as an activist hen lem had her scruples
she organized quite well and had pupils
all red, white, and blue; yellow and green
she became part of the machine
oh, and her favorite flowers were pink daffodils

11/9/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor


The Hen Lem defends herself

Begging leave of the gentle swine
I am her once more
to defend my honor
And... to sell wine.

Bad rumohr calls me a vagrant hen
Me, independent and settled Ms Lem.
I was so lucky,
to open a store
in Hazard, Kentucky.
What do I want more?

I deal in corn, I deal in wine
I sell to humans, I sell to swine
You will find me and my offspring
For customer service at The King
Also for photos, selfies and that poetical thing
At the main street, every morning at nine.

[tailor STATELY]

lol


An Anonymous Painter Named Tabor

There once was a man who liked painting
Who had to undergo mandatory assertiveness training
You see while his palette was derivative
His style was quite primitive
Which often left his audience fainting

11/10/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

down flees the sea nod upon hidden rosy hued air

unwilling for the tide, Nor a crest gave
Then, complain, or Did he strive the one
again, sank down as while once the sea
Then run, lift happy sun to silent summer
and the unfathomable into a Quiet hour
lived, like The dead. sink brief the Will;
But quietly, To An answering, Serenely
a heavens so bright, his head Sank
unmurmuringly, course back And smile;
more wave he quietly died Of having
to stay Back bowed, all His the sea alive.

11/16/2022

... a mashup of On A Friend Who Died Suddenly Upon The Seashore by J. D. C. Fellow (in the public domain)...
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/j-d-c-fellow/on-a-friend-who-died-suddenly-upon-the-seashore-37830

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Both poems are impressive, but the mashup reads anguished, tumultuous, while the original reflects serenity. Hope it´s all well! Are there any particular rules for mashup?

Mashup of the mashup!



Down flees the sea,
unwilling for the tide,
nor a crest!

He lived like the dead.
Did he complain?

No, he quietly died.
His head sank
unmurmuringly
back into the sea.

The heavens were so bright,
Just a hidden rosy hued air
and the living water.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed !


Both poems are impressive, but the mashup reads anguished, tumultuous, while the original reflects serenity. Hope it´s all well! Are there any particular rules for mashup?
... all is well I suppose; I had a bug of some sort yesterday - feeling ok so far as I transition into consciousness. As for rules in the nonsense poem thread... lol ! My mashups have used all the words from the original poem and an anagram for the title (as above) if possible... but anything goes :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

Turned your version into a dark minimal acrostic:


darkness

down flees the sea,
unwilling for the tide,
nor a crest! His head san-
k back into the s-
ea. and the living water. He
lived like the dead.

11/16/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

:)dunkel!


Down flees the sea,
the heavens were so bright,
he quietly died.

[tailor STATELY]

:)



An Anonymous Man Named Avery

There once was a old man who walked
He liked to study nature and was shell shocked
You see he yet knew very little,
Of camelid spittle,
And came too close to one when it hocked

11/17/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Oh my!

The Man with the Ham

There once was a man
he had a ham
and a bread.

Ham and bread
went to his head
Alas, he is now dead.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed ! A ham sandwich would be heavenly after all :)


An Anonymous Man Named Noble

There once was a man who learned badminton
He found its instructions to be handwritten
It was quite recreational,
But not all that foundational,
Turns out the rules he learned were a shenanigan

11/18/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Poor Noble!

For example

For example, they didn't cry
they were never late
They didn´t dance to the music
They always dreamed in black and white,
They didn´t know about silver lined clouds.

For example, they existed
in (not multiple) shades of grey.
They never ever stole strawberries,
or run away from home.
For example...

[tailor STATELY]

Another enigma ! Well done :)


an awkward age

what an awkward age this is
the difference of two squares
as if to join two circles too
soon embrace eternity

11/18/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Thanks!

Enjoyed!

Memory
A sieve where the holes
grow bigger... with...
time.
Evanescence...

[tailor STATELY]

So true !


An Anonymous Man Named Tommy

Tommy was a man who sang off key
It was with the scales his voice would disagree
Because he sang in the cracks
His mid-notes came out quacks
Was told he'd be better off with a laryngectomy

11/20/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

:)

An Anonymous Woman called Eileen

There was an anonymous woman called Eileen.
Eileen had a dream: a husband that was nonymous!
He could even be somewhat ominous,
and he needn't be at all luminous.
So she married James John Henry Richard George Kimberly
After ascertaining carefully
That he wasn´t a member
Of the British Royal Family.

[tailor STATELY]

lol ! Just finished the last installment of The Crown recently... Eileen was being very prudent :)


tofu / an acrostic

tepid compresses consolidate
organic broths flatten
fresh sauces overwhelm
unoriented hyper-cubes trample

11/21/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Like tofu

One acrostic

Fills body, mind and soul
organic and ornamental necessity from
Oslo to Ostend, from Ontario to Orinoco River!
Daringly delicious!

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :) Made me hungry.

An Anonymous Man Named Toddy

There once was a man quite contented
Infused with brewer's yeast was he augmented
He was always quite tickled,
Because he was pickled,
He just couldn't resist being fermented

11/23/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Rather a drinkable anonymous man. https://br.pinterest.com/pin/701717185689369967/

An anonymous tree called Lenny

There was an anonymous tree
That offered its shadow for free.
It´s name was Lenny
And its flowers were many
But they didn´t go to any.

[tailor STATELY]

mmm... chocolate :)

Lol ! Selfish Lenny.



re-imagining everlong

Charlie was an ebullient billabong
a poetic space amidst nature's sweet song
'till word got out and she became disenchanted
of mortal man - her peace supplanted -
'til Tethys heard of her plight and thereby abides everlong
- with a throng of crocs sufficiently slanted

11/24/2022

everlong/foo fighters... https://www.google.com/search?q=everlong&newwindow=1&client=opera&sxsrf=ALiCzsaymvt59WUPJ1hi2vaZ8lhQPg2COA:166927405 7953&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiB7Ia6osb7AhWhm2oFHVEOAg4Q_AUoAXoECAEQA w&biw=1233&bih=581&dpr=1.1#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:5dcb5a0c,vid:AxuTd9rwEHQ

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Finally got into the forum (Windows 10 Updating for about 6 hours without my permission)!

Enjoyed the rock of Foo Fighters, link was very helpful. Some difficulty with the slang of the poem though.

Cryptic

A cube
is not
a tube
I relish
Jujubes
said the dude.

[tailor STATELY]

Jujubes :)


An Anonymous Man Named Georg

Georg was a man who often parried
He engaged in fencing but was always harried
He failed at the lunge
His riposte was a sponge
So being foiled he soon was buried

11/25/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Thanks, corrected! Poor Georg!

An anonymous city called X...

There once upon a time..
not ten years ago, neither nine
there was an anonymous city
that wasn´t neither ugly nor pretty.
But her population
with such humble destination
Dreamed of being notorious.

[tailor STATELY]

Marks the spot !


Everyone's an Art Critic

I had a love, a love who loved dots
braille, Morse code, polka dots her lot
'til I bought her a facsimile of a Seurat
an expression of my love, I thought -
but she wasn't impressed, said "what
was the point?"... and dot was dot

11/25/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

on elfin geese’ truths rotund ships burn

light - how high noon lake fog ebbs;
wends to tow shy bushy bug's refreshment

truths who deed run to rut intuition refines -
shows heart's honor outpour catch capacity;
turns unity green, like dew can

11/26/2022 * an anagrammatic misrepresentation of "Unrisen splendour of the brightest sun"
by Percy Bysshe Shelley https://www.litscape.com/author/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley/Unrisen_Splendour_Of_The_Brightest_Sun.html

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Marks the spot !


Everyone's an Art Critic

I had a love, a love who loved dots
braille, Morse code, polka dots her lot
'til I bought her a facsimile of a Seurat
an expression of my love, I thought -
but she wasn't impressed, said "what
was the point?"... and dot was dot

11/25/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor



Why I had to revisit this poem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Seurat#:~:text=Georges%20Pierre%20Seurat%2 0(UK%3A%20%2F,paper%20with%20a%20rough%20surface.

dot
dot dot dot
dot dot dot dot dot
dot dot dot
dot dot
dot

Dot, dot, dot, just half a dot!

[Danik 2016]

Loved your new take on Shelley!

Truth:
hearts dew
refreshing shy bushy bugs,
greening the landscape.

[tailor STATELY]

Thanks for the link on Seurat. I didn't know how young he was when he, and his children, passed.

I tried Morse code for the dots for maybe an acrostic understanding: ess5ie v ? (some interesting google hits, but nothing concrete; my favorite: https://www.google.com/search?q=ess5ie+v&newwindow=1&client=opera&biw=900&bih=426&tbm=vid&sxsrf=ALiCzsa_iAevObZHB3u6WXyU1DbB0-z52g%3A1669643909662&ei=hb6EY5-FKMq2qtsP-vy_6Ac&ved=0ahUKEwjf24uhhNH7AhVKm2oFHXr-D30Q4dUDCAw&oq=ess5ie+v&gs_lcp=Cg1nd3Mtd2l6LXZpZGVvEAxQAFgAYABoAHAAeACAAQC IAQCSAQCYAQA&sclient=gws-wiz-video#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:9c9b3746,vid:7xY02X3kqK8 )... Then thought maybe a concrete poem... OR just nonsense !? lol

I like your reduction/reimagining for Truth: :)


on further reflection

unity - heart's fog
how bushy high ebbs;
wends refreshment

truths show like bug's light
shy outpouring refines capacity

11/28/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed your arrangement in "On further reflections"
I couldn´t access your You Tube link. The content appears and then immediately disappears.

Found some Pointillism links:
https://www.byarcadia.org/post/georges-seurat-s-pointillism-painting-in-dots

https://www.google.com/search?q=Seurat+dots&oq=Seurat+dots&aqs=chrome..69i57.8917j0j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:0cf85fab,vid:i8UZ7iyqVw8
https://br.pinterest.com/pin/5911043240413755/



A Story Written in Stone

A lean triangular figure
projecting its shadow
on the sands of the desert.
A woman? A wandering spirit?
It´s followed by a huge form:
A bear? A man? A giant?
In the rear a camel or maybe a mule.

The stone doesn´t offer answers,
just images.

[tailor STATELY]

Some observations from your links that caught my eye:
“[…] in reality, the dots of pure unmixed colour are not actually combined by the human eye, which still sees them as separate colours. However, they do appear to oscillate or vibrate, creating a type of shimmer.” (Encyclopedia of Art History, n.d.).

“[…] the perception of three-dimensionality is acquired through a process of experimentation, by which we repeatedly move our bodies and engage haptically with surrounding objects, while simultaneously receiving a series of visual and ocular-motor sensations.” (Foa, 2015, pp. 22-23)

From one of your google links - Sothebys.com: Pointillism: 7 Things You Need to Know... https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/pointillism-7-things-you-need-to-know

Some nice examples of pointillism on pinterest :)

Your poem is wonderful !

Just slightly off topic is a fascination I have with stone/pebble/mosaic art: https://www.google.com/search?q=artwork+using+pebbles+or+small+stones&newwindow=1&client=opera&hs=LcT&sxsrf=ALiCzsa3Tj_1Pfrf3bCnkN9NilWIK9zdMw:166974470 2029&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhxNHe-9P7AhV9lGoFHciFDmUQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Thanks! :)

Enjoyed pebble art. Going to try my hand on it. Just must discover what kind of glue to use.


Pebble Destiny

A hand moves a pebble
on a white leaf of paper.

The precarious creatures it creates
Claim a life of their own.

The tumult reaches the author
who rips the white leaf.

But each fragment
subsists.

[tailor STATELY]

Love this poem :)

Mine: still a little clunky, albeit a bit better than the original... room for another edit or two:


Autumn Leaves / an acrostic

Autumnal frosts nap at first as
Ubiquitous gold and brown leaves begin to fall
Tiny nips on one's nose come November mean
Unseasonal frosts and the rain spells
Morning naps, resting near the wood stove
Nesting instincts trade jeans for sweats

Light frosts will crown leaf mounds with diadems
Ethereal in their autumnal display
Abbreviated when Autumn leaves soon enough with
Variable snow flurries falling late to signal an
Early winter to laud the Christmas season -
Symbolic of a new beginning

11/29/2022 r. 11/30/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

raspture/ill again

labored coughs bark as
nares run half marathons
lozenges taste sweet

11/30/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Oh my! Was away but forgot to log out.

Defective haiku
C vitamin, good food
and keeping warm enough.
Wish you a quick recovery!

[Danik 2016]

Love this poem :)

Mine: still a little clunky, albeit a bit better than the original... room for another edit or two:


Autumn Leaves / an acrostic

Autumnal frosts nap at first as
Ubiquitous gold and brown leaves begin to fall
Tiny nips on one's nose come November mean
Unseasonal frosts and the rain spells
Morning naps, resting near the wood stove
Nesting instincts trade jeans for sweats

Light frosts will crown leaf mounds with diadems
Ethereal in their autumnal display
Abbreviated when Autumn leaves soon enough with
Variable snow flurries falling late to signal an
Early winter to laud the Christmas season -
Symbolic of a new beginning

11/29/2022 r. 11/30/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor


I like your poem, specially the lines:
"Light frosts will crown leaf mounds
with diadems
Ethereal in their autumnal display"

[tailor STATELY]

Thanx... been trying to nap all day with mixed results... vitamin C :)

I forgot to log out too :) Will have to revisit :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

An Anonymous Man Named Danvers

There once was a old man who laughed.
He said, "See my lovely spacecraft!"
It was rather grand,
But very hard to land
You see it relied on a pogo stick shaft

12/1/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

:) Googled "pogo stick shaft"

Advent times
December
Month of extremes
Icy cold or hot as a dessert
Among the people endlessly rushing
through the main streets
A mad Santa Claus
His bag packed
With next years destinies.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

An Anonymous Man Named Rolf

There once was a man named Rolf
Who loved to play nighttime golf
Though the playing was hazy
It was the full moon made him crazy
Chasing golf balls gamboling as a wolf

12/2/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

:) Hoping he gets some anonymous sleep!

The louse

There was a small lose
so anonymous
she didn´t even have a name.

This small louse
so anonymous
she didn´t even have a name
Attacked a mouse.

And this small louse
so anonymous
she didn´t even have a name
which attacked a mouse.
grew powerful.

She gave birth
to innumerous
anonymous louses.
And the mouse
became their house.

[tailor STATELY]

lol ! Enjoyed :)



rings

within untold worlds hidden gems -
here a rarer peace found by titan's
fearless flesh - test in Outshine fog

where færie power enchants truth
aesthete panacea keeps

12/4/2022

* an anagrammatic misrepresentation of Circles by Ralph Waldo Emerson... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/ralph-waldo-emerson/circles-15353

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed!

Just playing with both poems:

Circles
Rings

Nature centres into balls,
Within untold worlds hidden gems.
Scan the profile of the sphere,
A new genesis were here.

[tailor STATELY]

Very nice :)

Back later after a long nap (hopefully), and time to come up with something.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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An Anonymous Man Named Geordi

There once was a man who lived near a brook
Where he often would go to read a book
He read whilst standing on his head
Or so it was widely spread
Said otherwise the words came out all gobbledygook

12/5/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

:) Loved the word "gobbledygook"

Landscape

A green meadow
Mountains in the background.
A blue sky, some clouds and
a gigantic sun.
The sun has a face.
It is winking.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

Made an anagrammatic poem from your poem & title:


candle spa

taken again
fascinating haiku
balanced souls mused

anecdotes housing your
writings must beckon nigh
made anew

12/6/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

:) Enjoyed your "candle spa". Your poems are sunnier. Is the cold getting better?

Sunflower

Proud gushes of yellow

Unique yet multiple in her petals.

She considers herself the sole queen of the garden

The garden has many queens.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Sunflower+flower+video&ei=G0uPY-ivB_KK0AaTu46gAw&ved=0ahUKEwioqZrek-X7AhVyBdQKHZOdAz

[tailor STATELY]

Thanx for asking... Cold/Flu nearing its end... still some congestion in the lungs, but much better than a week ago. Brain fog must be lifting.

Enjoyed... Beautiful Sunflowers :)


An Anonymous Man Named Mikal

There once was a man who liked soda pop
Who enjoyed every can or bottle to its very last drop
Once, walking at the beach he uplifted his head
To quench his thirst without looking ahead
Fell off the boardwalk and into the drink (belly flop)

12/7/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Poor Mikal

The Puzzle

First a piece
Then a second
The third doesn´t fit at all.
I sit in front of
this gigantic puzzle.
The pieces have a will
on their own.
Sometimes they fit, sometimes they don´t.
And here I look at a half complete picture
wondering what it is telling me.

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A philosophy puzzle... enjoyed :)


round puzzles / an acrostic by

an imaginary poet whose name appears in the acrostic

the round puzzles are the best
about eight pieces total I attest
already assembled in a square box
when it arrives the whole family flocks
disappears soon after it's blessed

12/7/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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Taawd the Imaginary Anonymous Poet

Taawd was a poet from Twickenham
according to his imaginary stiff upper-lipped mum
he wrote several la da da dees and acrostics
as well as several celebrated death metal lyrics
his verses leaving most of his audiences numb

12/7/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

:) to both last poems!

The sonnet
There once was a poet,
he wrote a sonnet.
the sonnet traveled all the world
until the poet got old.

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So sad for the ephemeral fame :(



musings on poetry 12/8/2022

poetry writing is a vanity fueled with fire -
an ephemeral flame too easily quenched
in life, let alone stand the winds of time

12/8/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Ai!

Fame is a capricious creature!
That looks less at toil, more at glitter!
Lucky the poet, that does outwit her,
Reaching fame, in spite of Fame.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed... wise words :)


An Anonymous Man Named Tre

Tre was a man who liked barbecue
So he thought he'd try his own hand at cooking it too
He prepped his grill with gas
(Too much) he then ignited the grill, then alas
As to Tre we bid him a fond adieu

12/8/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Oh!

There once was an anonymous ducky
That considered himself lucky
He found a pond
At the back of beyond
In fair Kentucky.

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lol :)

An Anonymous Man Named Terold

Terold was a man who raised cats
Gave each one of them colorful hats
Each hat was a different style
Which made everyone smile
Though they all said that Terold was bats

12/10/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Hmp!


There once was a cat
who used to sleep on a mat
and live on rat!
She lived in the house of Math
Who gave her a gorgeous hat.
Math was as mad as a hatter
And that was the end of the matter.

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Lol... I've heard for some math is difficult and made some giddy with madness :)


I Had a Jolly Green Parrot Once

I had a jolly green parrot once
whom I thought was an utter dunce
'cause all the day it would query
my alexa app which I thought was quite eerie
seems she's been a polymath for months

12/10/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

re: Without comments : https://mominformed.com/150-cute-nicknames-for-matthew/

re2: Lol!

An app voice called alexa

There once was(and still is)
An app voice called alexa.
She solved many little problems
and was always there(batteries vorking).
But she didn´t win the football hexa!

[tailor STATELY]

Oh.

Lol... Sounds like you didn't win the Football Hexa either... many surprises this World Cup.


An Anonymous Man Named Cavall

There once was a man who loved pinball
When playing he'd zone out totally in thrall
But the arcades went away
And to this very day
He pines away in a basement totally in withdrawal

12/11/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

No, but it didn´t leave me sleepless! Hoping for Morrocos to win!

Poor Cavall!

The anonymous ball

There once was an anonymous ball
It was round and all.
It flied so high
that It almost disappeared
in the sky!


Dentist Monday. Back later!

[tailor STATELY]

1. I'll root for Morocco too then... I'm clueless when it comes to Football
2. Hoping dentist goes well
3. Delightful football poem :)


An Anonymous Footballer Named Rooney

When Rooney played he never used his goll
An NFL draftee hired for defense and punting withal
His previous experience was as a striker in Glasgow, so
His debut in the pros was a total fiasco
Seems he couldn't resist heading an errant ball

12/12/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

1. Me too! But Morroco has been the sensation of this World Cup.
2. Dentist triumphantly took out an old stump of a root and condemned me to two days of mashed cold food.
3. Thanks :)

Lol!

To all things round

Balls!

Spheres!

Circumferences!

Container and contained

of round horizons!

Of realities closed around themselves.

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re: 2. Glad it went well... I have two molars that will eventually need similar care.


An Anonymous Man named Timmo

There once was a man who watched birds
Who just couldn't come up with enough words
When espying an archaeopteryx in flight
You can imagine his fright
Till he learned it was an aerial kit made by nerds

12/14/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

Some of my Poetry at Two efforts for today:

Soliloquy to My Younger Self

I spoke to my younger self: “Life,
make it magical; finding joy in what
aligns with your sensibilities is
glorious - yet aspire to greatness, it
is vanity to have never failed - but
never reaching your potential is a
everlasting regret - else why dream?”

12/15/2022
• Golden Shovel: “Life, what is it but a dream?” - Alice speaking in "Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll
• Acrostic: Imagine



~~~~~~~~~~

Word Can Poem / words from 12/1/2022... I was ill/absent then but the group sent me the words (blues/official/bitter/pay)

Once Upon a Christmas Dreary

severance pay -
officially laid off
before Christmas day
a bitter bluesy pill to quaff
to make the matrix go away

12/15/2022

• Will post today's Word Can poem a bit later

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Soliloquy- How if the Younger Self answered?

Once upon a Christmas dreary- The poem was not so clear to me as I don´t know what a severance pay in this case would be. Has someone lost the job?

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re: Once Upon a Christmas Dreary 30+ years ago this experience befell me; the severance pay being added to my last paycheck upon termination was comprised of $0.00 USD in addition to my current wages.

Ah, to have received the council from myself...


ripples in time...

perchance to have received
the council from myself
from the future would have
created a divergence of space
and time; an experience I would
not wish upon another

12/16/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

re: It certainly was a great disappointment and at Christmas time!

Enjoyed the poem...

Revisiting the past

What would you do
if you could go back
to the past?

Change the color
of your furniture,
move to another house,
another country?
Dance the dances you didn´t dance?
Open your ear to another music
or transform the air you were breathing?

Does revisiting the past
yield me anything better
than bad verses?

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Lol... fun musings :)


An Anonymous Man Named Jean-Paol

Jean-Paol was a racing beginner
He dreamed of becoming a grand champion winner
When he strapped in on the track
He'd start eating a snack
In case he got in an accident and missed dinner

12/17/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Enjoyed!

The Spiral and the Pages

There once was a metal spiral.
For ages,
it aspired to be holding pages.
But the pages were either to few
or too many,
so the spiral didn´t get any.

Until it underwent a surgery
and got so small and slim
it nearly went into the bin.
But then a child got hold of it,
and used it for his kit:
"The Diary of an Anonymous Kid".

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""The Diary of an Anonymous Kid"." - Love it :)



Yma

leaves Beneath a new apple sun,
petals smiled But For May lilacs,
tossing the love that is April.
And false is The wind in the fall way,
the wintry blossoms spring
The orchard Is done. I go in to me
the me on the wall, in for the laugh

A horrible shuffling of May by Sara Teasdale... https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/may-by-sara-teasdale

12/19/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the poem very much. Allow me to rearrange it a bit.

Yma

Yma leaves.
Beneath a new apple sun,
petals smiled.
But for May lilacs,
tossing the love that is April.
And false is the wind in the fall way,
the wintry blossoms spring,
the orchard is done.

I turn towards myself,
to the me on the wall,
ready for the laugh.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :) Yours reads better.

Been tinkering all night...

Sultry Venus Thirsts

Sultry Venus thirsts
between vigil's pent
oaths and melancholy
heron's ballads
Therein, if a hilly top
bough's leaf whorls -
adapt of origami,
thrown gentle heat -
mist will fade...
I smile, a poet's
machination want -
... he needs sleep

12/20/2022

• An anagrammatic misrepresentation of a miserable re-shuffling of words of the poem May by Sara Teasdale... https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/may-by-sara-teasdale

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

It´s your poem. I merely eliminated some capital letters and arranged the verses a bit differently.

Enjoyed still more than the first poem. Hope you got some sleep.

An onomatopoeic attempt

Rain

Rain rains
pitter patter
The old roof goes
clatter, clatter
to the song of the
storming wind.

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Enjoyed your onomatopoeic tones :)


An Anonymous Fisherman Named Billy

Billy was a man who loved to fish
In fact if you asked him it was his favorite wish
One day he was locked in a battle
With a rainbow at Green Lake in Seattle
When a'sudden the rainbow lunged out of the water and smacked Billy in the face with a swish
But rather be rattled
He reeled in the embattled
And later baked the rainbow into a knish

12/21/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

My Word Can poem… words from 1/5/2023 from our poetry group:
(sofa (crazy) stolen list thistly inked honor)


a stolen inked list…

as crazy as it sounds, your honor
a stolen inked list was my downfall
upon a sofa thus thistly stuffed
the list was lifted isn't that enough ?
a list that contained every memory
I'd ever known - like a trashed cell
phone that hadn't been cloned -
so now I languish here in your court
after heeding not: no shirt,
no shoes, no service

1/15/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Enjoyed. Lists or drafts lying around may prove fatal.

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From our Thursdays at Two poetry group's word can list: assure/tickle/tragedy/marble/echo/romance


heavenly assurance

I can assure you from upon high
the romance with my echo
tickled my funny bone -
What a tragedy it was when
the marble face of the cliff
I was supported on gave way
to a long drop
and a sudden stop of ululation


2/2/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed your onomatopoeic tones :)


An Anonymous Fisherman Named Billy

Billy was a man who loved to fish
In fact if you asked him it was his favorite wish
One day he was locked in a battle
With a rainbow at Green Lake in Seattle
When a'sudden the rainbow lunged out of the water and smacked Billy in the face with a swish
But rather be rattled
He reeled in the embattled
And later baked the rainbow into a knish

12/21/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor


Lol (after googling knish)!Somehow this one escaped me.

[Danik 2016]

From our Thursdays at Two poetry group's word can list: assure/tickle/tragedy/marble/echo/romance


heavenly assurance

I can assure you from upon high
the romance with my echo
tickled my funny bone -
What a tragedy it was when
the marble face of the cliff
I was supported on gave way
to a long drop
and a sudden stop of ululation

2/2/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor


Comic and tragic!

[tailor STATELY]

Thank you ! I made an edit/revision to further the comedy/tragedy with more rhyme :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

I see! But I think the first version is more dramatic because it ´doesn´t explain anything. There is just the impact of the last verse.

[tailor STATELY]

Thanx! I agree with your assessment... changed back.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

:) Yes, I prefer it that way!

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An Anonymous Critic Named Marceau

There once was a critic who admired Chagall
So much he attended an event through a squall
He specifically liked his depictions of cats
Which he held to the highest review such that's
He gave each one 5 out of 5 étoiles

2/19/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol! I never knew that Chagall loved and painted cats but this is the result of my research:
https://www.thegreatcat.org/the-cat-in-art-and-photos-2/cats-in-art-20th-century/marc-chagall-1887-1985-russian-french/

A not so anonymous cat depicted by Chagall

Some humans cultivate strange habits.
Daddy pawed some colors and lo,
this smudge looks a bit like what?
Oh, I see, a cat!
Is that me?

I have to confess though
that I am much more beautiful,
than this rather hazy creature.
Definitively the better painter is Nature.
But Daddy captured well
my affectionate look.
It will shine through ages.

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... enjoyed your poem and the article/review :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

re: Thanks. Did you see Chagall´s cat paintings on the botton of it?

[tailor STATELY]

Yes, my favorite of the group would have to be Le Poète of course :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

:) Of course! Mine the cat from the cat and child group with its almost human expression of affection.

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from my contribution for the "Thursdays at Two" poetry group that was cancelled due to snow today:


Belling the Poet / an Acrostic assignment

"Why should poetry have to make sense?" - Charlie Chaplin



A poet both lives and observes life. Writing

Needs a passion of many disciplines, a

Time alone... silence, like an unread book

In its conception the process consists of

Tinkering and musing - even stealing poetry

Ideas... choosing language. Optionally, form is

Nuanced when cleverly utilized; forms like

Triversen lend a framework for dropping

Idioms and onomatopoeic spices upon a

Neutral landscape - like adding a single rose

Nigh an otherwise stagnant still life - each petal

An aromatic memory taking shape deep down

Below one's conscious thought evoking the

Undeniable truths of fundamental being - Grand

Lays speak of romance and lend to song - Canyon

And river, sky and sea, mythical, magical, and

Real or unseen - these are the worlds waiting

Inside each poet to spill upon the page for

Agonizing hours for poverty's laurel; even the

Nebulist poet will produce a distant echo

3/2/2023 r. 3/11/2023


Acrostic: Antitintinnabularian: one opposed to bell ringing.

Golden Shovel: "Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo." - Don Marquis quote

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Charming ars poetica!

It was kind of you furnishing the solution of the acrostic for I got absolutely stuck. Next time I need a difficult word it will be Antitintinnabularian.

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:)

oblivious / a true story

tiny translucent orbs
show only on camera
afloat yet appearing
under control in a home
where a dog sleeps -
oblivious

3/11/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

Charming ars poetica!

It was kind of you furnishing the solution of the acrostic for I got absolutely stuck. Next time I need a difficult word it will be Antitintinnabularian.

Lol, I misspelled the downward acrostic again ! / edited.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

:)

oblivious / a true story

tiny translucent orbs
show only on camera
afloat yet appearing
under control in a home
where a dog sleeps -
oblivious

3/11/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor


Enigmatic poem!

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An Anonymous Man Named Timon Bey

There once was a man from Istanbul
Who said, "See how life is so minuscule!"
He expounded at length
With all of his strength
His logic so Venn, and so Boole

3/25/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

???
There was once an anonymous man
He was so so anonymous,
that even he didn't know his name.
But he had a golden pen.

[tailor STATELY]

lol... now that's anonymous !

enfettered thief blues

enfettered thief blues
coax fool's noose
too hollow root
denied phantom wants
fiery motes forego
the fall ahead


3/27/2023

A terrible anagram misrepresentation of Epitaph by Friedrich Schiller... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/friedrich-schiller/epitaph-30675

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Poor enchained ghost. Didn´t locate the anagram though.

The ice (cream) mice

There once where some little mice
who loved ice(cream)
One didn´t have to ask them twice
If they wanted ice (cream).

But every vice (snif!)
Has it´s price.
The little mice
Rejected their rice
They only wanted ice (cream)!

So when they died
They turned into ice.
For this silly poem
I apologize!

[tailor STATELY]

Cute poem :)

An anagram (not an acrostic) is rearranging letters such that one gets a new word or collection of words... https://examples.yourdictionary.com/anagram-examples.html

Here's a clever one from the link: "the Morse Code = here come dots"

In my case I take an entire poem and turn it into an alphabet soup and rearrange :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

You're right I was looking for the acrostic. I still have to try the anagram of a poem. It's much more difficult.

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I use a website that might help for anagrams... one needs to play with the settings a bit like "Max other words" to zero... https://futureboy.us/lookup/nph-anagram.pl

An Anonymous Writer Named Blane

There once was a man who when writing
Would parse his words with lightning
His prose caused shocks
And his poetry thrown rocks
Unhinging his readers into frenzying

3/29/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Thanks!I'm going to try it out.

A dramatic writer!

A True Story
There once was a poet fine
who worked from nine to nine.
He sat all day long at his desk
sighing and drinking beer.
The page stared back at him
just white and clean.
Then he had an idea
He wrote as title
"The Blank Page"
The poem became very famous.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed !


ink

a book on a shelf
its words left unrequited
remain in darkness

3/29/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

An anagrammatic poem from a quote by Michael Kofi Esson (the title an anagram of his name):

"I was a dancer for like 12 years and I really think it gave me a sense of form and negative space,"

men fool chia skies

elves envy
a tiger's eye
nigh
dandelion tears
adapt of foams
leak ink fire
12 macaws race
rain

4/3/2023 r. 4/17/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed text and structure, but still have to go into the anagram.
The drop

A drop
pops
down
round
brown.
water clown
it blops down
onto
the lawn
and is gone.

Inspired by the poem "Pingo d`agua (Waterdrop)by Cassiano Ricardo

[tailor STATELY]

Delightful poem :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

My Word Can poem from our Thursdays at Two poetry group a few weeks ago: lapidary, rare-volumes, scrounge, sicken, chance, crate, chimney, porch



a little rain falls

a chimney chuffed nearby showing
signs of life as she walked on
cobblestones which shone like
lapidary work in the misty rain
on the way to visit a friend
who was sickened by loneliness and despair

on the porch
rare volumes scrounged from her friend’s library
and put into crates to be taken away
forever
it was not by chance
rather by necessity

4/6/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

8 words is a lot!
Very interesting poem, because of its implied meaning. A clear division: signs of life in the first part of the poem contrasting with the tokens of illness, decay or even death in the second. What happened to the friend, that the books had to be taken away ( reminding me of my own library that had to be dismantled recently)?. Perhaps I would just change the title to a less explicit one.

[tailor STATELY]

Yes, 8 is a lot... one word, or hyphenated word) for each participant where everyone? was present :) Yes, I did think of your library in passing.

Title too telling, hmmm... going with a little rain falls

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

re: I see!
The new title is much more subtle! Enjoyed.

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My Word Can poem for 5/4/2023 Tuesdays at Two: polychrome/safety/leave/outrage/seasonal/fiddle



oneness

be not confiddled
leave your polychromatic outrage behind
find solace and safety
in the seasonal that is nature
especially in spring to become
part of the rebirth
to become one with Mother earth

5/4/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Interesting solution!Enjoyed the poem!(Had to look up "confiddled").

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My current poem assignment for Thursdays at Two poetry group: (for 5/18/2023): Ode to a Zip Code (95633)


Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily...

Dorado frame of mind whilst living the good Life
Rural Garden Valley gem is
East of the setting sun but
Always within a
Meditative poetic dream

5/11/2023

Golden shovel & Acrostic

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Charming poem!

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My Word Can poem for our Thursdays at Two group: vocal, poise, sky, fractured wicker, switch, dome


lounging in an imagined garden


lounging in an imagined garden
switching gears from poised to pensiveness
with a fractured vocal searching sigh
I pondered the dominions of domed earthly skies
deep seated in wicker chair discomfortness

5/18/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

A lot of words to be packed in five lines. Lol: "A fractured vocal searching sigh", here you surpassed yourself!

[tailor STATELY]

Thank you ! Not bad for a 15-minute thought & write with the group... and I think I had a stupor of thought for about the first 2-minutes; L1 was actually the last line I came up with. I give all credit to Parker for these "flash" Word Can poems :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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My assignment for Thursdays at Two poetry group: (for 6/1/2023): From the perspective of a Dandelion



The Dandelion

I arose from the ground deep rooted
in late winter to take a look around - on
a stalk ending in bright yellow florets
between my lion's teeth leaves by day

I'm not annoyed by the butterflies and
bees - they rather tickle me searching for
pollen and perhaps some dew as I s-t-r-
e-t-c-h skyward to get a better view

My kin are nearby - some being nibbled
upon (we're rather tasty I've heard), others
like I, exult in what sunbeams find our way
waving serenely in the wind day by day

Before each nightfall I gather my florets
in a bunch to catch some sleep and dream
an ancestral dream of the plan of eternal
happiness and my part in this joyous scheme

For you see my kind is especially endowed
exhibiting all of the signs of post-mortal life
depicting stars, moon, and sun; each a degree
of glory defined by a Heavenly Father's love

My season sees a transition from yellow
florets to a portentous seed head upon my
hollow stem and I can now view the night-
time sky and ponder what lies before me...

When a færie maiden plucks my stem of
myriads of diadems, to softly blow upon my
face and release wishes to embrace the
immensity of the universe and all eternity

6/1/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

A cute and wise Dandelion musing about its existence! :)

[tailor STATELY]

My Word Can poem for our Thursdays at Two group: inclement/decline/private/languid/release/limit/pursuit


The Postman: Wrung Out

privately pursuing a languid reality
after toiling through all kinds of inclement weather
yes, I’d hit my limit in my declining years
now seek a release from all my cares
so I took up fishing, though I hate it so
just don’t bait my hooks… whatever

6/1/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Made me thoughtful this poem, specially as my reality isn't so languid at present.

[tailor STATELY]

:( Praying you find peace.

My assignment (1 of 2) for Thursdays at Two poetry group: (for 6/15/2023): Inclement/other than weather


Inclement Whether

Inclement language can beleaguer Poetry
notwithstanding free speech, it simply is
concerning to the community at large - an
linguistic aberration barely worth the echo,
encourages no imagination for the asking
merely exposing itself offensively - a
elephant in the room casting no shadow
never, no, never is too strong a word to
trivialize its total effect upon the dance

6/6/2023

Golden shovel: "Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance." - Carl Sandburg

Acrostic: Inclement


Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

re: Warm thanks, tailor!

Problem last evening in trying to log in on tablet.

Lol- Interesting reflection on language;
"Inclement language can beleaguer Poetry
notwithstanding free speech, it simply is
concerning to the community at large"
Schools should keep that in mind. Inclement language can also beleaguer Prose terribly!

[tailor STATELY]

An Anonymous Man Named Jericho

There once was a man who lived in a sole
Whose humor was ever so droll
He'd just been evicted due to an increase in rent
Which had gone up more than 50%
Said he felt like the victim of whack-a-mole

6/17/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[spikepipsqueak]

I saw this on my other forum and thought you people would get a giggle.

Couldn't find a better place to put it.

I lately lost a preposition
It hid, I thought, beneath my chair
And angrily I cried, "Perdition!
Up from out of in under there."

Correctness is my vade mecum,
And straggling phrases I abhor,
And yet I wondered, "What should he come
Up from out of in under for?"

-Morris Bishop in the New Yorker, 27th September, 1947

IMV it would scan better without the "in" but I'm trying not to be picky. :)

[tailor STATELY]

Lol ! Enjoyed :)

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[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed it too, spikepips! Would also prefer the last line without the "in", but I am not native!

[Danik 2016]

An Anonymous Man Named Jericho

There once was a man who lived in a sole
Whose humor was ever so droll
He'd just been evicted due to an increase in rent
Which had gone up more than 50%
Said he felt like the victim of whack-a-mole

6/17/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
I suspect this anonymous has a very large family,

[Danik 2016]

The flower
There once was a flower
That had brothers and sisters many,
and they all lived on a big tree,
near Annabell Lee.

It was a good life
without much toil or strife
and frequent visits from a bee
that lived near Annabell Lee.

But the little flower became sad
she was bored of being a flower
all the time and every hour,
the wide world she wanted to see
or at least the town of Annabel Lee.

So she asked her friend the bee:
dear bee, take me to Annabell Lee.
But the bee asked:
how will we achieve it
if you have neither wings nor feet?

They asked a fairy for help
who transformed the little
flower in a snail and gave her
an own house to carry.
And if you are lucky
you can see a little snail and a small bee
on the way to Annabell Lee!

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed very much ! Interesting use of the name Annabell Lee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annabel_Lee

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Caramba. I thought Annabell Lee was from a Beatles song. Thanks for the link tailor.

[tailor STATELY]

My Word Can poem from 6/15/2023: practicality, sequoia, navigate, fletcher



the fletcher

in all practicality using a bow and arrow
will come in handy once bullets are scarce
making it easier to navigate the necessity
to hunt in the land of sequoias when guns
become useless and traps hit or miss…
arrowhead making is in our DNA, but for
tried and true flight I’ll have a fletcher
in my tribe when all is said and done


the sure arrow’s flight
that fletchers facilitate
finds fish, fowl, and beasts

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

The future is the past/The end is the beginning as the poet said.

[tailor STATELY]

My Word Can poem for our Thursdays at Two group: 7/6/2023: match, wave, listening, arrogant, alteration, nerve, soil



one with the sea

listening to the matchless waves crashing upon the shore
arrogant waves unmoved by my nerve
to scrabble down a ravine of loosened soil to gain
access to the beach to clear my mind - alterations of spirit
to find… peace - one with the sea

7/6/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed!The enjambements confer a wavy pattern to the poem.

[tailor STATELY]

My Word Can poem from our Thursdays at Two poetry group 7/20/2023: cement. arrangement, sonogram, distinctive, ardent, scent, hillside



Epithet

Cast in cement
A distinctive arrangement
Of ardent intent -
A hillside tableau
If one were to imagine:
The scent of tall pines
And birdsong and buzzing bugs
About one’s face
I snag upon a root and fall
“Son-o-gram!” in loud distress
As two butterflies flit on by

7/20/2023 r, 7/22/2022 utterance > distress

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed, specially "Son-o-gram"i Unusual solution.

[tailor STATELY]

My Word Can poem from our Thursdays at Two poetry group 8/3/2023: attempt, strike, planet, shaven, bluff


the magic of bowling

attempting a strike
it's everynight at the bowling alley
playing the greatest game on the planet
clean shaven, wearing my team shirt
looking like a mantis on the approach
arms and legs so with 3-fingers in
my tailor made finger-tip ball
as I bluff my proficiency of the
night's lane conditions - too oily for
my taste usually, but with
all the memory muscles I can muster
I manage to let my bowling ball
rip applying lift and torque at release
just clearing my right ankle
feet sliding - ball sliding, left foot stopping
heart pounding as I hope the ball grabs
and sets just at the right angle into
the 1-3 pocket ... praying for no solid 7,
nor 8, nor 9, nor 10 pin
STRIKE !

8/3/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the poem though, having bowled only once or twice in my life, I don´t understand the mysterious language of :
"and sets[the ball]just at the right angle into
the 1-3 pocket ... praying for no solid 7,
nor 8, nor 9, nor 10 pin".

[tailor STATELY]

I'll take that as a question :)

* The following is from my experiences circa 1960 (the first time I ever bowled :) - 1999 (when disabilities and finances quelled my spirit)

High Skill Bowling 101: Lane conditions & other minutia

There is oil applied to a lane's surface to both protect the coated wood surface (main reason) and to assist bowlers with a high skill level to get strikes. There are many oil patterns that may be applied but know that there are areas on each lane surface where it varies greatly - with the back end of each lane generally having much less oil than the first 30-40 feet. AND the oil isn't generally applied evenly from side to side AND as time and use over the course of a game the oil will migrate and/or lessen due to the bowling balls picking up the oil, hence bowling towels to clean off the oil or other matter from bowling balls between frames, so... AND in the course of semi-pro and pro tournaments bowlers move to a different pair of lanes after each game inheriting the oil conditions mucked up by the previous bowlers. OH, and for much of my hay days left handed bowlers had an advantage over right handers because their lane "conditions" didn't change as radically due to many more righties than lefties mucking up the lanes. OH, and the wooden lanes (maple & pine) are not all coated with the same coating from bowling venue to venue nor "dressed" or conditioned with oil the same way or the same oil...

(Unless the bowling ball is sliding all the way continuously down the lane) when a bowling ball finally "sets" from its course down the lane it generally has stopped sliding due to the lessening of friction from an oil pattern (friction interacting between the moving ball's surface and lane surface), and for a right hander, like me, with the lift and torque applied at the point of release over the foul line (depending on how the bowling ball is drilled relative to the weight block, or denser material inside the ball itself in a myriad of core configurations) the ball will begin to turn left, or "hook", "setting" (hopefully) at the ideal angle to strike the 1 & 3 pins or "pocket" nearly simultaneously for the optimum strike angle. "Setting" early would hit the #1 "head pin" too heavy or not at all to the left; "setting" late would hit the pins to the right side of the ideal "pocket" hit... unless "gutter" balls resulted of course.

Other factors include speed of the bowling ball, weight, angle of attack, etc.. I had the dubious luck to be able to leave any of the back 4-pins singly ("solid" 7, or 8, or 9, or 10 pin) with what I considered a perfect "shot". Hence, even when I averaged 215 per game at the top of my skill I couldn't get the prized "sanctioned 300" game/800 series (3-games) though I had 1-unsanctioned league 300 game and others in practice sessions...

My best career "sanctioned" game = 290 and "sanctioned" series = 794 (3-games); the 290 game started with a "solid" 7-pin in frame #1 followed by the "spare" and 11-strikes... the 794 series having a high game of 279 which consisted of 11-strikes and the "spare" of a single pin somewhere in the middle of the game: an average of 264+ for that 3-game series which I performed in the first week of a "handicap" bowling league (pins are given to the team of lesser team average at a percentage of the difference between the two teams usually 80% constituting the handicap) watching my bowling average shrink from week to week for a very long time before stabilizing. This was why I generally bowled non-handicap leagues ("scratch" leagues) or tournaments or "pot games" (bowlers competing with each other generally in a non-league/non-tournament group with the winner of each game receiving the money set aside per person per game or "pot") ie: gambling.

No, I'm not bitter that I never had a "sanctioned" 300 game or 800 series while nearly all my peers (and many others with much less ability but better luck) had at least one or the other or many... I'm not bitter, I'm not bitter, I'm not bitter...

... ending meaningless soliloquy.

High Skill Bowling 201: Overcoming lane conditions with the use of multiple bowling balls of different stocks/cores/porosity/and biased weights (maybe later)

Addendum: Wikipedia link for useful terms, et al: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_bowling#S

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Thanks, tailor, also for the glossary, this is quite a bowling treatise. You played in bowling tournaments.The one or two time I went bowling it was for entertainment so it was quite simple. One got there after a pizza or so. There was a bowling hall like this one in the Portuguese wiki page:https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boliche. I never had heard about the oil and I don´t remember the pins getting oily. Then one bought the number of strikes and off to the trial. Either you felled the pins or you didn´t. In my case the pins usually remained calmly where they were...and that was it.

[tailor STATELY]

Sounds like you enjoyed yourself :)

Thursdays at Two assignment for 8/17/2023: Place of significance not of current home from the past.

Childhood’s End/Seattle - an acrostic/telestich exercise

Carkeek Park escapism through nettleS
Aromatic streams with skunk cabbagE
Running down through the canyon florA
Keeping to the paths preternaturally cuT
E'er trod by wildlife and vagabonds thaT
Eventually reach the shallow shores alL
Known to the children in northwest SeattlE

8/17/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the engeniosity of your poem after googling "telestich". I wish I had explored Seattle better the one time I was there. But the time allowed on shore was short, we had no map so we kept near the place of the ferry.

[tailor STATELY]

The ferries are fun... Seattle has so much to offer :)

The best I had to offer for our impromptu Word Can poem came out a bit abstract:

My Word Can poem from our Thursdays at Two poetry group 8/17/2023: lighten,pearl, descent, symbolize, in mist, jabber, confess


she had symbolize

she had symbolize
a lightening of pearl descent
I confess

in mists she wandered
seeking light as
mockingbirds jabbered

8/17/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

re: I don´t think so, the images are very clear. I´m only a bit in doubt of using "lightening" here. Maybe I would use "rain" but it would change the meaning and the number of syllables. And is it not perhaps: "she had symbolized"?

[tailor STATELY]

It made sense when I wrote it... let me try an analysis of my own poem:

"she had symbolize"...
I laser focused on "ize" as eyes and instantly I had my protagonist (I like eyes).
The "symbol" came along for the ride since it was there and maybe could be a euphemism, used in toto, for "wide eyed" as in eyes the size of a cymbal, perhaps symbolic of innocence and purity.

"a lightening of pearl descent"...
Perhaps alluding to "The Birth of Venus" painting by the artist Sandro Botticelli .

"I confess"... straight forward - I had to put "confess" somewhere and time was moving; moving on...


This part of the poem is a bit more straightforward in my mind:

"in mists she wandered"...
Living in the natural world not contentedly

"seeking light as"...
Seeking enlightenment/peace/spirituality...

"mockingbirds jabbered"...
Those who live in the natural world mocking/deriding her decision to seek beyond the natural world.

10+ minutes isn't much time to write under pressure and I trusted Parker on this one as the ink flowed.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

I see! 10 minutes is indeed little time to write a poem.

I liked the poem, I only thought there might be a "d" missing at the end of "symbolize" as it seemed that the action had been completed in the past.

The second strophe is indeed very clear! It is the one I prefer.

[tailor STATELY]

My Word Can poem from our Thursdays at Two poetry group 9/7/2023: tile, habitat, crouch, technique, announce


the cheetah

master of its habitat
the cheetah is
short on technique
but long on speed -
first crouching it
ambushes its prey with
a blazing sprint
but sometimes birds
will mob or savanna
creatures may bark
to otherwise announce
its intention at the start
leading to a futile hunt

9/7/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the poem. Lol moment: tile-futile

[tailor STATELY]

An anaphora exercise using famous first lines (superscript) and my fill not bolded.



He Who is a Poet

"Here lies a man cut off by fate"1
"He wakes, who never thought to wake again,"2

"He wasn’t dumb. His intellect was sound"3 -
he having recovered from a mild stroke

He glanced over at his dear departed wife

"He coveted her portrait."4 and paused to reflect -

"Her cheek was wet with North Sea spray,"5

He then made his way from his bedchamber

"He opens the scullery door, and a sudden rush"6 of
heretofore hidden servants appear to assist him…

"He sat in a wheeled chair, waiting for dark"7 and mused:
"Here I sit,"8 (gathering parchment, ink, and pen)
"Here's to the mice that scare the lions,"9
"He who writes a poem opens a window."10 and is set free!

1 - Friedrich Schiller; Epitaph
2 - Rupert Brooke; The Life Beyond
3 - Wilhelm Busch; Crazy a translation of “Der Narr”
4 - Vachel Lindsay; The Moon Is A Painter
5 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; By The North Sea
6 - Paul Muldoon; Tell
7 - Wilfred Owen; Disabled
8 - Brittany Ann; Here I Sit
9 - Vachel Lindsay; Here's To The Mice!.
10 - Mário Quintana; Emergency


and my Word Can poem ( eleven participants !!! )...

Word Can poem: collapse, mix, tradition, compassion, junior, Wednesday, suddenly, colony, weak, druid, admit

Wednesday’s Child Has Far to Go

T’was Wednesday
Knock on wood - a weakness I admit
Born of druidic tradition with perhaps
A færie mix
The necessity came suddenly
From my gobsmacked collapse
I, the junior in our party
When we came upon a colony
Deep in an ancient forest
A moot of Ents who ministered
To my needs in offering compassion
For my relapse

9/21/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

Forgive me the formatting of the above... the Edit Post function is being unkind.

update: format and errors corrected :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Never mind the formatting, The function doesn´t work very well on Litnet. I suppose the whole poem is a line below the other.

"He who is a poet" loved this anaphoric exercise and the inclusion of Schiller, Busch and Quintana, the later somehow releasing the poem to the world. Will try a similar exercise but I need time.

"Wednesday’s Child Has Far to Go"- Good synthetic form in spite of eleven words. Enjoyed!
Confirming: The relapse is the knock on wood?

[tailor STATELY]

Thanx!

re: "Confirming: The relapse is the knock on wood?" - in my under the clock haste I envisioned knocking on wood with respect to knocking on an Ent in error. Also my word list contain(ed) a transcription error "comparison" in the list should be "compassion" as I used it in the poem correctly :)

update: corrected :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

:) :) :)

[tailor STATELY]

Word Can poem: tribute, minute, constant, modest, brim, under, notion

a salt spray ocean tang

a salt spray ocean tang
greets me on the shore
under calm gray skies -
a tribute to the constant
modest notions that fill
my brainpan to the brim
- a positive meniscus of
waves of thought when
viewed - anything but
minute from within -
inspired by the simple act
of walking on the shore

10/5/2023 r.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Charming, serene poem!

[tailor STATELY]

My Thursdays at Two assignment for 10/19/2023: Sea creature




Acrostic by tailor

“Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars.” - Jack Kerouac

Staring upwards I await to ambush; I’m
“the meanest things in creation"1 -
a byname I've earned by those hazarding my
rough mouth revealing razor teeth - with a
gaze that would curdle milk I'm told
and a surprise near my dead eyes to
zap the unwary with a jolting shock of
electricity if disturbed whilst pondering,
resting in the seabed feigning indifference

10/19/2023 1 - Ichthyologist William Leo Smith

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol. A crocodile, maybe? Enjoyed.A bit perplexed by the small number 1 that appears near the date,

[tailor STATELY]

Sorry I didn't make this clear: “the meanest things in creation"1... 10/19/2023 1 - (quote coined by) Ichthyologist William Leo Smith.

The acrostic is Stargazer... a Stargazer in this sense is the ocean fish I wrote about :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Thanks! I recognized the accrostic but I didn´t know it was the name of a fish.

[tailor STATELY]

Word Can poem (10/19/2023): pest, hay, fresco, place, redeem, moon

askance the harvest moon

askance the harvest moon
al fresco dining
with a lacy table cloth

and antique place settings
upon hay bales for
table and seating - bales
redeemed from the fields

citronella wafts in
the light breeze to help
keep the pests away

and dinner lingers on and on
as long as memory lingers

10/19/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

My poem assignment for today's Thursdays at Two poetry group: Pencil

"Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away." - Earl Nightingale



Pencil
Porcupine quills are barbed. You’re
echidna wary if avoiding the sure
needles, pins, darts, and stings to
cacti glochidia things. Do you see
icicles after a severe freeze ? - the
lances stabbing downward en point.

11/2/2023

Golden shovel: “You’re sure to see the point.” Last line
from THE PENCIL’S STORY by Florence Hoatson

Acrostic: Pencil

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Sorry. tailor. I somehow missed the word can poem from 10/19/2023

I liked this poem about a cozy harvest dinner on hay balls like in the old times!

***
Enjoyed the Pencil poem. Dutifully read THE PENCIL’S STORY by Florence Hoatson which must be an usual school assignment in USA. And learned what a "Golden shovel" is in poetry:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_shovel#:~:text=A%20golden%20shovel%20is%20a ,the%20poet%20is%20paying%20homage.

[tailor STATELY]

Thanx :)

re: Sorry. tailor. - Lol, I just posted it. The poem was a hand written poem that I lazily took until today to type it out and add.

re: Pencil... - here's the link and analysis I forgot to post... https://englishsummary.com/lesson/the-pencils-story-poem-summary-notes-and-line-by-line-explanation-in-english-class-9th/

I am using Florence's poem as my offering for our Thursdays at Two segment of reciting a poem by another author AND used it as a vehicle for my assignment poem too (two hours to go!!! :) ) I hadn't run across the poem until I went into research mode for ideas.

I find adding an acrostic front end to my Golden shovels helps me with the writing of some assignments because they're practically half written and all I have to do is fill in the blanks :) . Unfortunately the content usually suffers for the form, but once in a while they come out just fine :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

My Word Can poem for 11/2/2023: substance, laborious, fuel, guidance, lockbox, council, aisle, court



lock box

in the courts of academia
a lockbox is consulted
located in a lonely narrow aisle
opened then shaken like a word can
polished bones are interpreted
over which they stand in council
laborious is this stalwart task
but it fuels their imagination
and gives them guidance - but
of substance... not so much

11/2/2023 r.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

?-Looks like a class of medical students-Anyway a bonny poem.

[tailor STATELY]

Yeah, maybe a clunker... how about the following idea for my next assignment (4-5 words I don't usually use) for 11/16/2023 ?


just kidding around

as a child I practiced lamprophony,
necessary in a family of five children,
often employing gerdoying to great
effect with cars and trains and planes,
and space battles played on paper:

x's vs. o's drawn at random then
slicing laser beams from x or o drawn
by pencil with catastrophic results
- who needed a video game back then?

speaking of games my father taught
me lessons of the scacchic persuasion

we had woopies that we either visited
or were visited by that we adored, a
Grandfather from Alaska and a Great
Aunt who lived just a few blocks away

lines: well, tried for a decastich here;
came up with 101.230448921377 or so

11/5/2023

gerdoying: imitation sound of a crash
lamprophony: speaking in loud and clear tones
scacchic: of, like or pertaining to chess
woopie: well-off older person
decastich: ten-line poem

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Thanks for thevocabulary!

I liked the poem but there seems to be some problem here:
"lines: well, tried for a decastich here;
came up with 101.230448921377 or so "

Also this verse seems not to be so aligned with the rest of the poem.
The theme changes abruptly from childhood to the form of the poem.

[tailor STATELY]

I agree... just got an early start and thought to throw it out for some feedback :)

Took me more than 15 minutes to get 17 as an exponent as 10 with significant accuracy ( 10^1.230448921377 )... google kept asking me if I was a robot, lol.

Nearly time for church...

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Thanks!
Maybe you use another line with decastich in the poem and add that big number in a PS.

[tailor STATELY]

Ok, putting that poem on the shelf...

Latest idea:


abc-cadabra


abracadabra
blustery
mnemonic
dulcimers
endure
forests
dazzling
hilltops
glissandi
jigsaw
click
lick
blossom
nick
manifesto
portobello
umiaq
racing
starships
teleportation
impromptu
visions
curlew
xenial
vocabulary
zaniness

11/9/2023


Words may change... I have until next Thursday after all :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Loved the structure of this poem!:)
Missed some letters, like "H", "K", "W", "Q" and "Y". But as you also have some letters appearing twice, "C","D" and "M", that should be easy to change, if you want the whole alphabet in your poem.

[tailor STATELY]

re: structure - look closer and think of it as a turnstile with the spine showing the alphabet a-z :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Yes, ingenious! And I see why you imported it. On the Litnet page the formatting probably would be lost.

[tailor STATELY]

Yes, the format would be impossible without the advanced options... I had to play a bit with the "code" option because it too needed tweaking as far as wysiwyg... the advanced preview mode helped immensely in going back and forth... so very glad it's working :) Far easier to format in a word document like Rhyme Desk and my google.doc. The idea has prolly been done before but I haven't researched it... and no trickery here... no website mumbo jumbo templates used. The next logical step would be to make the "poem" more "poemish" or more impish... but I like it as is... we'll see :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

I`m curious about what follows, but first you have to get some sleep.

[tailor STATELY]

My Word Can poem for 1/4/2024: flim flam, kingdom, lit windows, inexact, shogun, nibble, occasion, into space, now, deep



To the Moon !!! Redux

“Now, it’s an inexact science going into space,
let alone the moon, but never fear”
said the flim flam man to the shogun
who appeared to be deep in thought
The lit windows in the tavern gave an amber glow
It was an occasion the kingdom would never forget
as a scroll was unrolled bearing a translation
of ancient hieroglyphs by Timotheses the charioteer -
and a price was fixed and plans were made for the
conquest of the moon! as mice nibbled on crumbs
of bread, contentedly, in the corner of the room

1/4/2024 r. 1/18/2024

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Was wondering where these poems were!Enjoyed specially the contrasts: earth and moon, ancient hieroglyphs and space project, humans projecting moon conquest, mice nibbling crumbs.