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Unread 10-12-2009, 11:33 AM
E. Shaun Russell E. Shaun Russell is offline
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Last week my I-130 was approved
Which makes me happy -- soon I'll immigrate;
Well, sorta soon, 'cause I still have to wait
For further go-aheads before I'm moved.
But I don't mind, for things have turned out well:
I was laid off two weeks ago and feared
I'd have to work on spec till I was cleared
To leave the country of my birth pell-mell.
But now my path is easy: soon I'll be
Together with my darling in D.C.!
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Unread 10-12-2009, 04:43 PM
Diana B Diana B is offline
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Ten syllables per line (in lines of ten) -
a form of poetry, we'll call it ten-
by-ten, should not take any more than ten
minutes time to write! Easy peasy: ten
digits on my hands, only takes me ten
seconds counting out each syllable, ten
more to type, leaving lots of time for ten
lines and if I end rhyme most lines with 'ten'
I should be done in half the time! Ten ten-
by-tens an hour and time for tea too, then?
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Unread 10-12-2009, 06:13 PM
Philip Quinlan Philip Quinlan is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ann Drysdale View Post
Forgive me...

It was the ten-minute rule what done it.
The pentameter comes easy. Sorry.
I was just having so much fun. Four Brits
playing a sort of crazy word-tennis
all by themselves in the early morning.
And, if I may defend my addiction,
I was only trying to polish up
what would have otherwise been only words
counted arbitrarily on the palm
of one hand by the fingers of the oth
Worth quoting John Cooper-Clarke again I think:

Writing a poem
In seventeen syllables
Is very diffic

Last edited by Philip Quinlan; 10-21-2009 at 07:30 AM.
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Unread 10-12-2009, 07:13 PM
Janet Kenny Janet Kenny is offline
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My heron, well, the male one, stands and stares
He's been fed but he knows that when he looks
for ages through the window, that it spooks
me into giving more. He never shares
with Mrs Heron. It's an awful sight
to see the food go down that skinny neck.
Just like a snake that swallows in one bite
two goats, a book, a baby. What the heck
have I done to deserve this heron guilt?
One look, one peck, and all my senses wilt.
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