Famous Quoted Line Poetry Contest

The Nightmare rears his horse,
Chasing me through the Dreamworld
Strange, yet familiar faces gibber
Mouthing blasphemies that freeze my soul
A shadow lurks ahead, turning Green Wood to Mirk Wood
The eye burns into my mind
Names from the past whisper around me
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?"
"In the flame of human suffering, man may become more than man"
"Call me Ishmael."
"Ask yourself a question. Do I feel lucky? Well, do you, punk?"
The minds a mess of cluttered schemes
And but a dream within a dream...

Pendragon

Wake me up! It has been fun,
But dreams like this are never done.
It must have started years ago.
Some other dream began it so
In a dream within a dream
The ground stays soft and pleasures scream
Though pain feels real. I like the way
Pain looks like one more pleasant play
To wake me up. I'm up already.
That dreaming ground is what's not steady.

Things have been a bit hectic around here but starting to get back to normal, so I haven't had much time on my hands. I will give to the end of the week, and try and judge on Monday.

I thank you both for taking the time to enter and both your works are great. This one was quite a difficult choice as there were things I really liked about both pieces but I am going to have to go with Pendragon, for I loved the imagery his poem captured.

Pendragon congratulations!!

Thanks Muse and cacian

How about this famous line by Gelett Burgess:

I never saw a purple cow, I never hope to see one

Good luck!

I never saw a purple cow.
I never want to see one.
A pink one's better anyhow.
Bright green would do, or yellow, too.
Don't walk if you must flee one.

I never saw a purple cow
I never hope to see one
but what I saw is
purple time
a pinkish rhyme
a blueish mime
I wish to carry each and one
to the end of my memoire
and so there it is
it's all a laugh
the one that makes awe vivified

I never saw
a purple cow
I never hope
to see one.

I'd shake me head
And think me dead
They're only seen
In heaven.

Divinely kissed
In purple bliss
they hula dance
in moo-moos.

Purple milkshakes
Purple cupcakes
I'll join you when
I get there!

cacian you're up! Congrats! Thanks to the others, well done.

Pendragon thank you !!! :)

ok here is the next famous line:

''let me not to the marriage of true minds. admit impediments. ''

Shakespeare Sonnet 116


due date: 31st May

good luck :)

Anne and Will.


Let nothing come between us.

The balding bard threw down his quill
His wife was chattering still.

Let our true minds be wedded forever despite...

He shouted at his Anne “hush now! ... err... my treasure”
And kicked the dog, for good measure.

Impediments I admit may come between us.

"No I haven't fed the bloody chickens yet!
It was never like this in London, ...err... my pet."

Let not impediments come between true minds.

"Yes, it's about “that woman” if you must know,
No! We were just good friends ... err...my doe"

Let me not admit.. de dum..de dum..di dum..di dum.

"I told you! At a party, I was shmoozing for money,
I hardly know her...err...my honey."

Let me not to marriage... something something... admit impediments.

"She is not my whore for heavens sake!
You're being ridiculous...err... my cupcake."

A marriage of two minds admits not impediments.

"OK OK, I'll change her breasts to dun,
And give her wirey hair if you like ... err... my hun."

Let not to the marriage of true minds, impediments admit.

"And I'm sorry too,
Never forget, I'll always love you."

Let me not to the marriage of true minds, admit impediments.

go out with me?
cha-ching
marry me?
cha-ching
accept this ring?
cha-ching
have my children?
cha-ching
get a divorce?
cha-ching, cha-ching

let me not
to the marriage
of true minds
admit impediments.
just ask
shakespeare

''Let me not to the marriage of true minds, admit impediments.''
Love does not lie in looks, in status, in wealth so fleeting
Love lies in hearts entwined, in shared experience, in synchronized thinking
To admit that things still creep in is to admit defeat
Soul mates traveling on the one way street that is life
The direction and destination is a foregone conclusion
Do we reach our final rest alone or side by side?
I do not choose to entertain the idea of roadblocks or detours
Your mind to my mind, your heart to my heart, forever together
No impediments need apply...

They're married now, already, even though
The ritual they should have gone through first
Was not performed and those who had a claim
Might say they've been abused by all of this.
Who'd want to take a bride who much preferred
A different groom to give her that first kiss?