Because I want to... - by Mr.Duck
theBlackman on 25/10/2009 at 20:00
Quote Posted by Vivian
Terminator 2:
not a real man!
you scream and lurch
a bad impression.
2000 pounds!
2000 pounds
of clumsy metal on a mound of hamstrung meat
we crushed within our hands:
the last childrens entertainer
the last breakfast dj
the last fat child
Not bad.
But you missed the point.
McDuck's post is not about the poetry, or lack thereof. It is about the change in the attitudes of the posters and the deterioration of the general tenor that used to be common.
It has degenerated into thread bashing, self-aggrandizing egoism and general disrespect for the other members and, need I say, for the long-time support group who have busted thier collective asses to try to keep this collection of forums afloat.
Tocky on 25/10/2009 at 20:03
Grace Slick the strange chick, just don't ask her for an aspirin. Good stuff.
Yeah ducks, I miss the old days and more importantly some of the old posters that only show up on occasion. Some not at all.:( But a heartfelt huzzah on your anniversary, not too far behind you myself.
I thought to dig up some of my horrendous poetry to show you how much better you are but I'm not sure I want to brave the attic spiders enough to dig through the copies of National Lampoon, Omni, and Heavy Metal to find my old highschool notebooks. I recall the closing lines of one about computers so maybe that one is apropo.
you whir inside your metal box
you sift and stir a paradox
a metal mind of metal wrought
you purr a perfect metal thought
man once the mighty
now the lesser
the maker of
his own successor
35 years ago. I have always been a nerd.
Vivian on 25/10/2009 at 20:11
Quote Posted by theBlackman
But you missed the point.
Sounds like someone's jealous. When it's not making me think of old people staggering about under crude disco lights, 'somebody to love' makes me think of skynet. So there.
theBlackman on 25/10/2009 at 20:18
Quote Posted by Vivian
Sounds like someone's jealous. When it's not making me think of old people staggering about under crude disco lights, 'somebody to love' makes me think of skynet. So there.
No jealousy. As for "skynet", that seems a strange association. But I don't think the point was to get a poetry thread or offerings going. More a regret that the morphing of the attitudes over time have made major changes in the atmosphere of the forums.
I could be wrong, but I'm sure McDuck will correct that if so.
Nice work
Tocky.
I wasn't going to do this, but you, Duckie, and Vivian pressed the button.
I hate free verse, which I consider "lyrical" speech, and much prefer the formal styles of old and poetry that actually uses ryhme.
But here is a piece I did some time ago.
The RockiesI wake...
Dappled with the morning dew.
The cold, chill air tingles on my cheek,
And sends searching fingers to invade my sleeping bag.
Below the bare granite knob where I lie,
The Rockies stretch to either hand;
Beyond the reach of eye or mind.
A lone buck crosses to the meadow;
The scree rattles... stilling the singing birds
And raises the conies to sniff the vagrant breeze for danger.
I lie in my cocoon of down.
Knowing that the beauty and serenity is a gift of time.
A jewel to place among the treasures of my mind.
I feel you... Warm in the embrace of my memory.
Living the the love that ever changes, yet...
Is the same, and sorrow that you are not here...
That I may give you this.
Sulphur on 25/10/2009 at 21:05
Quote Posted by AR Master
none of it was bullshit
maybe a little malarky here and there but the important info was all there
I'd write more but I'm sort of at a loss for inspiration. I've got one brewing though it's going to be a surprise hold on to your jaw cause its going to fly off into the sun!!!
I'll be holding my breath. You better deliver, mister. :D
Also, I always thought general disrespect was the usual flavour of CommChat since, oh, forever. It's not like people are serious about this shit. Or are they? Did I leap onto this rollercoaster three years ago only to catch a free ride straight into the dark ages?
theBlackman on 25/10/2009 at 21:07
You guessed it Sulphur. :ebil:
Mr.Duck on 25/10/2009 at 21:35
Allo folks. Thanks for the replies in the thread, sharing your comments and alike.
Very fun poem, Vivian :)
Alas, I'm sorry to say that tBm has it nailed more or less spot on.
But it's cool, you shared a poem, so it still fits with the purpose of sharing for the Hell of it.
Cheers.
Cool poems from the rest of you too, huzzah!
Since everyone's doing it, I'll simply add one of my own, just created in this thread:
Rolling Over
Lost in thought
Adrift my mind
I sense change
Blowing me away
Not knowing where
Not caring how
I let myself be taken
Far, far away
Hoping to find myself
Amongst my many faces
Even if scarred
I am still my own.
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Been ages since I've written anything...oh well...I like it.
:)
theBlackman on 25/10/2009 at 22:08
Quote Posted by MrDuck
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Been ages since I've written anything...oh well...I like it.
:)
As do I. :thumb:
TTK12G3 on 25/10/2009 at 23:05
Quote Posted by Sulphur
Did I leap onto this rollercoaster three years ago only to catch a free ride straight into the dark ages?
Trust me, it's better to have arrived after terrible times of The Fall than before.
