Nonsensical Poetry

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Originally Posted by 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

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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.

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

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tailor

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...seashore-37830

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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.

Enjoyed !

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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?

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... 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 :)

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tailor

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

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tailor

:)dunkel!


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

:)

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

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tailor

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.

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

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tailor

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...

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

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tailor

Thanks!

Enjoyed!

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

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

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tailor

:)

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.

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

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tailor

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!

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

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tailor

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.

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=ever...id:AxuTd9rwEHQ

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tailor

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.

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

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tailor

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.

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

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tailor

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/Perc...htest_Sun.html

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tailor

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Originally Posted by 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

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Why I had to revisit this poem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George...ough%20surface.

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

Dot, dot, dot, just half a dot!

Loved your new take on Shelley!

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

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=ess5...id: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

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tailor

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/georg...inting-in-dots

https://www.google.com/search?q=Seur...id: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.

Some observations from your links that caught my eye:

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“[…] 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.).

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“[…] 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)

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From one of your google links - Sothebys.com: Pointillism: 7 Things You Need to Know... https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles...u-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=artw..._AUoAXoECAIQAw

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tailor

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.

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

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tailor

raspture/ill again

labored coughs bark as
nares run half marathons
lozenges taste sweet

11/30/2022

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tailor

Oh my! Was away but forgot to log out.

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

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Originally Posted by 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

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

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

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

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tailor

:) 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.

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

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tailor

:) 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.