Comic and tragic!Quote:
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Comic and tragic!Quote:
Originally Posted by tailor STATELY
Thank you ! I made an edit/revision to further the comedy/tragedy with more rhyme :)
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
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.
Thanx! I agree with your assessment... changed back.
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
:) Yes, I prefer it that way!
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
Lol! I never knew that Chagall loved and painted cats but this is the result of my research:
https://www.thegreatcat.org/the-cat-...ussian-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.
Lol... enjoyed your poem and the article/review :)
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
re: Thanks. Did you see Chagall´s cat paintings on the botton of it?
Yes, my favorite of the group would have to be Le Poète of course :)
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
:) Of course! Mine the cat from the cat and child group with its almost human expression of affection.
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
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.
:)
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
Lol, I misspelled the downward acrostic again ! / edited.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danik 2016
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Enigmatic poem!Quote:
Originally Posted by tailor STATELY
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
???
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.
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.../epitaph-30675
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
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!
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/...-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
You're right I was looking for the acrostic. I still have to try the anagram of a poem. It's much more difficult.
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
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.
Enjoyed !
ink
a book on a shelf
its words left unrequited
remain in darkness
3/29/2023
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
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
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
Delightful poem :)
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
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
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.
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
re: I see!
The new title is much more subtle! Enjoyed.
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
Interesting solution!Enjoyed the poem!(Had to look up "confiddled").
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
Charming poem!
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
A lot of words to be packed in five lines. Lol: "A fractured vocal searching sigh", here you surpassed yourself!
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
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